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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

See also

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

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