Notification.lang

The lang read-only property of the Notification interface indicates the text direction of the notification, as specified in the lang option of the Notification() constructor.

The language itself is specified using a DOMString representing a BCP 47 language tag. See the Sitepoint ISO 2 letter language codes page for a simple reference.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

var language = Notification.lang;

Value

A DOMString specifying the language tag.

Examples

The following snippet fires a notification; a simple options object is created, then the notification is fired using the Notification() constructor.

var options = {
  body: 'Do you like my body?',
  lang: 'en-US'
}
var n = new Notification('Test notification',options);
n.lang // should return 'en-US'

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Notifications API
The definition of 'lang' in that specification.
Living Standard Living standard

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 5 webkit (see notes)
22
(Yes) 4.0 moz (see notes)
22
No support 25 6 (see notes)
Available in workers ? ? 41.0 (41.0) ? ? ?
Feature Android Android Webview Edge Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
Basic support ?

(Yes)

(Yes) 4.0 moz (see notes)
22
1.0.1 moz (see notes)
1.2
No support ? No support

(Yes)

Available in workers ? ? ? 41.0 (41.0) ? ? ? ? ?

Firefox OS notes

Chrome notes

Safari notes

See also

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