Objects and Events (Internet Explorer)

Objects and Events

This section describes events, including those described in Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events.

In this section

Topic	Description
AnimationEvent	Provides contextual information associated with animation events.
AriaRequestEvent	Represents an ARIA property request via script.
BeforeUnloadEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to the onbeforeunload event.
CloseEvent	Sent to clients using WebSockets when the connection is closed.
CommandEvent	Represents a user interface (UI) action currently taking place.
CompositionEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to text composition events.
CustomEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to user-defined custom events.
DataTransfer	Provides access to predefined clipboard formats for use in drag-and-drop operations.
DataTransferItem	Represents a single data item (string or file kind) in a DataTransferItemList for a drag operation.
DataTransferItemList	Represents all of the data items in a single drag and drop operation.
DeviceAcceleration	Represents the acceleration (in m/s²) of the host device in motion along the X, Y, and Z axes.
DeviceMotionEvent	Provides information about the motion of the host device, including acceleration and rate of rotation.
DeviceOrientationEvent	Provides information about the physical orientation of the host device.
DeviceRotationRate	Represents the rate of rotation (in deg/s) of the host device in space, around its X, Y, and Z axes.
DragEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to drag-and-drop events.
Event	Provides event properties and methods that are common to all events. As of Microsoft Edge, the `createEvent()`/ `initEvent()` constructor pattern for synthetic events is deprecated. See the Synthetic Events page for more information.
FocusEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to focus events.
HashChangeEvent	Represents a change to the portion of the page URL that follows the number sign (#).
KeyboardEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to keyboard events.
MessageEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to the onmessage event.
MouseEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to mouse events.
MouseWheelEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to the onmousewheel event.
MutationEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to modifications to the DOM hierarchy and nodes. Note Mutation Events (W3C DOM Level 3 Events) have been deprecated in favor of Mutation Observers (W3C DOM4). For more info, see "Migrating mutation and property change events to Mutation Observers".
MSGesture	Provides high level methods and properties that represent touch, mouse, or pen interaction with elements on a page.
MSGestureEvent	Provides contextual information associated with gesture events.
MSManipulationEvent	Event that provides contextual information when contact is made to the screen and an element is manipulated.
MSSiteModeEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to pinned site events.
PageTransitionEvent	Page transition events fire when a webpage is being loaded or unloaded.
PointerEvent	Provides contextual information associated with input events (for example, from mouse, touch or pen). Note Starting with Internet Explorer 11, the MS vendor prefix version of this object is no longer supported. The event. type property of a MSPointerEvent object will return the unprefixed PointerEvent name, regardless of the name used to register the event listener. For a summary of all changes to the Internet Explorer Pointer Events implementation since Internet Explorer 10, see Pointer Events updates.
PopStateEvent	Fires when a history entry changes.
ProgressEvent	Provides event properties for displaying the progress of operations.
StorageEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to the onstorage event.
Touch	The read-only Touch object represents an individual touch point for a touch event.
TouchEvent	The read-only TouchEvent object is used for the `touchstart`, `touchend`, `touchmove`, and `touchcancel` event types.
TouchList	TouchList provides the list of individual points of contact for a touch event.
TextEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to text events.
TransitionEvent	Provides specific contextual information associated with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) transitions.
UIEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to UI events.
WheelEvent	Provides event properties that are specific to the onmousewheel event. This object is not supported for Windows Store apps using JavaScript.

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