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MutationEvent object

Provides event properties that are specific to modifications to the Document Object Model (DOM) hierarchy and nodes.

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification, Section 5.2.8

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Event

MutationEvent

Members

The MutationEvent object has these types of members:

Methods
Properties

Methods

The MutationEvent object has these methods.

Method	Description
initEvent	Initializes a new generic event that the createEvent method created.
initMutationEvent	Initializes a new DOM mutation (modification) event that the createEvent method created.
preventDefault	Cancels the default action of an event.
stopImmediatePropagation	Prevents any further propagation of an event.
stopPropagation	Prevents propagation of an event beyond the current target.

Properties

The MutationEvent object has these properties.

Property	Description
attrChange	Gets a value that indicates what type of change occurred.
attrName	Gets the name of the attribute that changed.
bubbles	Gets a value that indicates whether an event propagates up from the event target.
cancelable	Gets a value that indicates whether you can cancel an event's default action.
cancelBubble	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether an event should be stopped from propagating up from the current target.
currentTarget	Gets the event target that is currently being processed.
defaultPrevented	Gets a value that indicates whether the default action should be canceled.
eventPhase	Gets the event phase that is being evaluated.
isTrusted	Gets a value that indicates whether a trusted event source created an event.
newValue	Gets the new value of the attribute or text node.
prevValue	Gets the previous value of the attribute or text node.
relatedNode	Gets a second node related to a mutation event.
srcElement	Gets the element that the event was originally dispatched to. Compare to target.
target	Gets the element that is the target of the event.
timeStamp	Gets the time, in milliseconds, when an event occurred.
type	Gets the name of an event.

Standards information

Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification, Section 5.2.8

Remarks

Mutation events occur when DOM nodes are inserted and removed, or when character data or attributes are modified. For more information, see initMutationEvent.

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