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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

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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