TextTrack: addCue() method

The addCue() method of the TextTrack interface adds a new cue to the list of cues.

Syntax

addCue(cue)

Parameters

cue: A TextTrackCue.

Note: The TextTrackCue interface is an abstract class used as the parent for other cue interfaces such as VTTCue. Therefore, when adding a cue you will be using one of the cue types that inherit from TextTrackCue.

Return value

Undefined.

Exceptions

InvalidStateError DOMException: Thrown if the rules for this TextTrackList do not match those that are appropriate for the incoming TextTrackCue.

Examples

In the following example two cues are added to a video text track using addCue().

let video = document.querySelector("video");
let track = video.addTextTrack("captions", "Captions", "en");
track.mode = "showing";
track.addCue(new VTTCue(0, 0.9, "Hildy!"));
track.addCue(new VTTCue(1, 1.4, "How are you?"));

Specifications

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