onplaying event

Occurs when the audio or video has started playing.

 

Syntax

Event Property	object.onplaying = handler;
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("playing", handler, useCapture)

 

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

 

Event handler parameters

• handler [in]
  Type: function

  Event handler object.

Standards information

• HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.9.12

Remarks

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

• Start playing the media element.

See also

How to use HTML5 to play video files on your webpage

How to use HTML5 to Add an Audio Player to your Webpage

Make your videos accessible with Timed Text Tracks

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