HTML DOM Level 2 Reference: MutationEvent

Provides information about a mutation event.

Browser/User Agent Support

IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
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Constructors

Constructor IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
MutationEvent Constructor
Provides information about a mutation event.
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Constructor	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
MutationEvent Constructor Provides information about a mutation event.	no	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

Properties

Property IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
attrChange
Specifies how an attribute was modified. See remarks for possible values. See remarks for possible values.
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attrName
Name of the attribute that was modified.
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newValue
New value of the attribute.
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prevValue
Previous value of the attribute.
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relatedNode
Associated node for attribute modification events, or the parent node of an inserted or deleted node.
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Property	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
attrChange Specifies how an attribute was modified. See remarks for possible values. See remarks for possible values.	no	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

attrName Name of the attribute that was modified.	no	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

newValue New value of the attribute.	no	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

prevValue Previous value of the attribute.	no	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

relatedNode Associated node for attribute modification events, or the parent node of an inserted or deleted node.	no	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

Methods

Method IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Netscapte
initMutationEvent
Sets the initial property values for a new MutationEvent object.
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Method	IE	Mozilla	Netscape	Opera	Safari	Netscapte
initMutationEvent Sets the initial property values for a new MutationEvent object.	no	1.0+	6.0+	7.0+	1.0+	no

Availability

HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

Constructor Detail

MutationEvent MutationEvent()

Provides information about a mutation event.

Visibility: internal

Property Detail

Number attrChange - read only

Specifies how an attribute was modified. See remarks for possible values. See remarks for possible values.

Remarks: Possible values are: 1 = MODIFICATION event (Attr node was modified), 2 = ADDITION event (Attr node was added), 3 = REMOVAL event (Attr node was removed).
Availability: HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

String attrName - read only

Name of the attribute that was modified.

Availability: HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

String newValue - read only

New value of the attribute.

Availability: HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

String prevValue - read only

Previous value of the attribute.

Availability: HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

Node relatedNode - read only

Associated node for attribute modification events, or the parent node of an inserted or deleted node.

Availability: HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

Method Detail

initMutationEvent() : void

Sets the initial property values for a new MutationEvent object.

Availability: HTML DOM Level 2 | W3C

MutationEvent : Event