HTMLMediaElement: pause event

The pause event is sent when a request to pause an activity is handled and the activity has entered its paused state, most commonly after the media has been paused through a call to the element's pause() method.

The event is sent once the pause() method returns and after the media element's paused property has been changed to true.

General info

Bubbles No
Cancelable No
Interface Event
Target Element
Default Action None
Event handler property GlobalEventHandlers.onpause

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's pause event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.

Using addEventListener():

const video = document.querySelector('video');

video.addEventListener('pause', (event) => {
  console.log('The Boolean paused property is now true. Either the ' +
  'pause() method was called or the autoplay attribute was toggled.');
});

Using the onpause event handler property:

const video = document.querySelector('video');

video.onpause = (event) => {
  console.log('The Boolean paused property is now true. Either the ' +
  'pause() method was called or the autoplay attribute was toggled.');
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard (HTML)
# event-media-pause

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
pause_event
3
12
3.5
9
10.5
3.1
≤37
18
4
Yes
Yes
1.0

See also

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