VTTRegion

The VTTRegion interface—part of the API for handling WebVTT (text tracks on media presentations)—describes a portion of the video to render a VTTCue onto.

Constructor

VTTRegion()

Returns a newly created VTTRegion object.

Instance properties

VTTRegion.id

A string that identifies the region.

VTTRegion.width

A double representing the width of the region, as a percentage of the video.

VTTRegion.lines

A double representing the height of the region, in number of lines.

VTTRegion.regionAnchorX

A double representing the region anchor X offset, as a percentage of the region.

VTTRegion.regionAnchorY

A double representing the region anchor Y offset, as a percentage of the region.

VTTRegion.viewportAnchorX

A double representing the viewport anchor X offset, as a percentage of the video.

VTTRegion.viewportAnchorY

A double representing the viewport anchor Y offset, as a percentage of the video.

VTTRegion.scroll

An enum representing how adding new cues will move existing cues.

Examples

js

const region = new VTTRegion();
region.width = 50; // Use 50% of the video width
region.lines = 4; // Use 4 lines of height.
region.viewportAnchorX = 25; // Have the region start at 25% from the left.
const cue = new VTTCue(2, 3, "Cool text to be displayed");
cue.region = region; // This cue will be drawn only within this region.

Specifications

Specification
WebVTT: The Web Video Text Tracks Format
# the-vttregion-interface

Browser compatibility

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