Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/play event

The play event is fired when the paused property is changed from true to false, as a result of the play method, or the autoplay attribute.

Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No
Interface	Event
Target	Element
Default Action	None
Event handler property	GlobalEventHandlers.onplay
Specification	HTML5 media

Examples

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

Using addEventListener():

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

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

Using the onplay event handler property:

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

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

Specifications

Specification	Status
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'play media event' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5The definition of 'play 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
play 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>

 

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