HTMLMediaElement: paused property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The read-only HTMLMediaElement.paused property tells whether the media element is paused.

Value

A boolean value. true is paused and false is not paused.

Examples

js
const obj = document.createElement("video");
console.log(obj.paused); // true

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-media-paused-dev

Browser compatibility

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See also

  • HTMLMediaElement: Interface used to define the HTMLMediaElement.paused property