Web/API/MediaList

The MediaList interface represents the media queries of a stylesheet, e.g. those set using a <link> element's media attribute.

Note: MediaList is a live list; updating the list using properties or methods listed below will immediately update the behavior of the document.

Properties

MediaList.mediaText

A stringifier that returns a DOMString representing the MediaList as text, and also allows you to set a new MediaList.

MediaList.length Read only

Returns the number of media queries in the MediaList.

Methods

MediaList.appendMedium()

Adds a media query to the MediaList.

MediaList.deleteMedium()

Removes a media query from the MediaList.

MediaList.item()

A getter that returns a CSSOMString representing a media query as text, given the media query's index value inside the MediaList.

Examples

The following would log to the console a textual representation of the MediaList of the first stylesheet applied to the current document.

const stylesheets = document.styleSheets;
let stylesheet = stylesheets[0];
console.log(stylesheet.media.mediaText);

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Object Model (CSSOM)The definition of 'MediaList' in that specification.	Working Draft

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
MediaList	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
appendMedium	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
deleteMedium	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
item	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
length	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
mediaText	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support Yes	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

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Full support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

MediaList by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.