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HTMLMediaElement: controls property

The HTMLMediaElement.controls property reflects the controls HTML attribute, which controls whether user interface controls for playing the media item will be displayed.

Value

A boolean value. A value of true means controls will be displayed.

Examples

js

const obj = document.createElement("video");
obj.controls = true;

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
controls 3 12 3.5 9 ≤12.1 3.1 ≤37 18 4 ≤12.1 3 1.0

See also

  • HTMLMediaElement: Interface used to define the HTMLMediaElement.controls property

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