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WindowEventHandlers.onlanguagechange

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The WindowEventHandlers.onlanguagechange event handler is a property containing the code to execute when the languagechange event, of type Event, is received by the object implementing this interface, usually a Window, an HTMLBodyElement, or an HTMLIFrameElement. Such an event is sent by the browser to inform that the preferred languages list has been updated. The list is accessible via NavigatorLanguage.languages.

Syntax

object.onlanguagechange = function;

Values

  • function is the name of a user-defined function, without the () suffix or any parameters, or an anonymous function declaration, such as function(event) {...}. An event handler always has one single parameter, containing the event, here of type Event.

Example

window.onlanguagechange = function(ev) { alert("languagechange event detected!"); };

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'WindowEventHandler.onlanguagechange' in that specification.
Living Standard Initial specification.

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 37 ? 32 No 24 ?
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support 37 37 ? 4 24 ? ?

See also

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Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowEventHandlers/onlanguagechange