Attributes and usage of


The HTML5 audio tag can have a number of attributes to control the look and feel and various functionalities of the control:

Sr. No.Attribute & Description
1autoplay

This boolean attribute if specified, the audio will automatically begin to play back as soon as it can do so without stopping to finish loading the data.
2autobuffer

This boolean attribute if specified, the audio will automatically begin buffering even if it's not set to automatically play.
3controls

If this attribute is present, it will allow the user to control audio playback, including volume, seeking, and pause/resume playback.
4loop

This boolean attribute if specified, will allow audio automatically seek back to the start after reaching at the end.
5preload

This attribute specifies that the audio will be loaded at page load, and ready to run. Ignored if autoplay is present.
6src

The URL of the audio to embed. This is optional; you may instead use the <source> element within the video block to specify the video to embed

Updated on: 04-Jun-2020

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