:paused

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The :paused CSS pseudo-class selector represents an element that is playable, such as <audio> or <video>, when that element is "paused" (i.e. not "playing").

A resource is paused if the user explicitly paused it, or if it is in a non-activated or other non-playing state, like "loaded, hasn't been activated yet". This is different from :buffering or :stalled, which are states that occur while the resource is considered "playing".

Syntax

css
:paused {
  /* ... */
}

Examples

CSS

css
:paused {
  border: 5px solid orange;
}

Specifications

Specification
Selectors Level 4
# selectordef-paused
HTML
# selector-paused

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
:paused

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.

See also