The languagechange
event is fired at the global scope object when the user's preferred language changes.
The languagechange
event is fired at the global scope object when the user's preferred language changes.
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener()
, or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("languagechange", (event) => {}); onlanguagechange = (event) => {};
A generic Event
.
In addition to the Window
interface, the event handler property onlanguagechange
is also available on the following targets:
You can use the languagechange
event in an addEventListener
method:
js
window.addEventListener("languagechange", () => { console.log("languagechange event detected!"); });
Or use the onlanguagechange
event handler property:
js
window.onlanguagechange = (event) => { console.log("languagechange event detected!"); };
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languagechange_event |
37 | 79 | 32 | No | 24 | 10.1 | 37 | 37 | 4 | 24 | 10.3 | 4.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/languagechange_event