JavaScript · DOM APIs

MutationObserver

Watches DOM changes and batches them into callback records.

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Syntax

new MutationObserver(callback)

Example

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const observer = new window.MutationObserver(() => {});
observer.observe(document.createElement("div"), { childList: true });
console.log("observing");

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