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AudioTrackList: change event

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The change event is fired when an audio track is enabled or disabled, for example by changing the track's enabled property.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("change", (event) => { })

onchange = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

Using addEventListener():

const videoElement = document.querySelector("video");
videoElement.audioTracks.addEventListener("change", (event) => {
  console.log(`'${event.type}' event fired`);
});

// changing the value of `enabled` will trigger the `change` event
const toggleTrackButton = document.querySelector(".toggle-track");
toggleTrackButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  const track = videoElement.audioTracks[0];
  track.enabled = !track.enabled;
});

Using the onchange event handler property:

const videoElement = document.querySelector("video");
videoElement.audioTracks.onchange = (event) => {
  console.log(`'${event.type}' event fired`);
};

// changing the value of `enabled` will trigger the `change` event
const toggleTrackButton = document.querySelector(".toggle-track");
toggleTrackButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  const track = videoElement.audioTracks[0];
  track.enabled = !track.enabled;
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
change_event 37 7912–79 33 24 7 37 No No 7 No No 7

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioTrackList/change_event