ErrorEvent: message property

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The message read-only property of the ErrorEvent interface returns a string containing a human-readable error message describing the problem.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
window.addEventListener("error", (ev) => {
  console.log(`The error message: ${ev.message}`);
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-errorevent-message

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile server
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Bun
Deno
message
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 10 (Release date: 2011-03-08)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 27 (Release date: 2014-02-04)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 11 (Release date: 2010-12-16)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 27 (Release date: 2014-02-04)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 11 (Release date: 2011-03-22)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 6 (Release date: 2012-09-10)
footnote Full support
Bun – Full support
Bun 1 (Release date: 2023-09-08)
footnote Full support
Deno – Full support
Deno 1 (Release date: 2020-05-13)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support