Thesuspend event is fired when the user agent is intentionally not fetching media data, in which caseHTMLMediaElement.networkState is set toHTMLMediaElement.NETWORK_IDLE. This can happen if there's no more data to load, or if loading is unnecessary; for example, the browser may decide to only buffer 5 minutes of a video in advance, in which case loading is suspended until the user watches more of the video.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

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

addEventListener("suspend", (event) => { })onsuspend = (event) => { }

Event type

A genericEvent.

Examples

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

UsingaddEventListener():

const video = document.querySelector("video");video.addEventListener("suspend", (event) => {  console.log("Data loading has been suspended.");});

Using theonsuspend event handler property:

const video = document.querySelector("video");video.onsuspend = (event) => {  console.log("Data loading has been suspended.");};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Related Events

• The HTMLMediaElementplaying event
• The HTMLMediaElementwaiting event
• The HTMLMediaElementseeking 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 HTMLMediaElementemptied event
• The HTMLMediaElementstalled event

See also

• HTMLAudioElement
• HTMLVideoElement
• <audio>
• <video>
• Web Audio API