HTMLElement: translate property
Baseline 2023
Newly available
Since March 2023, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.
The translate
property of the HTMLElement
interface indicates whether an element's attribute values and the values of its Text
node children are to be translated when the page is localized, or whether to leave them unchanged.
It reflects the value of the translate
HTML global attribute.
Value
A boolean value that is true
if an element's attribute values and the values of its Text
node children are to be translated when the page is localized, false
otherwise.
Examples
The following example shows how to enable or disable translation via script:
html
<div>
<span>The content may always be translated: </span>
<span translate="yes">El contenido será traducido</div>
</div>
<div>
<span id="translate-label">The content may be translated:</span>
<span id="translate-element" translate="no">El contenido puede ser traducido.</div>
</div>
<input id="translate-controller" type="checkbox" /> Enable translation
js
const label = document.getElementById("translate-label");
const element = document.getElementById("translate-element");
const controller = document.getElementById("translate-controller");
controller.addEventListener("change", (e) => {
if (controller.checked) {
element.translate = true;
label.innerText = "The content may be translated:";
} else {
element.translate = false;
label.innerText = "The content may not be translated:";
}
});
Specifications
Specification |
---|
HTML Standard # dom-translate |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
translate
HTML global attribute