The seeking event is fired when a seek operation starts, meaning the Boolean seeking attribute has changed to true and the media is seeking a new position.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in addEventListener():

addEventListener("seeking", (event) => { })

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

onseeking = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

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

Using addEventListener():

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

video.addEventListener("seeking", (event) => {
  console.log("Video is seeking a new position.");
});

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

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

video.onseeking = (event) => {
  console.log("Video is seeking a new position.");
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Related Events

• The HTMLMediaElement playing event
• The HTMLMediaElement waiting 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 emptied event
• The HTMLMediaElement stalled event

See also

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