Element: error event

The error event is fired on an Element object when a resource failed to load, or can't be used. For example, if a script has an execution error or an image can't be found or is invalid.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Interface	`Event` or `UIEvent`
Event handler property	`onerror`

The event object is a UIEvent instance if it was generated from a user interface element, or an Event instance otherwise.

Examples

Live example

HTML

<div class="controls">
  <button id="img-error" type="button">Generate image error</button>
  <img class="bad-img" />
</div>

<div class="event-log">
  <label>Event log:</label>
  <textarea readonly class="event-log-contents" rows="8" cols="30"></textarea>
</div>

JS

const log = document.querySelector('.event-log-contents');

const badImg = document.querySelector('.bad-img');
badImg.addEventListener('error', (event) => {
    log.textContent = log.textContent + `${event.type}: Loading image\n`;
    console.log(event)
});

const imgError = document.querySelector('#img-error');
imgError.addEventListener('click', () => {
    badImg.setAttribute('src', 'i-dont-exist');
});

Result

Specifications

Specification
UI Events # event-type-error

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`error_event`	1	12	1	9	≤12.1	1	1	18	4	≤12.1	1	1.0