WindowEventHandlers.onlanguagechange

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The onlanguagechange property of the WindowEventHandlers mixin is the EventHandler for processing languagechange events.

These events are 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;

Value

  • 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(event) {
  console.log('languagechange event detected!');
};

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
onlanguagechange
Experimental
Chrome Full support 37Edge Full support ≤79Firefox Full support 32IE No support NoOpera Full support 24Safari ? WebView Android Full support 37Chrome Android Full support 37Firefox Android Full support 4Opera Android Full support 24Safari iOS ? Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

Legend

Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Compatibility unknown
Compatibility unknown
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also