MessageEvent.source
The source
read-only property of the
MessageEvent
interface is a MessageEventSource
(which can be
a WindowProxy
, MessagePort
, or
ServiceWorker
object) representing the message emitter.
Value
a MessageEventSource
(which can be a WindowProxy
,
MessagePort
, or ServiceWorker
object) representing the
message emitter.
Examples
myWorker.onmessage = function(e) {
result.textContent = e.data;
console.log('Message received from worker');
console.log(e.source);
};
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-messageevent-source-dev |
Browser compatibility
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See also
-
ExtendableMessageEvent
— similar to this interface but used in interfaces that needs to give more flexibility to authors.