HTMLMediaElement: ratechange event

Baseline
Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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The ratechange event is fired when the playback rate has changed.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in addEventListener():

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

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

js
onratechange = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

These examples add an event listener for the HTMLMediaElement's ratechange 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("ratechange", (event) => {
  console.log("The playback rate changed.");
});

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

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

video.onratechange = (event) => {
  console.log("The playback rate changed.");
};

Specifications

Specification
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# event-media-ratechange>
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# handler-onratechange>

Browser compatibility

See also