CSS pause Property
Last Updated :
07 Mar, 2024
The CSS pause property is used to define the pause time before and after the element. The pause property accepts two values pause-before and pause-after. If only one value is provided it applies to both properties.
Syntax:
pause: <'pause-before'> <'pause-after'>
Parameters: This property is the combination of two other property as mentioned above and described below:
- pause-before: This parameter holds the value for the pause-before property in numbers like 10ms.
- pause-after: This parameter holds the value for the pause-after property in numbers like 10ms.
Example 1: In this example, pause for 20 milliseconds, both before and after.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
audio {
pause: 20ms;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="text-align: center;">
<h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<p>CSS pause Property</p>
<audio controls>
<source src=
type="audio/mp3">
</audio>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Example 2: In this example, pause for 20 milliseconds before, and 10 milliseconds after.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
audio {
pause: 20ms 10ms;
}
</style>
</head>
<body style="text-align: center;">
<h1 style="color: green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<p>CSS pause Property</p>
<audio controls>
<source src=
type="audio/mp3">
</audio>
</body>
</html>
|
Output:
Supported Browsers: This property is deprecated in CSS3 so the major browsers are not supported by this property
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