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languagechange (Web Workers)

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The languagechange event is fired at the global scope object when the user's preferred languages change.

General info

Specification: HTML5.1
Interface: Event
Bubbles: No
Cancelable: No
Target: The default window scope, being Window on Web pages and WorkerGlobalScope in Web Workers.
Default Action: None

Properties

Being of type Event, this event implements the properties of this interface.

Event.target Read only: Returns an EventTarget that is the topmost target in the DOM tree of the event.
Event.type Read only: Returns a DOMString representing the type of event, here "languagechange".
Event.bubblesRead only: Returns a Boolean indicating if the event normally bubbles or not.
Event.cancelableRead only: Returns a Boolean indicating if it is possible to cancel the event.

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML5.1 The definition of 'NavigatorLanguage.languages' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	37	32 (32) [1]	Not supported	24	Not supported

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	Not supported	32.0 (32)[1]	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported

[1]In Firefox, the navigator.languages property's value is taken from the intl.accept_languages preference.

languagechange (Web Workers)

General info

Properties

Specification

Browser compatibility

See also