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VTTCue: text property

The text property of the VTTCue interface represents the text contents of the cue.

Value

A string containing the raw text of the cue.

Examples

In the following example a new VTTCue is created, then the value of size is set to the string "new cue value". The value is then printed to the console.

js

let video = document.querySelector("video");
let track = video.addTextTrack("captions", "Captions", "en");
track.mode = "showing";

let cue1 = new VTTCue(0, 0.9, "Hildy!");
cue1.text = "new cue value";
console.log(cue1.text); // 'new cue value';

track.addCue(cue1);

Specifications

Specification
WebVTT: The Web Video Text Tracks Format
# dom-vttcue-text

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
text 23 12 31 10 ≤12.1 6 4.4 25 31 ≤12.1 8 1.5

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