error

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

These events are of type UIEvent.

This interface also inherits properties of its parent, Event.

UIEvent.cancelBubble: Is a Boolean indicating whether the bubbling of the event has been canceled or not.

UIEvent.detailRead only: Returns a long with details about the event, depending on the event type.
UIEvent.isChar Read only: Returns a Boolean indicating whether the event produced a key character or not.
UIEvent.layerX Read only: Returns the horizontal coordinate of the event relative to the current layer.
UIEvent.layerY Read only: Returns the vertical coordinate of the event relative to the current layer.
UIEvent.pageX Read only: Returns the horizontal coordinate of the event relative to the whole document.
UIEvent.pageY Read only: Returns the vertical coordinate of the event relative to the whole document.
UIEvent.sourceCapabilities Read only: Returns an instance of the InputDeviceCapabilities interface which provides information about the physical device responsible for generating a touch event.
UIEvent.viewRead only: Returns a WindowProxy that contains the view that generated the event.
UIEvent.which Read only: Returns the numeric keyCode of the key pressed, or the character code (charCode) for an alphanumeric key pressed.

These events are of type MediaRecorderErrorEvent.

Inherits properties from its parent interface, Event.

error Read only: The DOMException that was thrown that caused the error event to be sent. Read only.