storage | onstorage event
Fires when a Web Storage area is updated.
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Syntax
| HTML Attribute | <element onstorage = "handler(event)"> |
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| Event Property | object.onstorage = handler; |
| attachEvent Method | object.attachEvent("onstorage", handler) |
| addEventListener Method | object.addEventListener("storage", handler, useCapture) |
Event information
| Synchronous | No |
|---|---|
| Bubbles | No |
| Cancelable | No |
Event handler parameters
- pEvtObj [in]
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Type: IHTMLEventObj
Standards information
Remarks
The url property of the event specifies the URL of the Web page that made the update.
For Windows Internet Explorer 9 standards mode, onstorage will only fire on window objects. Handlers attached to document.body or document objects will not receive the event. (Note this does not apply to the onstoragecommit event.)
The onstorage event will only fire on window objects. Handlers attached to document.body or document objects will not receive the event. (Note this does not apply to the onstoragecommit event.)
The onstorage event is specified in the W3C Web Storage specification.
To invoke this event, do one of the following:
- Set or update a session or local storage value with setItem.
- Remove a session or local storage value with removeItem.
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