Web/API/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
Specification	HTML5 media

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	Status
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'pause media event' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5The definition of 'pause media event' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
pause event	Chrome Full support 3	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 3.5	IE Full support 9	Opera Full support 10.5	Safari Full support 3.1	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

Related Events

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

See also

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

HTMLMediaElement: pause event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.