Window: offline event

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The offline event of the {{domxref("Window")}} interface is fired when the browser has lost access to the network and the value of {{domxref("Navigator.onLine")}} switches to false.

Syntax

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

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

onoffline = (event) => { }

Event type

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

Event handler aliases

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

• {{domxref("HTMLBodyElement")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLFrameSetElement")}}
• {{domxref("SVGSVGElement")}}

Examples

// addEventListener version
window.addEventListener("offline", (event) => {
  console.log("The network connection has been lost.");
});

// onoffline version
window.onoffline = (event) => {
  console.log("The network connection has been lost.");
};

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• online