PictureInPictureEvent: PictureInPictureEvent() constructor

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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The PictureInPictureEvent() constructor returns a new PictureInPictureEvent object.

Syntax

new PictureInPictureEvent(type, options)

Parameters

type

A string representing the name of the event. It is case-sensitive and browsers set it to enterpictureinpicture, leavepictureinpicture, or resize.

options

An object that, in addition of the properties defined in Event(), can have the following properties:

pictureInPictureWindow: A PictureInPictureWindow.

Return value

A new PictureInPictureEvent object.

Specifications

Specification
Picture-in-Picture # dom-pictureinpictureevent-pictureinpictureevent

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`PictureInPictureEvent()` constructor	Chrome – No support Chrome 69 – 84 (Release date: 2018-09-04) altname altname Alternate name: EnterPictureInPictureEvent Chrome – Full support Chrome 85 (Release date: 2020-08-25) footnote Full support	Edge – No support Edge 79 – 84 (Release date: 2020-01-15) altname altname Alternate name: EnterPictureInPictureEvent Edge – Full support Edge 85 (Release date: 2020-08-27) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote footnote See bug 1463402	Opera – No support Opera 56 – 70 (Release date: 2018-09-25) altname altname Alternate name: EnterPictureInPictureEvent Opera – Full support Opera 71 (Release date: 2020-09-15) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 13.1 (Release date: 2020-03-24) altname altname Alternate name: EnterPictureInPictureEvent Safari – Full support Safari 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 105 (Release date: 2022-09-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote footnote See bug 1463402	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 72 (Release date: 2022-10-21) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24) altname altname Alternate name: EnterPictureInPictureEvent Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 20 (Release date: 2023-02-10) footnote Full support	WebView Android – No support WebView Android footnote No support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24) altname altname Alternate name: EnterPictureInPictureEvent WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12) footnote Full support

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