:playing

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The :playing CSS pseudo-class selector represents the playback state of an element that is playable, such as <audio> or <video>, when that element is "playing". An element is considered to be playing if it is currently playing the media resource, or if it has temporarily stopped for reasons other than user intent (such as :buffering or :stalled).

Syntax

css
:playing {
  /* ... */
}

Examples

CSS

css
:playing {
  border: 5px solid green;
}

Specifications

Specification
Selectors Level 4
# selectordef-playing

Browser compatibility

desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
:playing

See also