VTTCue.text

The text property of the VTTCue interface represents the text contents of the cue.

Syntax

let text = VTTCue.text;
VTTCue.text = a;

Value

A DOMString containing the raw text of the cue.

Examples

In the following example a new VTTCue is created, then the value of size is set to the string "new cue value". The value is then printed to the console.

let video = document.querySelector('video');
let track = video.addTextTrack("captions", "Captions", "en");
track.mode = "showing";

let cue1 = new VTTCue(0, 0.9, 'Hildy!');
cue1.text = 'new cue value';
console.log(cue1.text) // 'new cue value';

track.addCue(cue1);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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text
23
12
31
No
≤12.1
6
≤37
25
31
≤12.1
8
1.5

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/VTTCue/text