CompositionEvent: initCompositionEvent() method

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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().

Syntax

initCompositionEvent(type, canBubble, cancelable, view, data, locale)

Parameters

type: A string representing the type of composition event; this will be one of compositionstart, compositionupdate, or compositionend.
canBubble: A boolean value specifying whether or not the event can bubble.
cancelable: A boolean value indicating whether or not the event can be canceled.
view: The Window object from which the event was generated.
data: A string representing the value of the data attribute.
locale: A string representing the value of the locale attribute.