doc/api/core/operators/pausable.md
# This is RxJS v 4. [Find the latest version here](https://github.com/reactivex/rxjs)### `Rx.Observable.prototype.pausable(pauser)`[Ⓢ](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/src/core/backpressure/pausable.js "View in source") Pauses the underlying observable sequence based upon the observable sequence which yields true/false. Note that this only works on hot observables. #### Arguments1. `pauser` *(`Observable`)*: The observable sequence used to pause the underlying sequence. #### Returns*(`Observable`)*: The observable sequence which is paused based upon the pauser. #### Example```jsvar pauser = new Rx.Subject();var source = Rx.Observable.fromEvent(document, 'mousemove').pausable(pauser); var subscription = source.subscribe( function (x) { console.log('Next: ' + x.toString()); }, function (err) { console.log('Error: ' + err); }, function () { console.log('Completed'); }); // To begin the flowpauser.onNext(true); // or source.resume(); // To pause the flow at any pointpauser.onNext(false); // or source.pause();``` ### Location File:- [`/src/core/backpressure/pausable.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/src/core/backpressure/pausable.js) Dist:- [`rx.all.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.all.js)- [`rx.all.compat.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.all.compat.js)- [rx.backpressure.js](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.backpressure.js)- [`rx.lite.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.lite.js)- [`rx.lite.compat.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.lite.compat.js) Prerequisites:- If using `rx.backpressure.js` - [`rx.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.js) | [`rx.compat.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.compat.js) - [`rx.binding.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/dist/rx.binding.js) NPM Packages:- [`rx`](https://www.npmjs.org/package/rx) NuGet Packages:- [`RxJS-All`](http://www.nuget.org/packages/RxJS-All/)- [`RxJS-BackPressure`](http://www.nuget.org/packages/RxJS-BackPressure/)- [`RxJS-Lite`](http://www.nuget.org/packages/RxJS-Lite/) Unit Tests:- [`/tests/observable/pausable.js`](https://github.com/Reactive-Extensions/RxJS/blob/master/tests/observable/pausable.js)