:playing

Limited availability

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

The :playing CSS pseudo-class selector represents the playback state of an element that is playable, such as <audio> or <video>, when that element is "playing". An element is considered to be playing if it is currently playing the media resource, or if it has temporarily stopped for reasons other than user intent (such as :buffering or :stalled).

Syntax

css
:playing {
  /* ... */
}

Examples

CSS

css
:playing {
  border: 5px solid green;
}

Specifications

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

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
:playing

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

See also