TextTrackCueList: getCueById() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The getCueById() method of the TextTrackCueList interface returns the first VTTCue in the list represented by the TextTrackCueList object whose identifier matches the value of id.

Syntax

js
getCueById(id)

Parameters

id

A string which is an identifier for the cue.

Return value

A VTTCue object.

Examples

The TextTrack.cues property returns a TextTrackCueList containing the current cues for that particular track. Calling cues.getCueById("second") returns the VTTCue with an ID of "second".

WEBVTT

first
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.999 line:80%
Hildy!

second
00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:01.499 line:80%
How are you?
js
const video = document.getElementById("video");
video.onplay = () => {
  console.log(video.textTracks[0].cues.getCueById("second")); // a VTTCue object;
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-texttrackcuelist-getcuebyid

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
getCueById
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 23 (Release date: 2012-11-06)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 31 (Release date: 2014-07-22)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 6 (Release date: 2012-07-25)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 25 (Release date: 2013-02-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 31 (Release date: 2014-07-22)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
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 1.5 (Release date: 2013-09-25)
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

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Full support
Full support