# Unable to dispatch input event on non-Dom inputs

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-dispatch-input-event-on-non-dom-inputs/5281>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 2, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-dispatch-input-event-on-non-dom-inputs/5281 "2021-07-02T03:13:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![mootari](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/mootari/32/581_2.png) [@mootari](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/mootari)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/unable-to-dispatch-input-event-on-non-dom-inputs/5281/5 "2021-07-03T19:21:17Z")

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I believe this is a bug in Observable’s Inspector, as dependent cells are still updated properly. For viewof cells the Inspector normally just passes through the `viewof` Variable value (the `Element`). But for `EventTarget` it constructs its own representation, which it then fails to update. You can see the representation update if you expand/collapse it.

/cc @mbostock

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