AudioParam: cancelAndHoldAtTime() method

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

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The cancelAndHoldAtTime() method of the AudioParam interface cancels all scheduled future changes to the AudioParam but holds its value at a given time until further changes are made using other methods.

Syntax

cancelAndHoldAtTime(cancelTime)

Parameters

cancelTime: A double representing the time (in seconds) after the AudioContext was first created after which all scheduled changes will be cancelled.

Return value

A reference to the AudioParam it was called on.

Specifications

Specification
Web Audio API # dom-audioparam-cancelandholdattime

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`cancelAndHoldAtTime`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 57 (Release date: 2017-03-09) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote footnote See bug 1308431	Opera – Full support Opera 44 (Release date: 2017-03-21) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 14.1 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 57 (Release date: 2017-03-16) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote footnote See bug 1308431	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 43 (Release date: 2017-09-27) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 7 (Release date: 2018-03-16) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 57 (Release date: 2017-03-16) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support
No support: No support
: See implementation notes.

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