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TextTrack

The TextTrack interface of the WebVTT API represents a text track associated with a media element.

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Extends

Methods

addCue()

addCue(cue): void;

The addCue() method of the TextTrack interface adds a new cue to the list of cues.

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Parameters

ParameterType
cueTextTrackCue

Returns

void


addEventListener()

Call Signature

addEventListener<K>(
type,
listener,
options?
): void;

The addEventListener() method of the EventTarget interface sets up a function that will be called whenever the specified event is delivered to the target.

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Type Parameters
Type Parameter
K extends "cuechange"
Parameters
ParameterType
typeK
listener(this, ev) => any
options?boolean | AddEventListenerOptions
Returns

void

Overrides

EventTarget.addEventListener

Call Signature

addEventListener(
type,
listener,
options?
): void;

The addEventListener() method of the EventTarget interface sets up a function that will be called whenever the specified event is delivered to the target.

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Parameters
ParameterType
typestring
listenerEventListenerOrEventListenerObject
options?boolean | AddEventListenerOptions
Returns

void

Overrides
EventTarget.addEventListener

dispatchEvent()

dispatchEvent(event): boolean;

The dispatchEvent() method of the EventTarget sends an Event to the object, (synchronously) invoking the affected event listeners in the appropriate order. The normal event processing rules (including the capturing and optional bubbling phase) also apply to events dispatched manually with dispatchEvent().

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Parameters

ParameterType
eventEvent

Returns

boolean

Inherited from

EventTarget.dispatchEvent


removeCue()

removeCue(cue): void;

The removeCue() method of the TextTrack interface removes a cue from the list of cues.

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Parameters

ParameterType
cueTextTrackCue

Returns

void


removeEventListener()

Call Signature

removeEventListener<K>(
type,
listener,
options?
): void;

The removeEventListener() method of the EventTarget interface removes an event listener previously registered with EventTarget.addEventListener() from the target. The event listener to be removed is identified using a combination of the event type, the event listener function itself, and various optional options that may affect the matching process; see Matching event listeners for removal.

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Type Parameters
Type Parameter
K extends "cuechange"
Parameters
ParameterType
typeK
listener(this, ev) => any
options?boolean | EventListenerOptions
Returns

void

Overrides

EventTarget.removeEventListener

Call Signature

removeEventListener(
type,
listener,
options?
): void;

The removeEventListener() method of the EventTarget interface removes an event listener previously registered with EventTarget.addEventListener() from the target. The event listener to be removed is identified using a combination of the event type, the event listener function itself, and various optional options that may affect the matching process; see Matching event listeners for removal.

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Parameters
ParameterType
typestring
listenerEventListenerOrEventListenerObject
options?boolean | EventListenerOptions
Returns

void

Overrides
EventTarget.removeEventListener

Properties

activeCues

readonly activeCues: TextTrackCueList | null;

The activeCues read-only property of the TextTrack interface returns a TextTrackCueList object listing the currently active cues.

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cues

readonly cues: TextTrackCueList | null;

The cues read-only property of the TextTrack interface returns a TextTrackCueList object containing all of the track's cues.

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id

readonly id: string;

The id read-only property of the TextTrack interface returns the ID of the track if it has one.

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inBandMetadataTrackDispatchType

readonly inBandMetadataTrackDispatchType: string;

The inBandMetadataTrackDispatchType read-only property of the TextTrack interface returns the text track's in-band metadata dispatch type of the text track represented by the TextTrack object.

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kind

readonly kind: TextTrackKind;

The kind read-only property of the TextTrack interface returns the kind of text track this object represents. This decides how the track will be handled by a user agent.

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label

readonly label: string;

The label read-only property of the TextTrack interface returns a human-readable label for the text track, if it is available.

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language

readonly language: string;

The language read-only property of the TextTrack interface returns the language of the text track.

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mode

mode: TextTrackMode;

The TextTrack interface's mode property is a string specifying and controlling the text track's mode: disabled, hidden, or showing. You can read this value to determine the current mode, and you can change this value to switch modes.

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oncuechange

oncuechange: ((this, ev) => any) | null;

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