This translation is incomplete. Please help translate this article from English.
MutationObserver establece un mecanismo para reaccionar antes cambios en el DOM. Ha sido diseñado como un sustituto de los Mutation Events definidos en las especificaciones de DOM3 Events.
Constructor
MutationObserver()
Constructor para la instaciación de nuevos DOM mutation observers.
MutationObserver( function callback );
Parámetros
callback- La función que será llamada en cada mutación del DOM. El observer llamará a esta función con dos argumentos. El primero es un array de objetos, cada uno del tipo
MutationRecord. El segundo es la propia instancia delMutationObserver.
Métodos
void observe( |
void disconnect(); |
Array takeRecords(); |
observe()
Registra la instancia del MutationObserver para recibir notificaciones de las mutaciones del DOM sobre el nodo especificado.
void observe(Nodetarget,MutationObserverInitoptions );
Parámetros
target- El
Nodesobre el que observar las mutaciones del DOM. optionsUn objeto MutationObserverInit, que especifica que mutaciones del DOM deben ser informadas.
disconnect()
Evita que la instancia de MutationObserver continue recibiendo notificaciones de modificaciones del DOM. Hasta que el método observe() sea usado de nuevo, la función callback no será invocada.
void disconnect();
takeRecords()
Vacía la cola de registros de la instancia de MutationObserver devolviendo su contenido.
Array takeRecords();
Return value
Returns an Array of MutationRecords.
MutationObserverInit
MutationObserverInit es un objeto para el que se pueden especificar las siguientes propiedades:
childList, attributes, or characterData must be set to true. Otherwise, "An invalid or illegal string was specified" error is thrown.| Property | Description |
childList |
Set to true if additions and removals of the target node's child elements (including text nodes) are to be observed. |
attributes |
Set to true if mutations to target's attributes are to be observed. |
characterData |
Set to true if mutations to target's data are to be observed. |
subtree |
Set to true if mutations to not just target, but also target's descendants are to be observed. |
attributeOldValue |
Set to true if attributes is set to true and target's attribute value before the mutation needs to be recorded. |
characterDataOldValue |
Set to true if characterData is set to true and target's data before the mutation needs to be recorded. |
attributeFilter |
Set to an array of attribute local names (without namespace) if not all attribute mutations need to be observed. |
MutationRecord
MutationRecord is the object that will be passed to the observer's callback. It has the following properties:
| Property | Type | Description |
type |
String |
Returns attributes if the mutation was an attribute mutation, characterData if it was a mutation to a CharacterData node, and childList if it was a mutation to the tree of nodes. |
target |
|
Returns the node the mutation affected, depending on the type. For attributes, it is the element whose attribute changed. For characterData, it is the CharacterData node. For childList, it is the node whose children changed. |
addedNodes |
|
Return the nodes added. Will be an empty NodeList if no nodes were added. |
removedNodes |
|
Return the nodes removed. Will be an empty NodeList if no nodes were removed. |
previousSibling |
|
Return the previous sibling of the added or removed nodes, or null. |
nextSibling |
|
Return the next sibling of the added or removed nodes, or null. |
attributeName |
String |
Returns the local name of the changed attribute, or null. |
attributeNamespace |
String |
Returns the namespace of the changed attribute, or null. |
oldValue |
String |
The return value depends on the type. For attributes, it is the value of the changed attribute before the change. For characterData, it is the data of the changed node before the change. For childList, it is null. |
Example usage
The following example was taken from this blog post.
// select the target node
var target = document.querySelector('#some-id');
// create an observer instance
var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
mutations.forEach(function(mutation) {
console.log(mutation.type);
});
});
// configuration of the observer:
var config = { attributes: true, childList: true, characterData: true };
// pass in the target node, as well as the observer options
observer.observe(target, config);
// later, you can stop observing
observer.disconnect();
Additional reading
- A brief overview
- A more in-depth discussion
- A screencast by Chromium developer Rafael Weinstein
- The mutation summary library
- The DOM standard which defines the
MutationObserverinterface
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 18 -webkit 26 |
14 (14) | 11 | 15 | 6.0 -webkit |
| Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE (Windows Phone) | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | 18 -webkit 26 |
14.0 (14) | 11 (8.1) | 15 |
6 -webkit 7 |

