javascript - <link> onerror do not work in IE -

i trying attach event handler onerror event (404 error) <link> element.

i have on page:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="dead/link.css" onerror="handle404error()" /> 

it works fine on chrome , opera should work on ie9+ too. found this, can't find solution myself.

is there way without writing method load styles dynamically?

note: didn't tag question 'jquery', please don't use in answers.

in ie, onerror event not fire on invalid link urls, onload event does.

in chrome, opposite true: onload event not fire on invalid link urls, onerror event does.

so you'll need use both events:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"       href="dead/link.css"        onload="handle404error(this)"       onerror="handle404error(this, true)" />  function handle404error(el, failed) {   if(failed || (el.sheet.cssrules && !el.sheet.cssrules.length)) {     //failed!   }   else {     //success!   } } 

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example using invalid url:

http://jsfiddle.net/et0g2xg6/

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example using valid url:

http://jsfiddle.net/et0g2xg6/1

update august 2017, @alex:

onerror fired chrome , firefox.
onload fired internet explorer.
edge fires neither onerror nor onload.