MessageEvent object (Windows)

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Provides event properties that are specific to the onmessage event.

Event

MessageEvent

The MessageEvent object has these types of members:

The MessageEvent object has these methods.

Method	Description
initEvent	Initializes a new generic event that the createEvent method created.
initMessageEvent	Initializes a new cross-document message (XDM) 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.

The MessageEvent object has these properties.

Property	Description
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.
data	Gets the data of the event.
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.
origin	Gets the URI of the document of origin.
source	Gets the window object that sent the message.
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.

MessageEvent object