UIEvent

The UIEvent interface represents simple user interface events.

UIEvent derives from Event. Although the UIEvent.initUIEvent() method is kept for backward compatibility, you should create a UIEvent object using the UIEvent() constructor.

Several interfaces are direct or indirect descendants of this one: MouseEvent, TouchEventFocusEvent, KeyboardEvent, WheelEvent, InputEvent, and CompositionEvent.

Constructors

UIEvent()
Creates a UIEvent object.

Properties

This interface also inherits properties of its parent, Event.

UIEvent.cancelBubble  
Is a Boolean indicating whether the bubbling of the event has been canceled or not.
UIEvent.detailRead only
Returns a long with details about the event, depending on the event type.
UIEvent.isChar Read only
Returns a Boolean indicating whether the event produced a key character or not.
UIEvent.layerX Read only
Returns the horizontal coordinate of the event relative to the current layer.
UIEvent.layerY Read only
Returns the vertical coordinate of the event relative to the current layer.
UIEvent.pageX Read only
Returns the horizontal coordinate of the event relative to the whole document.
UIEvent.pageY Read only
Returns the vertical coordinate of the event relative to the whole document.
UIEvent.sourceCapabilities  Read only
Returns an instance of the InputDeviceCapabilities interface which provides information about the physical device responsible for generating a touch event.
UIEvent.viewRead only
Returns a WindowProxy that contains the view that generated the event.
UIEvent.which Read only  
Returns the numeric keyCode of the key pressed, or the character code (charCode) for an alphanumeric key pressed.

Methods

This interface also inherits methods of its parent, Event.

UIEvent.initUIEvent()
Initializes a UIEvent object. If the event has already being dispatched, this method does nothing.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
InputDeviceCapabilities Editor's Draft Added sourceCapabilities property.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification
The definition of 'UIEvent' in that specification.
Working Draft Added the UIEvent() constructor, deprecated the initUIEvent() method and changed the type of view from AbstractView to WindowProxy.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification
The definition of 'UIEvent' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)[2] ? (Yes) ?
UIEvent() (Yes) (Yes) 11 (11) ? (Yes) ?
cancelBubble defined on Event ? (Yes) 53 (53)[1] ? ? ?
Feature Android Edge Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)[2] ? (Yes) ?
UIEvent() (Yes) (Yes) 11.0 (11) ? (Yes) ?
cancelBubble defined on Event ? (Yes) 53.0 (53)[1] ? ? ?

[1] From Firefox 52, this property is now defined on the Event interface instead. See bug 1298970 for more details.

[2] The isChar property has never been supported by any browser but Firefox, and even on Firefox it's never worked except on Mac OSX. For that reason, it's been removed in Firefox 55 to align with other browsers.

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