WorkerGlobalScope: offline event

Limited availability

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

Note: This feature is only available in Web Workers.

The offline event of the WorkerGlobalScope fires when the device loses connection to the internet.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("offline", (event) => { })

onoffline = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Example

The following code snippet shows an onoffline handler set inside a worker:

js
self.onoffline = () => {
  console.log("Your worker is now offline");
};

The same snippet, but using addEventListener():

js
self.addEventListener("offline", () => {
  console.log("Your worker is now offline");
});

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# handler-workerglobalscope-onoffline

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
Deno
offline event
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote
footnote See bug 40155587
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote
footnote See bug 40155587
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 29 (Release date: 2014-04-29)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote
footnote See bug 40155587
Safari – Full support
Safari 8 (Release date: 2014-10-16)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – No support
Chrome Android
footnote
footnote See bug 40155587
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 29 (Release date: 2014-04-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – No support
Opera Android
footnote
footnote See bug 40155587
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 8 (Release date: 2014-09-17)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – No support
Samsung Internet
footnote
footnote See bug 40155587
WebView Android – No support
WebView Android
footnote
footnote See bug 40155587
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 8 (Release date: 2014-09-17)
footnote Full support
Deno – No support
Deno
footnote No support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.

See also

The WorkerGlobalScope interface it belongs to.