HTMLMediaElement: controls property

Baseline Widely available

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.

Value

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

Examples

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

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-media-controls

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
controls

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Full support
Full support

See also

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