JavaScript onabort Event

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JavaScript onabort Event

The onabort event occurs when the user aborts the loading of an <img> or <input type="image"> element.

onabort Event as Attribute

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <img id="myImg" onabort="myFunction()"> <button onclick="startFunction()">Start download</button> <button onclick="stopFunction()">Stop download</button> <script> var imgUrl= 'https://wikimass.com/myhouse.jpg'; function startFunction(){ document.getElementById("myImg").src = imgUrl; } function stopFunction(){ document.getElementById("myImg").src = ""; } function myFunction(){ // Not Triggering in any modern browser alert("Download aborted"); } </script> </body> </html>

Syntax

As Attribute

<element onabort = "JavaScript">

As Property

object.onabort = function(){ // code };

Using Event Listener

object.addEventListener("abort" , myScript);

onabort Event as Property

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <img id="myImg"> <button onclick="startFunction()">Start download</button> <button onclick="stopFunction()">Stop download</button> <script> var imgUrl= 'https://wikimass.com/myhouse.jpg'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName("img")[0]; function startFunction(){ document.getElementById("myImg").src = imgUrl; } function stopFunction(){ document.getElementById("myImg").src = ""; } function myFunction(){ // Not Triggering in any modern browser alert("Download aborted"); } x.onabort = myFunction; </script> </body> </html>

Using addEventListener() Method

Note: The addEventListener() method is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and below.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <img id="myImg"> <button onclick="startFunction()">Start download</button> <button onclick="stopFunction()">Stop download</button> <script> var imgUrl= 'https://wikimass.com/myhouse.jpg'; var x = document.getElementsByTagName("img")[0]; function startFunction(){ document.getElementById("myImg").src = imgUrl; } function stopFunction(){ document.getElementById("myImg").src = ""; } function myFunction(){ // Not Triggering in any modern browser alert("Download aborted"); } x.addEventListener("abort", myFunction); </script> </body> </html>

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