api/events/pause.md
# pause
This event is triggered when [pause()](../methods/pause.md) is executed. You can register a callback for this event by passing it to the constructor as the [onPause](../options/onpause.md) option, or by passing it to the [on()](../methods/on.md) method after instantiation.
```javascript
var mySlider = new Revolver(mySlides, {
onPause: function() {
// do something when the slider starts
}
});
mySlider.on('pause', function() {
// do something else too
});
```