Javascript DOM HTML Audio autoplay Property get

Introduction

The autoplay property sets or gets whether the audio should start playing when ready.

This property mirrors the <audio> autoplay attribute.

The <audio> autoplay attribute sets if the audio should automatically play when loaded.

Property Values

Value Description
truethe audio should start playing as soon as it is loaded
false Default. the audio should NOT start playing as soon as it is loaded

Get whether the audio started to play as soon as it was ready: 

var x = document.getElementById("myAudio").autoplay;

Click the button to get if the audio automatically started to play as soon as it was loaded.

View in separate window 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<audio id="myAudio" controls autoplay>
  <source src="sound.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
  <source src="sound.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
  Your browser does not support the audio element.
</audio>/*from   w  w  w.  j  a  v  a 2  s  .  c o  m*/
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  var x = document.getElementById("myAudio").autoplay;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>



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