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VTTRegion

The VTTRegion interface—part of the API for handling WebVTT (text tracks on media presentations)—describes a portion of the video to render a VTTCue onto.

Constructor

VTTRegion()

Returns a newly created VTTRegion object.

Instance properties

VTTRegion.id

A string that identifies the region.

VTTRegion.width

A double representing the width of the region, as a percentage of the video.

VTTRegion.lines

A double representing the height of the region, in number of lines.

VTTRegion.regionAnchorX

A double representing the region anchor X offset, as a percentage of the region.

VTTRegion.regionAnchorY

A double representing the region anchor Y offset, as a percentage of the region.

VTTRegion.viewportAnchorX

A double representing the viewport anchor X offset, as a percentage of the video.

VTTRegion.viewportAnchorY

A double representing the viewport anchor Y offset, as a percentage of the video.

VTTRegion.scroll

An enum representing how adding new cues will move existing cues.

Examples

js

const region = new VTTRegion();
region.width = 50; // Use 50% of the video width
region.lines = 4; // Use 4 lines of height.
region.viewportAnchorX = 25; // Have the region start at 25% from the left.
const cue = new VTTCue(2, 3, "Cool text to be displayed");
cue.region = region; // This cue will be drawn only within this region.

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
VTTRegion No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
VTTRegion No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
id No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
lines No No 59 No No 12.1 No No 59 No 12.2 No
regionAnchorX No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
regionAnchorY No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
scroll No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
viewportAnchorX No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
viewportAnchorY No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No
width No No 59 No No 7 No No 59 No 7 No

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