This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The onmessage
property of the WindowEventHandlers
mixin is the EventHandler
called whenever an object receives a message
event.
Syntax
window.addEventListener('message', function(event) { ... }) window.onmessage = function(event) { ... }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'onmessage' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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onmessage | Chrome Full support 60 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox ? | IE ? | Opera Full support 47 | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support 60 | Chrome Android Full support 60 | Firefox Android ? | Opera Android Full support 44 | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown