HTML <track>Tag: The HTML<track> tag defines the text tracks for media elements. This element is used to specify subtitles, caption files or other files containing text, that should be visible when the media is playing. And the HTML4 does not supports <track> tag. It was supported by HTML5.
HTML <track>Tag
This HTML track tag supports both the global and the event attributes.
Syntax: <track>Text</track>
Browser compatibility
The HTML track tag is supported by different types of browsers.
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
- Internet Explorer
Attributes that are supported by the <track> tag
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| default | default | Specifies that the track is to be enabled if the user’s preferences do not indicate that another track would be more appropriate |
| kind | captions chapters descriptions metadata subtitles |
Specifies the kind of text track |
| label | text | Specifies the title of the text track |
| src | URL | Specifies the URL of the track file |
| srclang | lang_code | Specifies the language of the track text data (required if kind=”subtitles”) |