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VTTCue: text property

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{{APIRef("WebVTT")}}

The text property of the {{domxref("VTTCue")}} interface represents the text contents of the cue.

Value

A string containing the raw text of the cue.

Examples

In the following example a new {{domxref("VTTCue")}} is created, then the value of size is set to the string "new cue value". The value is then printed to the console.

js
let video = document.querySelector("video");
let track = video.addTextTrack("captions", "Captions", "en");
track.mode = "showing";

let cue = new VTTCue(0, 0.9, "Hildy!");
cue.text = "new cue value";
console.log(cue.text); // 'new cue value';

track.addCue(cue);

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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