oncanplay event

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Occurs when playback is possible, but would require further buffering.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element oncanplay = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.oncanplay = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("oncanplay", handler)
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("canplay", handler, useCapture)

Standards information

• HTML5 A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML, Section 4.8.9.12

Event information

Synchronous	No
Bubbles	No
Cancelable	No

Event handler parameters

• pEvtObj [in]
  Type: IHTMLEventObj

Remarks

The oncanplay event is raised when enough data is available to advance the playback position in the direction of playback.

This event first occurs after onloadeddata and before oncanplaythrough.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

• Load a media resource.

See also

oncanplaythrough

 

 

Build date: 1/25/2012