Native media controls customization

We propose extending the “controls” attribute of the HTMLMediaElement so that the website could enable/disable certain media controls without having to implement all the controls on its own. A “controlsList” property will be added reflecting the current value of “controls” similar to the “class” and “classList” on HTMLElement.

Documentation

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/controlsList

Status in Chromium

Blink components: Blink>Media>Controls

Enabled by default (tracking bug) in:

Chrome for desktop release 58
Chrome for Android release 58

Consensus & Standardization

After a feature ships in Chrome, the values listed here are not guaranteed to be up to date.

Firefox: Public skepticism
Edge: No public signals
Safari: Opposed
Web Developers: Strongly positive

Owners

avayvod@chromium.org
mlamouri@chromium.org

Last updated on 2017-06-14