Web-Facing Change PSA: InputEvent types for deletion commands on non-collapsed selections

[Chromestatus]

Contact emails

prana...@microsoft.com

Specification

https://w3c.github.io/input-events/#interface-InputEvent-Attributes

Summary

Reports accurate inputType values for deletion keyboard shortcuts on selected text. When deletion commands like Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+Delete are used with selected text in contenteditable elements, the beforeinput and input events now report deleteContentBackward or deleteContentForward instead of deleteWordBackward or deleteWordForward. This enables web developers to correctly understand what editing operation occurred and implement reliable undo/redo or custom editing behaviors.

Blink component

Blink>Editing>InputEvent

Web Feature ID

input-event

Risks

Interoperability and Compatibility

No information provided

Gecko: No signal (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/InputEvent/inputType)

WebKit: Shipped/Shipping (https://webkit.org/blog/7358/enhanced-editing-with-input-events)

Web developers: No signals

Other signals:

WebView application risks

Does this intent deprecate or change behavior of existing APIs, such that it has potentially high risk for Android WebView-based applications?

No information provided

Debuggability

No information provided

Will this feature be supported on all six Blink platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, and Android WebView)?

Yes

Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests?

Yes

Tracking bug

https://issues.chromium.org/issues/41423062

Estimated milestones

Shipping on desktop	145
Shipping on Android	145
Shipping on iOS	145

Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status

https://chromestatus.com/feature/5173317243895808

This intent message was generated by Chrome Platform Status.

[Mike Taylor]

On 2/4/26 9:58 p.m., Chromestatus wrote:

Contact emails

prana...@microsoft.com

Specification

https://w3c.github.io/input-events/#interface-InputEvent-Attributes

Summary

Reports accurate inputType values for deletion keyboard shortcuts on selected text. When deletion commands like Ctrl+Backspace or Ctrl+Delete are used with selected text in contenteditable elements, the beforeinput and input events now report deleteContentBackward or deleteContentForward instead of deleteWordBackward or deleteWordForward. This enables web developers to correctly understand what editing operation occurred and implement reliable undo/redo or custom editing behaviors. 

Changing the attribute value here seems like it could break sites - have you done any compat analysis?

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