Mutation Observer

<sl-mutation-observer> | SlMutationObserver

Since 2.0

stable

The Mutation Observer component offers a thin, declarative interface to the MutationObserver API.

The mutation observer will report changes to the content it wraps through the sl-mutation event. When emitted, a collection of MutationRecord objects will be attached to event.detail that contains information about how it changed.

Click to mutate

👆 Click the button and watch the console

<div class="mutation-overview">
  <sl-mutation-observer attr="variant">
    <sl-button variant="primary">Click to mutate</sl-button>
  </sl-mutation-observer>

  <br />
  👆 Click the button and watch the console

  <script>
    const container = document.querySelector('.mutation-overview');
    const mutationObserver = container.querySelector('sl-mutation-observer');
    const button = container.querySelector('sl-button');
    const variants = ['primary', 'success', 'neutral', 'warning', 'danger'];
    let clicks = 0;

    // Change the button's variant attribute
    button.addEventListener('click', () => {
      clicks++;
      button.setAttribute('variant', variants[clicks % variants.length]);
    });

    // Log mutations
    mutationObserver.addEventListener('sl-mutation', event => {
      console.log(event.detail);
    });
  </script>

  <style>
    .mutation-overview sl-button {
      margin-bottom: 1rem;
    }
  </style>
</div>

When you create a mutation observer, you must indicate what changes it should respond to by including at least one of attr, child-list, or char-data. If you don’t specify at least one of these attributes, no mutation events will be emitted.

Examples

Child List

Use the child-list attribute to watch for new child elements that are added or removed.

Add button

👆 Add and remove buttons and watch the console

<div class="mutation-child-list">
  <sl-mutation-observer child-list>
    <div class="buttons">
      <sl-button variant="primary">Add button</sl-button>
    </div>
  </sl-mutation-observer>

  👆 Add and remove buttons and watch the console

  <script>
    const container = document.querySelector('.mutation-child-list');
    const mutationObserver = container.querySelector('sl-mutation-observer');
    const buttons = container.querySelector('.buttons');
    const button = container.querySelector('sl-button[variant="primary"]');
    let i = 0;

    // Add a button
    button.addEventListener('click', () => {
      const button = document.createElement('sl-button');
      button.textContent = ++i;
      buttons.append(button);
    });

    // Remove a button
    buttons.addEventListener('click', event => {
      const target = event.target.closest('sl-button:not([variant="primary"])');
      event.stopPropagation();

      if (target) {
        target.remove();
      }
    });

    // Log mutations
    mutationObserver.addEventListener('sl-mutation', event => {
      console.log(event.detail);
    });
  </script>

  <style>
    .mutation-child-list .buttons {
      display: flex;
      gap: 0.25rem;
      flex-wrap: wrap;
      margin-bottom: 1rem;
    }
  </style>
</div>

Slots

Name	Description
(default)	The content to watch for mutations.

Learn more about using slots.

Properties

Name	Description	Type	Default
`attr`	Watches for changes to attributes. To watch only specific attributes, separate them by a space, e.g. `attr="class id title"`. To watch all attributes, use `*`.	`string`	-
`attrOldValue` `attr-old-value`	Indicates whether or not the attribute’s previous value should be recorded when monitoring changes.	`boolean`	`false`
`charData` `char-data`	Watches for changes to the character data contained within the node.	`boolean`	`false`
`charDataOldValue` `char-data-old-value`	Indicates whether or not the previous value of the node’s text should be recorded.	`boolean`	`false`
`childList` `child-list`	Watches for the addition or removal of new child nodes.	`boolean`	`false`
`disabled`	Disables the observer.	`boolean`	`false`
`updateComplete`	A read-only promise that resolves when the component has finished updating.

Learn more about attributes and properties.

Events

Name	React Event	Description	Event Detail
`sl-mutation`		Emitted when a mutation occurs.	`{ mutationList: MutationRecord[] }`

Learn more about events.