HTMLMediaElement: play event
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
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.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener()
, or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("play", (event) => {});
onplay = (event) => {};
Event type
A generic Event
.
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()
:
js
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:
js
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 |
---|
HTML Standard # event-media-play |
HTML Standard # handler-onplay |
Browser compatibility
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event - The HTMLMediaElement
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loadedmetadata
event - The HTMLMediaElement
loadeddata
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canplay
event - The HTMLMediaElement
canplaythrough
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event - The HTMLMediaElement
timeupdate
event - The HTMLMediaElement
pause
event - The HTMLMediaElement
ratechange
event - The HTMLMediaElement
volumechange
event - The HTMLMediaElement
suspend
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emptied
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event