The HTML DOM Video paused property returns a boolean (true/false) corresponding to whether the video is playing or not.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Returning boolean value
mediaObject.paused
Let us see an example of HTML DOM Video paused property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML DOM Video paused</title>
<style>
* {
padding: 2px;
margin:5px;
}
form {
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
input[type="button"] {
border-radius: 10px;
}
.dimLight {
background-color: #000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form class="dimLight" id="formSelect">
<fieldset>
<legend>HTML-DOM-Video-paused</legend>
<div onclick="getTrackDetails()">
<video id="demo" width="320" controls><source src='https://www.tutorialspoint.com/html5/foo.mp4' type="video/mp4"></video><br>
</div></fieldset></form>
<script>
var formSelect = document.getElementById("formSelect");
var demo = document.getElementById("demo");
demo.autoplay = true;
function getTrackDetails() {
if(demo.paused)
formSelect.classList.add('dimLight');
else
formSelect.classList.remove('dimLight');
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Before clicking video to pause it −
After clicking video to pause it −
