onloadedmetadata event

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01/27/2012

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

Occurs when the duration and dimensions of the media have been determined.

Syntax

HTML Attribute	<element onloadedmetadata = "handler(event)">
Event Property	object.onloadedmetadata = handler;
attachEvent Method	object.attachEvent("onloadedmetadata", handler)
addEventListener Method	object.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", 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 onloadedmetadata event is raised when enough of the resource has been obtained to know the full duration of the resource. In the case of a video element, the dimensions of the video are also known.

This event occurs after ondurationchange.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

Load a media resource.