ontimeupdate event

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

Occurs to indicate the current playback position.

Syntax

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

Use the currentTime property to retrieve the current playback position. For the total length of the audio or video clip, use duration.

To invoke this event, do one of the following:

• Play the video.
• Move the position indicator on the playback controls.

See also

Reference

currentTime

duration

ondurationchange

 

 

Build date: 1/25/2012