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Svelte and Sapper in Action
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Svelte and Sapper in Action

by Mark Volkmann
September 2020
Beginner to intermediate
456 pages
11h 4m
English
Manning Publications
Audiobook available
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7 DOM interactions

This chapter covers

  • Inserting HTML from string variables
  • Avoiding cross-site scripting attacks from untrusted HTML
  • Using “actions” to run code when an element is added to the DOM
  • Using the tick function to modify the DOM after Svelte updates
  • Implementing a dialog component
  • Implementing drag and drop

Sometimes Svelte applications need to tap into DOM functionality that is not directly supported by Svelte. Examples include

  • Moving focus to an input where the user is expected to enter data

  • Setting the cursor position and selected text inside an input

  • Calling methods on a dialog element

  • Allowing users to drag particular elements onto others

All of these require going beyond simply writing the HTML to be rendered inside ...

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