HTMLMediaElement: suspend event

{{APIRef("HTMLMediaElement")}} 

The suspend event is fired when the user agent is intentionally not fetching media data, in which case {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.networkState")}}  is set to HTMLMediaElement.NETWORK_IDLE. This can happen if there’s no more data to load, or if loading is unnecessary; for example, the browser may decide to only buffer 5 minutes of a video in advance, in which case loading is suspended until the user watches more of the video.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}} , or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("suspend", (event) => { })

onsuspend = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic {{domxref("Event")}} .

Examples

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():

const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.addEventListener("suspend", (event) => {
  console.log("Data loading has been suspended.");
});

Using the onsuspend event handler property:

const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.onsuspend = (event) => {
  console.log("Data loading has been suspended.");
};

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

{{Compat}} 

Related Events

• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.playing_event", 'playing')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.waiting_event", 'waiting')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.seeking_event", 'seeking')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.seeked_event", 'seeked')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.ended_event", 'ended')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.loadedmetadata_event", 'loadedmetadata')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.loadeddata_event", 'loadeddata')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.canplay_event", 'canplay')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.canplaythrough_event", 'canplaythrough')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.durationchange_event", 'durationchange')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.timeupdate_event", 'timeupdate')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.play_event", 'play')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.pause_event", 'pause')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.ratechange_event", 'ratechange')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.volumechange_event", 'volumechange')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.emptied_event", 'emptied')}}  event
• The HTMLMediaElement {{domxref("HTMLMediaElement.stalled_event", 'stalled')}}  event

See also

• {{domxref("HTMLAudioElement")}} 
• {{domxref("HTMLVideoElement")}} 
• {{HTMLElement("audio")}} 
• {{HTMLElement("video")}} 
• Web Audio API