HTMLMediaElement: abort event

The abort event is fired when the resource was not fully loaded, but not as the result of an error.

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface Event
Event handler property onabort

Examples

const video = document.querySelector('video');
const videoSrc = 'https://path/to/video.webm';

video.addEventListener('abort', () => {
  console.log(`Abort loading: ${videoSrc}`);
});

const source = document.createElement('source');
source.setAttribute('src', videoSrc);
source.setAttribute('type', 'video/webm');

video.appendChild(source);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
abort_event
1
12
Yes
9
≤12.1
1.3
1
18
Yes
≤12.1
1
1.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/abort_event