The suspend event is fired when media data loading has been suspended.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
The suspend event is fired when media data loading has been suspended.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("suspend", (event) => {});
onsuspend = (event) => {};
A generic Event.
These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's suspend 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("suspend", (event) => {
console.log("Data loading has been suspended.");
});
Using the onsuspend event handler property:
js
const video = document.querySelector("video");
video.onsuspend = (event) => {
console.log("Data loading has been suspended.");
};
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
suspend_event |
3 | 12 | 3.5 | 9 | 10.5 | 3.1 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/suspend_event