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TextTrackCueList: length property

The length read-only property of the TextTrackCueList interface returns the number of cues in the list.

Value

An unsigned long which is the number of cues in the list.

Examples

The TextTrack.cues property returns a TextTrackCueList containing the current cues for that particular track. Calling cues.length returns the number of cues in the list. Using the WebVTT track below, the value of length is 5.

WEBVTT

first
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.999  line:80%
Hildy!

second
00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:01.499 line:80%
How are you?

third
00:00:01.500 --> 00:00:02.999 line:80%
Tell me, is the ruler of the universe in?

fourth
00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.299 line:80%
Yes, they're in - in a bad humor

fifth
00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:06.000 line:80%
Somebody must've stolen the crown jewels

js

const video = document.getElementById("video");
video.onplay = () => {
  console.log(video.textTracks[0].cues.length); // 5
};

Specifications

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
length 23 12 31 10 ≤12.1 6 4.4 25 31 ≤12.1 6 1.5

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/TextTrackCueList/length