Window: languagechange event

{{APIRef}}

The languagechange event is fired at the global scope object when the user’s preferred language changes.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}} , or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("languagechange", (event) => { })

onlanguagechange = (event) => { }

A generic {{domxref("Event")}} .

In addition to the Window interface, the event handler property onlanguagechange is also available on the following targets:

You can use the languagechange event in an {{domxref("EventTarget/addEventListener", "addEventListener")}} method:

window.addEventListener("languagechange", () => {
  console.log("languagechange event detected!");
});

Or use the onlanguagechange event handler property:

window.onlanguagechange = (event) => {
  console.log("languagechange event detected!");
};

{{Specifications}}

{{Compat}}