HTMLMediaElement: abort event
The abort event is fired when the resource was not fully loaded, but not as the result of an error.
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("abort", (event) => {});
onabort = (event) => {};
Event type
A generic Event.
Examples
js
const video = document.querySelector("video");
const videoSrc = "https://example.org/path/to/video.webm";
video.addEventListener("abort", () => {
console.log(`Abort loading: ${videoSrc}`);
});
const source = document.createElement("source");
source.setAttribute("src", videoSrc);
source.setAttribute("type", "video/webm");
video.appendChild(source);
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # event-media-abort |
| HTML Standard # handler-onabort |
Browser compatibility
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