HTML onpause Attribute

Last Updated : 6 Aug, 2021

The HTML onpause Attribute is a event attribute which when the Audio has been paused by the user or it will be automatically paused or stop.

Usage: This attribute is used in <audio> and <video> Tags.

Attribute Value: This attribute contains single value script which works when onpaused event attribute call. This attribute is supported by <audio> and <video> tags.

Syntax:

<element onpause="myScript">

Example:

html
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 

<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML onpause Attribute 
    </title> 
</head> 

<body>
     <center> 
    <h1> 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
    <h1 style="color:green"> 
    HTML onpause Attribute 
</h1> 
 <video controls id="geeks"> 
            <source src="Geekfun.mp4"
                    type="video/mp4"> 
        </video>
    
    <script> 
        var aud = 
            document.getElementById("geeks"); 
        aud.onpause = function() { 
            alert("video is paused now"); 
        }; 
    </script> 
</body> 

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: 

  • Google Chrome 
  • firefox
  • Safari
  • Opera 
  • Internet Explorer 
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