HTML Audio/Video DOM abort Event
❮ HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference
Example
Alert that the loading of a video has been aborted:
let vid = document.getElementById("myVideo");
vid.onabort = function() {
alert("Video load aborted");
};
Definition and Usage
The abort event occurs when the loading of an audio/video is aborted.
This event occurs when the media data download has been aborted, and not because of an error.
Tip: Related events that occurs when there is some kind of disturbance to the media loading process, are:
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the event.
| Event | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| abort | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
In HTML:
<element onabort="myScript">
In JavaScript:
object.onabort=function(){myScript};
In JavaScript, using the addEventListener() method:
object.addEventListener("abort", myScript);
Technical Details
| Supported HTML tags: | <audio> and <video> |
|---|---|
| Supported JavaScript objects: | Audio, Video |
❮ HTML Audio/Video DOM Reference
