Theseeking event is fired when a seek operation starts, meaning the Booleanseeking attribute has changed totrue and the media is seeking a new position.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

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

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

Event type

A genericEvent.

Examples

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

UsingaddEventListener():

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

Using theonseeking event handler property:

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Related Events

• The HTMLMediaElementplaying event
• The HTMLMediaElementwaiting event
• The HTMLMediaElementseeked event
• The HTMLMediaElementended event
• The HTMLMediaElementloadedmetadata event
• The HTMLMediaElementloadeddata event
• The HTMLMediaElementcanplay event
• The HTMLMediaElementcanplaythrough event
• The HTMLMediaElementdurationchange event
• The HTMLMediaElementtimeupdate event
• The HTMLMediaElementplay event
• The HTMLMediaElementpause event
• The HTMLMediaElementratechange event
• The HTMLMediaElementvolumechange event
• The HTMLMediaElementsuspend event
• The HTMLMediaElementemptied event
• The HTMLMediaElementstalled event

See also

• HTMLAudioElement
• HTMLVideoElement
• <audio>
• <video>