error

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The error event is fired when an error occurred; the exact circumstances vary, events by this name are used from a variety of APIs.

General info

Specification
DOM L3
Interface
UIEvent if generated by a user interface element, MediaRecorderErrorEvent if generated by the MediaStream Recording API, and Event otherwise.
Bubbles
No
Cancelable
No
Target
Element
Default Action
None

Properties

Property Type Description
target Read only EventTarget The event target (the topmost target in the DOM tree).
type Read only DOMString The type of event.
bubbles Read only Boolean Whether the event normally bubbles or not.
cancelable Read only Boolean Whether the event is cancellable or not.
view Read only WindowProxy document.defaultView (window of the document)
detail Read only long (float) 0.

For MediaStream Recording events

These events are of type MediaRecorderErrorEvent.

Inherits properties from its parent interface, Event.

error Read only
A DOMException containing information about the error that occurred. Read only.

See also

GlobalEventHandlers.onerror
Events sent to Window.onerror and Element.onerror
HTMLMediaElement.onerror
Events sent to HTMLMediaElement, including <audio> and <video>
MediaRecorder.onerror
Events sent to MediaRecorder.onerror, of type MediaRecorderErrorEvent

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