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Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js

addEventListener("error", (event) => { })
onerror = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

js

const video = document.querySelector("video");
const videoSrc = "https://path/to/video.webm";
video.addEventListener("error", () => {
  console.error(`Error loading: ${videoSrc}`);
});
video.setAttribute("src", videoSrc);

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# event-media-error
HTML
# handler-window-onmessageerror

Browser compatibility

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