WindowEventHandlers.onlanguagechange

The WindowEventHandlers.onlanguagechange event handler is a property containing the code to execute when the languagechange event, of type Event, is received by the object implementing this interface, usually a Window, an HTMLBodyElement, or an HTMLIFrameElement. Such an event is sent by the browser to inform that the preferred languages list has been updated. The list is accessible via NavigatorLanguage.languages.

Syntax

object.onlanguagechange = function;

Values

• function is the name of a user-defined function, without the () suffix or any parameters, or an anonymous function declaration, such as function(event) {...}. An event handler always has one single parameter, containing the event, here of type Event.

Example

window.onlanguagechange = function(ev) { alert("languagechange event detected!"); };

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• The languagechange event and its type, Event.