HTMLMediaElement: seeking event

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 seeking event is fired when a seek operation starts, meaning the Boolean seeking attribute has changed to true and the media is seeking a new position.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("seeking", (event) => { })

onseeking = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's seeking event, then post a message when that event handler has reacted to the event firing.

Using addEventListener():

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

video.addEventListener("seeking", (event) => {
  console.log("Video is seeking a new position.");
});

Using the onseeking event handler property:

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

video.onseeking = (event) => {
  console.log("Video is seeking a new position.");
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# event-media-seeking
HTML
# handler-onseeking

Browser compatibility

See also