HTML Audio/Video DOM textTracks Property

Get the number of available text tracks:

var vid = document.getElementById("myVideo");
alert(vid.textTracks.length);

Definition and Usage

The textTracks property returns a TextTrackList object.

The TextTrackList object represents the available text tracks for the audio/video.

Each available text track is represented by an TextTrack Object.

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
textTracks	Yes	10.0	33.0	6.0	Yes

audio|video.textTracks

Type	Description
TextTrackList Object	Represents the available text tracks for the the audio/video. TextioTrackList Object: length - get the number of text tracks available in the audio/video [index] - get TextTrack object by index Note: The first available TextTrack object is index 0
TextTrack Object	Represents an text track. TextTrack Object Properties: kind - get the type of the text track (can be: "subtitles", "caption", "descriptions", "chapters", or "metadata") label - get the label of the text track language - get the language of the text track mode - get or set if the track is active ("disabled"\|"hidden"\|"showing") cues - get a list of cues as a TextTrackCueList object activeCues - get the currently active text track cues as a TextTrackCueList object addCue(cue) - add a cue to the list of cues removeCue(cue) - remove a cue from the list of cues

Type

Description

TextTrackList Object

Represents the available text tracks for the the audio/video.

TextioTrackList Object:

Note: The first available TextTrack object is index 0

TextTrack Object

Represents an text track.

TextTrack Object Properties:

kind - get the type of the text track (can be: "subtitles", "caption", "descriptions", "chapters", or "metadata")
label - get the label of the text track
language - get the language of the text track
mode - get or set if the track is active ("disabled"|"hidden"|"showing")
cues - get a list of cues as a TextTrackCueList object
activeCues - get the currently active text track cues as a TextTrackCueList object
addCue(cue) - add a cue to the list of cues
removeCue(cue) - remove a cue from the list of cues