files/en-us/web/api/htmlmediaelement/pause_event/index.md
{{APIRef("HTMLMediaElement")}}
The pause event is sent when a request to pause an activity is handled and the activity has entered its paused state, most commonly after the media has been paused through a call to the element's {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.pause", "pause()")}} method.
The event is sent once the pause() method returns and after the media element's {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.paused", "paused")}} property has been changed to true.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}, or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("pause", (event) => { })
onpause = (event) => { }
A generic {{domxref("Event")}}.
These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's pause event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.
Using addEventListener():
const video = document.querySelector("video");
video.addEventListener("pause", (event) => {
console.log(
"The Boolean paused property is now 'true'. Either the pause() method was called or the autoplay attribute was toggled.",
);
});
Using the onpause event handler property:
const video = document.querySelector("video");
video.onpause = (event) => {
console.log(
"The Boolean paused property is now 'true'. Either the pause() method was called or the autoplay attribute was toggled.",
);
};
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