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HTML Audio/Video DOM seeking attribute

Online Example

Show whether the user is currently seeking in the video:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Audio/Video seeking attribute usage-Basic Tutorial(oldtoolbag.com)</title>
<script>
function isSeeking()
{　
　　myVid=document.getElementById("video"1);
　　document.getElementById("span"1").innerHTML=("Seeking: "　+　myVid.seeking());
}　
</script>
</head>
<body>
<video id="video"1" controls="controls" onseeking="isSeeking()" onseeked="isSeeking()">
　　<source src="movie.mp"4"type="video"/mp4">
　　<source src="movie.ogg" type="video/ogg">
　　Your browser does not support HTML5　video tag.
</video>
<p>Try to address in the video <span id="span1></span></p>
</body>
</html>

Test to see ‹/›

Definition and Usage

The seeking property returns whether the user is currently addressing the audio/Seeking in the video.
Seeking is when you are in the audio/Moving in the video/when jumping to a new position.
Note: This property is read-only

Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

All mainstream browsers partially support the seekable property.

Note:Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions do not support this property.

Syntax

audio|video.seeking

Return Value

Type	Description
Boolean	true\|false. If the user is addressing, it is true, otherwise it is false.

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