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languagechange (Web Workers)

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The languagechange event is fired at the global scope object when the user's preferred languages change.

Specification: HTML Living Standard
Interface: Event
Bubbles: No
Cancelable: No
Target: The default window scope, being Window on Web pages and WorkerGlobalScope in Web Workers.
Default Action: None

Being of type Event, this event implements the properties of this interface.

Event.target Read only: Returns an EventTarget that is the topmost target in the DOM tree of the event.
Event.type Read only: Returns a DOMString representing the type of event, here "languagechange".
Event.bubblesRead only: Returns a Boolean indicating if the event normally bubbles or not.
Event.cancelableRead only: Returns a Boolean indicating if it is possible to cancel the event.

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'languagechange' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition
HTML 5.1 The definition of 'NavigatorLanguage.languages' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

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Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	37	32 (32) [1]	No support	24	No support

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	No support	32.0 (32)[1]	No support	No support	No support

[1]In Firefox, the navigator.languages property's value is taken from the intl.accept_languages preference.