Event Customevent
WHATWG Event / CustomEvent objects — the base event types, distinct from Node's EventEmitter. The EventTarget bus that dispatches them (addEventListener/dispatchEvent) is a later stage. See
// A plain Event carries its type and a cancellation flag.
const clicked = new Event("click")
console.log(clicked.type) // click
console.log(clicked.defaultPrevented) // false
clicked.preventDefault()
console.log(clicked.defaultPrevented) // true
// CustomEvent adds a `detail` payload of any type.
const greeting = new CustomEvent("greet", { detail: "hello" })
console.log(greeting.type) // greet
console.log(greeting.detail) // hello
const scored = new CustomEvent("score", { detail: 42 })
console.log(scored.detail) // 42
// An object detail works too.
interface Point { x: number; y: number }
const moved = new CustomEvent("move", { detail: { x: 3, y: 4 } })
console.log(moved.detail.x + moved.detail.y) // 7
// `Event` is usable as a parameter type; the event is mutated in place.
function cancel(e: Event): void {
e.preventDefault()
}
const submit = new Event("submit")
cancel(submit)
console.log(submit.defaultPrevented) // trueView source on GitHubexamples/events/event-customevent.ts