index.md

title	ErrorEvent
slug	Web/API/ErrorEvent
page-type	web-api-interface
browser-compat	api.ErrorEvent

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}{{AvailableInWorkers}}

The ErrorEvent interface represents events providing information related to errors in scripts or in files.

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Constructor

• {{domxref("ErrorEvent.ErrorEvent", "ErrorEvent()")}}
  • : Creates an ErrorEvent event with the given parameters.

Instance properties

Also inherits properties from its parent {{domxref("Event")}}.

• {{domxref("ErrorEvent.message")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : A string containing a human-readable error message describing the problem.
• {{domxref("ErrorEvent.filename")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : A string containing the name of the script file in which the error occurred.
• {{domxref("ErrorEvent.lineno")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : An integer containing the line number of the script file on which the error occurred.
• {{domxref("ErrorEvent.colno")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : An integer containing the column number of the script file on which the error occurred.
• {{domxref("ErrorEvent.error")}} {{ReadOnlyInline}}
  • : A JavaScript value, such as an {{jsxref("Error")}} or {{domxref("DOMException")}}, representing the error associated with this event.

Instance methods

Inherits methods from its parent {{domxref("Event")}}.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Using web workers, most likely objects to raise such an event.
• {{domxref("Window")}}: {{domxref("Window/error_event", "error")}} event
• {{domxref("Navigation")}}: {{domxref("Navigation/navigateerror_event", "navigateerror")}} event