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HTMLTrackElement: readyState property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The readyState read-only property of the HTMLTrackElement interface returns a number representing the <track> element's text track readiness state:

  1. NONE: The text track not loaded state.
  2. LOADING: The text track loading state.
  3. LOADED: The text track loaded state.
  4. ERROR: The text track failed to load state.

Value

A number; 0, 1, 2, or 3.

Example

const trackElement = document.getElementById("exampleTrack");
console.log(trackElement.readyState); // 0, 1, 2, or 3

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
readyState 23 12 31 12 6 25 31 12 6 1.5 4.4 6

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTrackElement/readyState