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The initCompositionEvent() method of the CompositionEvent interface initializes the attributes of a CompositionEvent object instance.
Note: The correct way of creating a CompositionEvent is to use the constructor CompositionEvent().
A string representing the type of composition event; this will be one of compositionstart, compositionupdate, or compositionend.
canBubbleA boolean value specifying whether or not the event can bubble.
cancelableA boolean value indicating whether or not the event can be canceled.
viewThe Window object from which the event was generated.
dataA string representing the value of the data attribute.
localeA string representing the value of the locale attribute.
None (undefined).
| UI Events # dom-compositionevent-initcompositionevent |
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