TextTrackList: removetrack event
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2018.
The removetrack event is fired when a track is removed from a TextTrackList.
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("removetrack", (event) => { })
onremovetrack = (event) => { }
Event type
A TrackEvent. Inherits from Event.
Examples
Using addEventListener():
js
const mediaElement = document.querySelector("video, audio");
mediaElement.textTracks.addEventListener("removetrack", (event) => {
console.log(`Text track: ${event.track.label} removed`);
});
Using the onremovetrack event handler property:
js
const mediaElement = document.querySelector("video, audio");
mediaElement.textTracks.onremovetrack = (event) => {
console.log(`Text track: ${event.track.label} removed`);
};
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # event-media-removetrack> |
| HTML> # handler-tracklist-onremovetrack> |
Browser compatibility
See also
- Related events:
addtrack,change - This event on
VideoTrackListtargets:removetrack - This event on
AudioTrackListtargets:removetrack - This event on
MediaStreamtargets:removetrack - Media Capture and Streams API
- WebRTC