TextTrackList: change event

The change event is fired when a text track is made active or inactive, or a TextTrackList is otherwise changed.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener('change', event => { })

onchange = event => { }

Event type

A generic Event with no added properties.

Examples

Using addEventListener():

const mediaElement = document.querySelectorAll('video, audio')[0];
mediaElement.textTracks.addEventListener('change', (event) => {
    console.log(`'${event.type}' event fired`);
});

Using the onchange event handler property:

const mediaElement = document.querySelector('video, audio');
mediaElement.textTracks.onchange = (event) => {
    console.log(`'${event.type}' event fired`);
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # event-media-change
HTML Standard # handler-tracklist-onchange

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