The durationchange
event is fired when the duration
attribute has been updated.
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HTMLMediaElement: durationchange event
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener()
, or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("durationchange", (event) => {});
ondurationchange = (event) => {};
Event type
A generic Event
.
Examples
These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's durationchange
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("durationchange", (event) => {
console.log("Not sure why, but the duration of the video has changed.");
});
Using the ondurationchange
event handler property:
js
const video = document.querySelector("video");
video.ondurationchange = (event) => {
console.log("Not sure why, but the duration of the video has changed.");
};
Specifications
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
durationchange_event |
3 | 12 | 3.5 | 9 | 10.5 | 3.1 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1.0 |
Related Events
- The HTMLMediaElement
playing
event - The HTMLMediaElement
waiting
event - The HTMLMediaElement
seeking
event - The HTMLMediaElement
seeked
event - The HTMLMediaElement
ended
event - The HTMLMediaElement
loadedmetadata
event - The HTMLMediaElement
loadeddata
event - The HTMLMediaElement
canplay
event - The HTMLMediaElement
canplaythrough
event - The HTMLMediaElement
durationchange
event - The HTMLMediaElement
timeupdate
event - The HTMLMediaElement
play
event - The HTMLMediaElement
pause
event - The HTMLMediaElement
ratechange
event - The HTMLMediaElement
volumechange
event - The HTMLMediaElement
suspend
event - The HTMLMediaElement
emptied
event - The HTMLMediaElement
stalled
event
See also
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/durationchange_event