HTML oncanplay Attribute

❮ HTML Attributes

Example

//Accessing the element
var vid = document.getElementById("myVideo");

//Creating a function
vid.oncanplay = function() {
  alert("The video can start playing");
};

Meaning

The canplay event run when the browser can start playing the audio/video.




Standard Syntax

<element oncanplay="script">



Browser Support




Status




Applies to:

The oncanplay attribute can be used on the following element:

Element Attribute
<audio> oncanplay
<embed> oncanplay
<object> oncanplay
<video> oncanplay






Attribute Values

Value Description
script Specifies the script to be run on oncanplay.
❮ HTML Attributes