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HTMLVideoElement: enterpictureinpicture event

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The enterpictureinpicture event is fired when the HTMLVideoElement enters picture-in-picture mode successfully.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

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

addEventListener("enterpictureinpicture", (event) => { })

onenterpictureinpicture = (event) => { }

Event type

A PictureInPictureEvent. Inherits from Event.

Event PictureInPictureEvent

Event properties

This interface also inherits properties from its parent Event.

Examples

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

Using addEventListener():

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

function onEnterPip() {
  console.log("Picture-in-Picture mode activated!");
}

video.addEventListener("enterpictureinpicture", onEnterPip, false);

button.onclick = () => {
  video.requestPictureInPicture();
};

Using the onenterpictureinpicture event handler property:

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

function onEnterPip() {
  console.log("Picture-in-Picture mode activated!");
}

video.onenterpictureinpicture = onEnterPip;

button.onclick = () => {
  video.requestPictureInPicture();
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
enterpictureinpicture_event 69 79 No 56 13.1 105 No 72 13.4 20.0 No 13.4

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLVideoElement/enterpictureinpicture_event