This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLMediaElement.controls property reflects the controls HTML attribute, which controls whether user interface controls for playing the media item will be displayed.
A boolean value. A value of true means controls will be displayed.
const obj = document.createElement("video");
obj.controls = true;
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-media-controls> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
controls |
3 | 12 | 3.5 | ≤12.1 | 3.1 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 3 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 3 |
HTMLMediaElement: Interface used to define the HTMLMediaElement.controls property
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/controls