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Window: offline event

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The offline event of the Window interface is fired when the browser has lost access to the network and the value of onLine switches to false.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

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

onoffline = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Event handler aliases

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

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

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also