This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The VTTRegion interface of the WebVTT API describes a portion of the video to render a VTTCue onto.
VTTRegion()Returns a newly created VTTRegion object.
VTTRegion.idA string that identifies the region.
VTTRegion.widthRepresents the width of the region, as a percentage of the video.
VTTRegion.linesRepresents the height of the region, in number of lines.
VTTRegion.regionAnchorXRepresents the region anchor X offset, as a percentage of the region.
VTTRegion.regionAnchorYRepresents the region anchor Y offset, as a percentage of the region.
VTTRegion.viewportAnchorXRepresents the viewport anchor X offset, as a percentage of the video.
VTTRegion.viewportAnchorYRepresents the viewport anchor Y offset, as a percentage of the video.
VTTRegion.scrollAn enum representing how adding a new cue will move existing cues.
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.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
VTTRegion |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
VTTRegion |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
id |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
lines |
No | No | 59 | No | 12.1 | No | 59 | No | 12.2 | No | No | 12.2 |
regionAnchorX |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
regionAnchorY |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
scroll |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
viewportAnchorX |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
viewportAnchorY |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
width |
No | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | 59 | No | 7 | No | No | 7 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/VTTRegion