Window: languagechange event
The languagechange
event is fired at the global scope object when the user's preferred language changes.
Bubbles | No |
---|---|
Cancelable | No |
Interface | Event |
Event handler | onlanguagechange |
Examples
You can use the languagechange
event in an addEventListener
method:
window.addEventListener('languagechange', function() { console.log('languagechange event detected!'); });
Or use the onlanguagechange
event handler property:
window.onlanguagechange = function(event) { console.log('languagechange event detected!'); };
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard (HTML) # event-languagechange |
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 | |
languagechange_event |
37 |
≤79 |
32 |
No |
24 |
10.1 |
37 |
37 |
4 |
24 |
10.3 |
4.0 |
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/languagechange_event