How to use Bootstrap modal for YouTube videos and play automatically ?
The task is to use modal for YouTube videos in Bootstrap. Here we will discuss two topics, embedding YouTube video in Bootstrap modal and make YouTube video auto-play in the Bootstrap modal. Embedding YouTube videos in the Bootstrap modal is very easy and simple to implement using the below approach. But there is a small problem when you close the modal the video will continue playing in the background.
Approach:
- First, copy the code to embed the video from YouTube site.
- Then, put the code inside the .modal-body element.
- To stop video automatically when you close the modal, toggle the URL value of YouTube’s video iframe src attribute dynamically using the jQuery.
Below examples implements the above approach:
Example 1: This example implements how to Embed YouTube video in Bootstrap modal but not playing automatically.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title> Embedding YouTube video in Bootstrap modal </title> <link rel="stylesheet" href= <script src= </script> <script src= </script> <style> .bs-example { margin: 20px; } .modal-content iframe { margin: 0 auto; display: block; } </style> <script> $(document).ready(function() { var url = $("#Geeks3").attr('src'); $("#Geeks2").on('hide.bs.modal', function() { $("#Geeks3").attr('src', ''); }); $("#Geeks2").on('show.bs.modal', function() { $("#Geeks3").attr('src', url); }); }); </script></head><body> <center> <h1 style="color:green"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <h3> How to embed YouTube video in Bootstrap modal? </h3> <div class="bs-example"> <a href="#Geeks2" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" data-toggle="modal">Launch Modal</a> <div id="Geeks2" class="modal fade"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button> <h4 class="modal-title">GeeksforGeeks</h4> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <iframe id="Geeks3" width="450" height="350" src= frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> </iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </center></body></html> |
Output:
Example 2: This example implements how to Autoplay YouTube video inside Bootstrap modal. To make YouTube video auto-play in the Bootstrap modal we have to place ?autoplay=1 after the attached Youtube’s source file.
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<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title> Embedding YouTube video in Bootstrap modal </title> <link rel="stylesheet" href= <script src= </script> <script src= </script> <style> .bs-example { margin: 20px; } .modal-content iframe { margin: 0 auto; display: block; } </style> <script> $(document).ready(function() { var url = $("#Geeks3").attr('src'); $("#Geeks2").on('hide.bs.modal', function() { $("#Geeks3").attr('src', ''); }); $("#Geeks2").on('show.bs.modal', function() { $("#Geeks3").attr('src', url); }); }); </script></head><body> <center> <h1 style="color:green"> GeeksforGeeks </h1> <h3> How to embed YouTube video in Bootstrap modal? </h3> <div class="bs-example"> <a href="#Geeks2" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" data-toggle="modal">Launch Modal</a> <div id="Geeks2" class="modal fade"> <div class="modal-dialog"> <div class="modal-content"> <div class="modal-header"> <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-hidden="true">×</button> <h4 class="modal-title">GeeksforGeeks</h4> </div> <div class="modal-body"> <iframe id="Geeks3" width="450" height="350" src= frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> </iframe> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </center></body></html> |
Output:
Supported Browser:
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Edge
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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