ServiceWorkerGlobalScope.onnotificationclick

The ServiceWorkerGlobalScope.onnotificationclick property is an event handler called whenever the notificationclick event is dispatched on the ServiceWorkerGlobalScope object, that is when a user clicks on a displayed notification spawned by ServiceWorkerRegistration.showNotification().

Notifications created on the main thread or in workers which aren't service workers using the Notification() constructor will instead receive a click event on the Notification object itself.

Note: Trying to create a notification inside the ServiceWorkerGlobalScope using the Notification() constructor will throw an error.

Syntax

ServiceWorkerGlobalScope.onnotificationclick = function(NotificationEvent) { ... };

Example

self.onnotificationclick = function(event) {
  console.log('On notification click: ', event.notification.tag);
  event.notification.close();

  // This looks to see if the current is already open and
  // focuses if it is
  event.waitUntil(clients.matchAll({
    type: "window"
  }).then(function(clientList) {
    for (var i = 0; i < clientList.length; i++) {
      var client = clientList[i];
      if (client.url == '/' && 'focus' in client)
        return client.focus();
    }
    if (clients.openWindow)
      return clients.openWindow('/');
  }));
};

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Notifications API
The definition of 'onnotificationclick' in that specification.
Living Standard Initial definition. This property is specified on the Notifications_API even though it's part of ServiceWorkerGlobalScope.

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
onnotificationclick
Experimental
Chrome Full support 40Edge Full support ≤79Firefox Full support 44
Notes
Full support 44
Notes
Notes Extended Support Releases (ESR) before Firefox 78 ESR do not support service workers and the Push API.
IE No support NoOpera Full support 24Safari Full support 11.1WebView Android Full support 40Chrome Android Full support 40Firefox Android Full support 44Opera Android Full support 24Safari iOS Full support 11.3Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

Legend

Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.
See implementation notes.