The Video controls property is used to set or return whether a video should display standard video controls or not. The <video> controls attribute are reflected by this property.
The video controls included in the property are:
- Play
- Pause
- Volume
- Fullscreen Mode
- Seeking
- Captions/Subtitles
- Track
Syntax:
- Returning the controls property:
videoObject.controls
- Setting the controls property:
videoObject.controls = true|false
Property Values:
- true|false: It is used to specify whether a video should have controls displayed or not.
Return Values: Return value is Boolean, it returns true if video controls are displayed, otherwise, it returns false.
Below program illustrates the Video controls Property :
Example: Enabling controls for a video.
html
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
Video controls Property in HTML
</title>
<style>
h1 {
color: green;
}
h2 {
font-family: Impact;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>Video controls Property</h2>
<br>
<video id="Test_Video"
width="360"
height="240">
<source src="samplevideo.mp4"
type="video/mp4">
<source src="movie.ogg"
type="video/ogg">
</video>
<p>To enable video controls, double
click the "Enable Controls" button.</p>
<button ondblclick="My_Video()"
type="button">
Enable Controls
</button>
<p id="test"></p>
<script>
function My_Video() {
document.getElementById(
"Test_Video").controls = true;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML | DOM Video controls Property are listed below:
- Google Chrome 3 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer 9 and above
- Firefox 3.5 and above
- Opera 10.5 and above
- Apple Safari 3.1 and above