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HTMLMediaElement: emptied event

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The emptied event is fired when the media has become empty; for example, this event is sent if the media has already been loaded (or partially loaded), and the load() method is called to reload it.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in addEventListener():

js
addEventListener("emptied", (event) => { })

Alternatively, assign to the event handler property of the interface:

js
onemptied = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

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

Using addEventListener():

js
const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.addEventListener("emptied", (event) => {
  console.log("Uh oh. The media is empty. Did you call load()?");
});

Using the onemptied event handler property (but note that this replaces other event listeners added using onemptied, if any):

js
const video = document.querySelector("video");

video.onemptied = (event) => {
  console.log("Uh oh. The media is empty. Did you call load()?");
};

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# event-media-emptied
HTML
# handler-onemptied

Browser compatibility

Related Events

  • The HTMLMediaElement playing event
  • The HTMLMediaElement waiting event
  • The HTMLMediaElement seeking event
  • The HTMLMediaElement seeked event
  • The HTMLMediaElement ended event
  • The HTMLMediaElement loadedmetadata event
  • The HTMLMediaElement loadeddata event
  • The HTMLMediaElement canplay event
  • The HTMLMediaElement canplaythrough event
  • The HTMLMediaElement durationchange event
  • The HTMLMediaElement timeupdate event
  • The HTMLMediaElement play event
  • The HTMLMediaElement pause event
  • The HTMLMediaElement ratechange event
  • The HTMLMediaElement volumechange event
  • The HTMLMediaElement suspend event
  • The HTMLMediaElement stalled event

See also

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

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