Event.isTrusted is an attribute that is true when the event was generated by a user action, and false when the event was created or modified by script, or dispatched via dispatchEvent.

Demo

• https://googlechrome.github.io/samples/event-istrusted/index.html

Documentation

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Event/isTrusted

Specification

Established standard

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

• Chrome for desktop release 46
• Chrome for Android release 46
• Android WebView release 46

Consensus & Standardization

• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Edge: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: No signal
• Web Developers: No signals

Owners

• kenrb@chromium.org
• rbyers@chromium.org

Comments

Intended primarily for use by extensions, to determine if an event was dispatched by a script running in the main world.

Last updated on 2020-11-09