javascriptdomdom-eventsnodesmutation-events

Detecting DOM change events

Is there a way to detect DOM change events? whether it be text replacement, moving a node, removing or adding a new node, etc.

Solution

  • I think what you're looking for is DOMSubtreeModified

    Edit: upon further inspection this and other MutationEvents have been deprecated by the W3C but there doesn't appear to be a replacement until DOM Level 4

    See: "Why is the DOMSubtreeModified event deprecated in DOM level 3?"

    Long story short, DOMSubtreeModified will still work and there is no reasonable alternative implemented across stable browsers.