This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The window read-only property of the DocumentPictureInPicture interface returns a Window instance representing the browsing context inside the Picture-in-Picture window.
A Window object instance if the Picture-in-Picture window has already been opened using DocumentPictureInPicture.requestWindow(), or null otherwise.
const videoPlayer = document.getElementById("player");
// …
await window.documentPictureInPicture.requestWindow({
width: videoPlayer.clientWidth,
height: videoPlayer.clientHeight,
});
// …
const pipWindow = window.documentPictureInPicture.window;
if (pipWindow) {
// Mute video playing in the Picture-in-Picture window.
const pipVideo = pipWindow.document.querySelector("#video");
pipVideo.muted = true;
}
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
window |
116 | 116 | No | 102 | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentPictureInPicture/window