Provides the current state of the reading operation.
Syntax
var state = instanceOfFileReader.readyState
Value
A number which is one of the three possible state constants define for the FileReader
API:
EMPTY
:0
: No data has been loaded yet.LOADING
:1
: Data is currently being loaded.DONE
:2
: The entire read request has been completed.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
File API The definition of 'FileReader' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Firefox (Gecko) | Chrome | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 3.6 (1.9.2)[1] | 7 | 10[2] | 12.02[3] | 6.0.2 |
Feature | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | Android | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 32 | 3 | 10 | 11.5 | 6.1 |
[1] Prior to Gecko 2.0 beta 7 (Firefox 4.0 beta 7), all Blob
parameters below were File
parameters; this has since been updated to match the specification correctly. Prior to Gecko 13.0 (Firefox 13.0 / Thunderbird 13.0 / SeaMonkey 2.10) the FileReader.error
property returned a FileError
object. This interface has been removed and FileReader.error
is now returning the DOMError
object as defined in the latest FileAPI draft.
[2] IE9 has a File API Lab.
[3] Opera has partial support in 11.1.