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Table B.14. Storage event object

Attribute/method Description

key The key of the item that was modified

oldValue The previous value of the modified item

newValue The new value of the modified item

url The address of the document that contains the item

storageArea The storage object in which the change was made

The methods in tableB.15 apply to localStorage , sessionStorage , and to cookies
created using the document.cookie API. It's available on the window.navigator ob-
ject.

Table B.15. Another storage method

Attribute/method Description

Allows scripts to access storage areas, even if other scripts are currently blocking those
areas.

yieldForStorageUpdates()

B.1.7. Media Element API

The Media Element API, shown in table B.16 , is implemented by both the <audio> and
<video> elements.

Table B.16. Media Element API

Attribute/method Description

autoplay Corresponding DOM attribute to the autoplay content attribute.

Returns a TimeRanges object (an array of start and end times) that represents the ranges
of the media resource that the browser has buffered.

buffered

Accepts a MIME type, for example, video/webm, and returns a value indicating whether
or not the browser thinks it will be able to play media of that type. The possible return
values, in decreasing order of certainty, are 'probably', 'maybe', and an empty string.

canPlayType(type)

controller The MediaController object associated with the element's mediagroup.

controls Corresponding DOM attribute to the controls content attribute.

Reflects the value of the crossorigin content attribute. This setting is for Cross Origin Re-
source Sharing (CORS). The value can be either anonymous or use-credentials, depend-
ing on whether the omit credentials flag should be set or unset in the CORS headers.

crossOrigin

currentSrc The address of the currently playing media.