detail

Summary

Retrieves additional information about an event.

Property of dom/CustomEventdom/CustomEvent

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var eventDetails = event.detail;

Return Value

Returns an object of type

The content of this property is user-defined. It can be an integer, date, array, or other object type.

Examples

function getCustomEventDetail(e) {
//retrieve detail for custom event
var customEventDetail = e.detail;
return customEventDetail;
}

Usage

 Use this property to retrieve any available additional information about this developer-generated custom event. Note: It may be empty.

Related specifications

DOM Level 3 Events

Working Draft

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]