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initMessageEvent

Summary

Initializes a new cross-document message (XDM) event that the createEvent method created.

Method of dom/MessageEventdom/MessageEvent

Syntax

 event.initMessageEvent(eventType, canBubble, cancelable, data, origin, lastEventId, source);

Parameters

eventType

Data-type
String

The name of the event. Sets the value for the type property.

canBubble

Data-type
Boolean

Whether the event propagates upward. Sets the value for the bubbles property.

cancelable

Data-type
Boolean

Whether the event is cancelable and so preventDefault can be called. Sets the value for the cancelable property.

data

Data-type
any

The cross-document message. Sets the value for the data property.

origin

Data-type
String

The originating domain of the message. Sets the value for the origin property.

lastEventId

Data-type
String

Not used. Set this parameter to an empty string.

source

Data-type
Object

A reference to the window that generated the event. Sets the value for the source property.

Return Value

No return value

Related specifications

W3C HTML5
Working Draft
WHATWG HTML
Living Standard

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