HTML srclang Attribute
Definition and Usage
The srclang attribute specifies the language of the track text data.
This attribute is required if kind="subtitles".
Tip: To view all available language codes, go to our Language code reference.
Applies to
The srclang attribute can be used on the following element:
| Element | Attribute |
|---|---|
| <track> | srclang |
Example
A video with two subtitle tracks:
<video width="320" height="240" controls>
<source src="forrest_gump.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="forrest_gump.ogg" type="video/ogg">
<track src="subtitles_en.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="en" label="English">
<track src="subtitles_no.vtt" kind="subtitles" srclang="no" label="Norwegian">
</video>
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| srclang | 18.0 | 10.0 | 31.0 | 6.0 | 15.0 |
