Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The abort event of the FileReader interface is fired when a read has been aborted: for instance because the program called FileReader.abort().
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("abort", (event) => { })
onabort = (event) => { }A ProgressEvent. Inherits from Event.
<div class="example">
<div class="file-select">
<label for="avatar">Choose a profile picture:</label>
<input
type="file"
id="avatar"
name="avatar"
accept="image/png, image/jpeg" />
</div>
<img src="" class="preview" height="200" alt="Image preview" />
<div class="event-log">
<label for="eventLog">Event log:</label>
<textarea readonly class="event-log-contents" id="eventLog"></textarea>
</div>
</div>const fileInput = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]');
const preview = document.querySelector("img.preview");
const eventLog = document.querySelector(".event-log-contents");
const reader = new FileReader();
function handleEvent(event) {
eventLog.textContent += `${event.type}: ${event.loaded} bytes transferred\n`;
if (event.type === "load") {
preview.src = reader.result;
}
}
function addListeners(reader) {
reader.addEventListener("loadstart", handleEvent);
reader.addEventListener("load", handleEvent);
reader.addEventListener("loadend", handleEvent);
reader.addEventListener("progress", handleEvent);
reader.addEventListener("error", handleEvent);
reader.addEventListener("abort", handleEvent);
}
function handleSelected(e) {
eventLog.textContent = "";
const selectedFile = fileInput.files[0];
if (selectedFile) {
addListeners(reader);
reader.readAsDataURL(selectedFile);
}
reader.abort();
}
fileInput.addEventListener("change", handleSelected);