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WindowEventHandlers.onmessage

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The onmessage property of the WindowEventHandlers mixin is the event handler called whenever an object receives a message event.

Syntax

window.addEventListener('message', function(event) { ... })
window.onmessage = function(event) { ... }

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
onmessage
60
12
9
8
47
4
60
60
9
44
4
8.0

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