document.onfullscreenerror

The Document.onfullscreenerror property is an event handler for the fullscreenchange event that is fire when a document goes that cannot go in fullscreen mode, even it has been requested.

Syntax

targetDocument.onfullscreenerror = fullscreenErrorHandler;

Example

document.onfullscreenerror = function ( event ) { 
  console.log("FULL SCREEN DENIED")
}; 

// requestFullscreen() will fail because it is outside of an event handler
document.documentElement.requestFullscreen();

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Fullscreen API The definition of 'onfullscreenerror' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

[1] Until Firefox 49, it technically was on GlobalEventHandlers, but such event handler was never called when set on an Element.

See also

• fullscreenerror
• Document.onfullscreenchange