The removetrack event is fired when a track is removed from an AudioTrackList.
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AudioTrackList: removetrack event
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("removetrack", (event) => { })
onremovetrack = (event) => { }
Event type
A TrackEvent. Inherits from Event.
Event properties
TrackEvent is based on Event, so properties of Event are also available on TrackEvent objects.
trackRead only-
The DOM track object the event is in reference to. If not
null, this is always an object of one of the media track types:AudioTrack,VideoTrack, orTextTrack).
Description
Trigger
The removetrack event is called whenever a track is removed from the media element whose audio tracks are represented by the AudioTrackList object.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Use cases
You can use this event to react to a new audio track becoming unavailable. You may want to update your UI elements to disallow for user selection of the removed audio track, for example.
Examples
Using addEventListener():
js
const videoElement = document.querySelector("video");
videoElement.audioTracks.addEventListener("removetrack", (event) => {
console.log(`Audio track: ${event.track.label} removed`);
});
Using the onremovetrack event handler property:
js
const videoElement = document.querySelector("video");
videoElement.audioTracks.onremovetrack = (event) => {
console.log(`Audio track: ${event.track.label} removed`);
};
Specifications
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
removetrack_event |
37 | 7912–79 | 33 | 10 | 24 | 7 | No | 37 | No | No | 7 | No |
See also
- Related events:
addtrack,change - This event on
VideoTrackListtargets:removetrack - This event on
MediaStreamtargets:removetrack - Media Capture and Streams API
- WebRTC
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/AudioTrackList/removetrack_event