CustomEvent: detail property
The read-only detail
property of the CustomEvent
interface
returns any data passed when initializing the event.
Value
Whatever data the event was initialized with.
Example
js
// create custom events
const catFound = new CustomEvent("animalfound", {
detail: {
name: "cat",
},
});
const dogFound = new CustomEvent("animalfound", {
detail: {
name: "dog",
},
});
// add an appropriate event listener
obj.addEventListener("animalfound", (e) => console.log(e.detail.name));
// dispatch the events
obj.dispatchEvent(catFound);
obj.dispatchEvent(dogFound);
// "cat" and "dog" logged in the console
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-customevent-detail② |
Browser compatibility
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