files/en-us/web/api/workerglobalscope/languagechange_event/index.md
{{APIRef("DOM")}}{{AvailableInWorkers("worker")}}
The languagechange event is fired at the global scope object when the user's preferred language changes.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
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")}}.
You can use the languagechange event in an {{domxref("EventTarget/addEventListener", "addEventListener")}} method:
worker.addEventListener("languagechange", () => {
console.log("languagechange event detected!");
});
Or use the onlanguagechange event handler property:
worker.onlanguagechange = (event) => {
console.log("languagechange event detected!");
};
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