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
.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener()
, or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("pause", (event) => {});
onpause = (event) => {};
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.",
);
};