TextTrackCueList: length property

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 length read-only property of the TextTrackCueList interface returns the number of cues in the list.

Value

An unsigned long which is the number of cues in the list.

Examples

The TextTrack.cues property returns a TextTrackCueList containing the current cues for that particular track. Calling cues.length returns the number of cues in the list. Using the WebVTT track below, the value of length is 5.

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?

third
00:00:01.500 --> 00:00:02.999 line:80%
Tell me, is the ruler of the universe in?

fourth
00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:04.299 line:80%
Yes, they're in - in a bad humor

fifth
00:00:04.300 --> 00:00:06.000 line:80%
Somebody must've stolen the crown jewels
js
const video = document.getElementById("video");
video.onplay = () => {
  console.log(video.textTracks[0].cues.length); // 5
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-texttrackcuelist-length

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
length
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

Legend

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Full support
Full support