ErrorEvent

The ErrorEvent interface represents events providing information related to errors in scripts or in files.

Properties

Also inherits properties from its parent Event.

ErrorEvent.message Read only

Is a DOMString containing a human-readable error message describing the problem.

ErrorEvent.filename Read only

Is a DOMString containing the name of the script file in which the error occurred.

ErrorEvent.lineno Read only

Is an integer containing the line number of the script file on which the error occurred.

ErrorEvent.colno Read only

Is an integer containing the column number of the script file on which the error occurred.

ErrorEvent.error Read only

Is a JavaScript Object that is concerned by the event.

Constructor

ErrorEvent()

Creates an ErrorEvent event with the given parameters.

Methods

Inherits methods from its parent Event.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'ErrorEvent' in that specification.	Living Standard	Added the error property and the 5th parameter to the constructor.
HTML5 The definition of 'ErrorEvent' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• Using web workers, most likely objects to raise such an event