TextTrack: removeCue() method
The removeCue() method of the TextTrack interface removes a cue from the list of cues.
Syntax
js
removeCue(cue)
Parameters
cue-
A
TextTrackCue.
Return value
Undefined.
Exceptions
NotFoundErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the given cue is not found in the list of cues.
Note: The TextTrackCue interface is an abstract class used as the parent for other cue interfaces such as VTTCue. Therefore, when removing a cue you will be passing in one of the cue types that inherit from TextTrackCue.
Examples
In the following example a cue is added to a video text track using addCue(), then removed using removeCue.
js
let video = document.querySelector("video");
let track = video.addTextTrack("captions", "Captions", "en");
track.mode = "showing";
let cue = new VTTCue(0, 0.9, "Hildy!");
track.addCue(cue);
track.removeCue(cue);
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-texttrack-removecue-dev |
Browser compatibility
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