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) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |