Secure context
This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The NotificationAction
interface of the Notifications API is used to represent action buttons the user can click to interact with notifications. These buttons' appearance and specific functionality vary across platforms but generally they provide a way to asynchronously show actions to the user in a notification.
Properties
Instance properties
These properties are available only on instances of the Notification
object.
NotificationAction.action
Read only- The name of the action, which can be used to identify the clicked action similar to input names.
NotificationAction.title
Read only- The string describing the action that is displayed to the user.
NotificationAction.icon
Read only- The URL of the image used to represent the notification when there is not enough space to display the notification itself.
Example
Notifications can fire notificationclick
events on the ServiceWorkerGlobalScope
.
Here a service worker shows a notification with a single "Archive" action, allowing users to perform this common task from the notification without having to open the website. The user can also click the main body of the notification to open their inbox instead.
self.registration.showNotification("New mail from Alice", { actions: [ { action: 'archive', title: 'Archive' } ] }); self.addEventListener('notificationclick', function(event) { event.notification.close(); if (event.action === 'archive') { // Archive action was clicked archiveEmail(); } else { // Main body of notification was clicked clients.openWindow('/inbox'); } }, false);
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Notifications API | Living Standard | Living standard |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Notification | Chrome
Full support
22
| Edge Full support 14 | Firefox
Full support
22
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 25 | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
22
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Notification() constructor | Chrome
Full support
22
| Edge Full support ≤18 | Firefox
Full support
22
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 25 | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
22
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
actions | Chrome Full support 53 | Edge Full support 18 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support 39 | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 53 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 41 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 |
badge | Chrome Full support 53 | Edge Full support 18 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support 39 | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 53 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 41 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 |
body | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
close | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
data | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 16 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
dir | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
icon | Chrome
Full support
22
| Edge Full support 14 | Firefox
Full support
22
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 25 | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
22
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
image | Chrome Full support 53 | Edge Full support 18 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support 40 | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 53 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 41 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0 |
lang | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
maxActions | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 18 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
onclick | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support 22 | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
onclose | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
onerror | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
onshow | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
permission | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
renotify | Chrome Full support 50 | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support 37 | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 50 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 37 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0 |
requestPermission | Chrome Full support 46 | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox
Full support
47
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 40 | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 46 | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support 41 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0 |
requireInteraction | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 17 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Secure context required | Chrome Full support 62 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox Full support 67 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 49 | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 62 | Firefox Android Full support 67 | Opera Android Full support 46 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0 |
silent | Chrome Full support 43 | Edge Full support 17 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support 30 | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 43 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support 30 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0 |
tag | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
timestamp | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 17 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
title | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
vibrate | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android
Full support
53
| Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android
Full support
41
| Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
6.0
|
Available in workers | Chrome Full support 45 | Edge Full support ≤18 | Firefox Full support 41 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 32 | Safari ? | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android Full support 45 | Firefox Android Full support 41 | Opera Android Full support 32 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 5.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.