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                <h1>Undo Catcher</h1>
<p>Enter text in the box below. <span>Use any undo / redo command</span> with the content using whatever method you like to trigger the event. You'll need to reset the checkbox after the event has fired.</p>
<div class="container" contentEditable></div>
<span><label for="event">Event Triggered</label> <input id="event" type="checkbox"/></span>

              
            
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CSS

              
                @import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Reem+Kufi');

*, *:before, *:after {
	box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
	margin:48px;
	font-family: 'Reem Kufi';
	font-size: 1.2em;
	letter-spacing: 1px;
	background-color: #00bcd4;
	color: #fff;
}

span {
	background-color: #80deea;
	display: inline-block;
	padding: 0 8px;
}

.container {
	display: inline-block;
	width: 100%;
	border:1px solid #0097a7;
	background-color: #fff;
	color: #5677fc;
	white-space:pre-line;
	min-height: 200px;
	margin-bottom: 24px;
	padding: 8px;
}

              
            
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                function UndoListener(options) {
	if (!options.el instanceof HTMLElement) return;
	this.el = options.el;
	this.callback = options.callback || function() {};
	this.init();
}

UndoListener.prototype = {
	constructor: UndoListener,
	addListeners: function() {
		this.listeners = {
			keydown: e => (this.expectedChange = this.eventChecker(e)),
			cut: e => (this.expectedChange = true),
			paste: e => (this.expectedChange = true)
		};
		return this.listen(true);
	},
	addObserver: function() {
		this.observer = new MutationObserver(mt => {
			console.log("expectedChange", this.expectedChange);
			if (!this.expectedChange) {
				this.expectedChange = true;
				this.observer.disconnect();
				this.callback.call(this.el, {
					original: [...mt].shift().oldValue,
					current: this.el.innerText
				});
				this.addObserver();
			}
			this.expectedChange = false;
		});

		this.observer.observe(this.el, {
			characterData: true,
			subtree: true,
			characterDataOldValue: true
		});
		return this;
	},
	destroy: function() {
		this.observer.disconnect();
		return this.listen(false);
	},
	eventChecker: function(event) {
		return !(~['z', 'y'].indexOf(event.key) && (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey));
	},
	init: function() {
		this.expectedChange = false;
		this.addListeners().addObserver();
		return this;
	},
	listen: function(bool) {
		Object.keys(this.listeners).forEach(type =>
			this.el[bool ? 'addEventListener' : 'removeEventListener'](type, this.listeners[type])
		);
		return this;
	}
};

// just a reference to the checkbox; not needed for the contstructor
var checkbox = document.getElementById("event");

// instantiate the listener on the element with a callback
var catcher = new UndoListener({
	// element to listen to
	el: document.querySelector(".container"),
	// callback to fire once undo/redo has fired, sends an object with original and current values
	callback: function(val) {
		console.log("callback fired", val);
		checkbox.checked = true;
	}
});

              
            
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