PreferenceObject: requestOverride() method

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

The requestOverride method of the PreferenceObject interface sets an must be provided value for a particular preference.

Syntax

js
requestOverrides(value)

Parameters

value

The value to request an override with.

Return value

A Promise which resolves to undefined on success, or rejects on failure.

Exceptions

NotAllowedError DOMException

Thrown if the given value is not allowed.

Examples

Basic usage

The following example requests an override of the must be provided.

js
await navigator.preferences.colorScheme.requestOverride("dark");
console.log(navigator.preferences.colorScheme.override);

Specifications

Specification
Media Queries Level 5
# request-override-method

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
requestOverride
Experimental
Chrome – Preview support
Chrome Canary
footnote Preview browser support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote No support
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote No support
WebView on iOS – No support
WebView on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

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In development. Supported in a pre-release version.
In development. Supported in a pre-release version.
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.