contenteditable change events

Question

I want to run a function when a user edits the content of a div with contenteditable attribute. What\'s the equivalent of an onchange

Answer 1

Two options:

1) For modern (evergreen) browsers: The "input" event would act as an alternative "change" event.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/input

document.querySelector('div').addEventListener('input', (e) => {
    // Do something with the "change"-like event
});

or

or (with jQuery)

$('div').on('click', function(e) {
    // Do something with the "change"-like event
});

2) To account for IE11 and modern (evergreen) browsers: This watches for element changes and their contents inside the div.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationObserver

var div = document.querySelector('div');
var divMO = new window.MutationObserver(function(e) {
    // Do something on change
});
divMO.observe(div, { childList: true, subtree: true, characterData: true });