The seeking event is fired when a seek operation starts, meaning the Boolean seeking attribute has changed to true and the media is seeking a new position.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("seeking", (event) => {});

onseeking = (event) => {};

A generic Event.

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

Using addEventListener():

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

video.addEventListener("seeking", (event) => {
  console.log("Video is seeking a new position.");
});

Using the onseeking event handler property:

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

video.onseeking = (event) => {
  console.log("Video is seeking a new position.");
};

• The HTMLMediaElement playing event
• The HTMLMediaElement waiting event
• The HTMLMediaElement seeking event
• The HTMLMediaElement seeked event
• The HTMLMediaElement ended event
• The HTMLMediaElement loadedmetadata event
• The HTMLMediaElement loadeddata event
• The HTMLMediaElement canplay event
• The HTMLMediaElement canplaythrough event
• The HTMLMediaElement durationchange event
• The HTMLMediaElement timeupdate event
• The HTMLMediaElement play event
• The HTMLMediaElement pause event
• The HTMLMediaElement ratechange event
• The HTMLMediaElement volumechange event
• The HTMLMediaElement suspend event
• The HTMLMediaElement emptied event
• The HTMLMediaElement stalled event

• HTMLAudioElement
• HTMLVideoElement
• <audio>
• <video>