# I want stop the sounds from playing when the webpage is hidden
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340
**Category:** Libraries
**Created:** [April 13, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340 "2021-04-13T15:54:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@LaserDenis](https://discourse.processing.org/u/LaserDenis)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/1 "2021-04-13T15:54:00Z")
I tried to use document.hidden but I doesn’t seem to work .
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### Author:  [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/2 "2021-04-13T18:27:24Z")
Hi,
It works just fine in the [p5 web editor](https://editor.p5js.org/) :
```auto
function setup() {
createCanvas(400, 400);
}
function draw() {
background(220);
if (document.hidden) console.log("hidden");
}
```
It’s printing `hidden` when I switch tab or if I hide the window (I am on Firefox 😋 ).
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### Author:  [@LaserDenis](https://discourse.processing.org/u/LaserDenis)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/3 "2021-04-13T20:04:33Z")
I doesn’t seem to work on chrome.
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### Author:  [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/4 "2021-04-13T20:13:45Z")
Are you sure the window is not visible? Can you try to open a new tab and switch to it?
Also on which operating system are you running on?
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### Author:  [@LaserDenis](https://discourse.processing.org/u/LaserDenis)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/5 "2021-04-13T20:27:58Z")
Yea I tried printing in console to see if it was visible at one point but doesn’t seem to work. I’m using windows
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### Author:  [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/6 "2021-04-13T20:39:02Z")
Ok weird 😉
To test it :
- Close your browser and all the tabs
- Open it
- Go to the [p5 web editor](https://editor.p5js.org/) and copy paste the code above
- Press the run button (Ctrl+Enter)
- Minimize your window or open a new tab, make sure the window is hidden
- Inspect the console and also press F12 to see the inspector → does it show “hidden”?
From the [browser compatibility](https://developer.mozilla.org/fr/docs/Web/API/Document/hidden#browser_compatibility) section, it says that it’s supported by Chrome released in 2014…
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### Author:  [@LaserDenis](https://discourse.processing.org/u/LaserDenis)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/7 "2021-04-13T20:47:31Z")
```auto
function setup() {
createCanvas(400, 400);
}
function draw() {
background(220);
if (document.hidden) console.log("hidden");
else
print('visible');
}
```
but just prints visible
I’m using the newestversion of chrome
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### Author:  [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/i-want-stop-the-sounds-from-playing-when-the-webpage-is-hidden/29340/8 "2021-04-13T20:56:34Z")
Hum, the code is not correct 😀
Also not that you can format your code by using the `` button when editing a message or use backticks around your code : ``` code ``` → `code`