videojs-mobile-ui

A more native mobile user experience for Video.js.

videojs-mobile-ui augments the standard Video.js experience into a touch-optimized, mobile-first interface. It adds the intuitive gestures and smart behaviors users expect from top-tier video apps to your browser-based player.

Key Features

👆 Touch Controls

Double-tap to Seek: Just like popular video apps, users can double-tap the left or right side of the video to rewind or fast-forward.

Large play/pause overlay: A large, screen-wide touch zone allows for easy Play/Pause toggling without hunting for tiny buttons.

📱 Fullscreen Orientation

Rotate to Watch: Automatically enter fullscreen when the user rotates their phone to landscape.

Orientation Lock: Keeps the video fullscreen and locked to landscape mode even if the user tilts their phone back slightly, preventing accidental exits (works on supported devices).

🚀 Swipe Gestures (Optional)

Enable modern swipe gestures to control the viewing mode.

Swipe Up to enter fullscreen with a smooth zoom-in effect.

Swipe Down to exit fullscreen naturally.

🎨 Configuration Options

Visual indicators show exactly how many seconds are being skipped during a seek.

Adjust seek times and tap sensitivity to match your specific content needs.

Compatibility Notes

• iOS Safari does not support orientation lock. The fullscreen video on iOS is native and not influenced by this plugin.
• Android Firefox has native rotate and lock behaviour when an element containing a video is made fullscreen, which will override this plugin.

Plugin Options

Newer functionality is opt-in, to not force new features on existing players. Things you might want to add:

• fullscreen.swipeToFullscreen, to enter fullscreen by swiping up on the video.
• fullscreen.swipeFromFullscreen, to exit fullscreen by swiping down on the video (except iPhone).
• touchControls.disableOnEnd, to disable the touch controls at the end of the video. Useful if you have any sort of endcard displayed at the end of the video that might otherwise conflict.

The demo page lets you try out the configuration options.

Default options

{
  fullscreen: {
    enterOnRotate: true,
    exitOnRotate: true,
    lockOnRotate: true,
    lockToLandscapeOnEnter: false,
    swipeToFullscreen: false,
    swipeFromFullscreen: false,
    disabled: false
  },
  touchControls: {
    seekSeconds: 10,
    tapTimeout: 300,
    disableOnEnd: false,
    disabled: false
  }
};

Options

• fullscreen {Object}
  Options for fullscreen behaviours.
• fullscreen.enterOnRotate {boolean}
  If the device is rotated, enter fullscreen.
  Default true.
• fullscreen.exitOnRotate {boolean}
  If the device is rotated, exit fullscreen, unless lockOnRotate is used.
  Default true.
• fullscreen.lockOnRotate {boolean}
  When going fullscreen in response to rotation (enterOnRotate), also lock the orientation (not supported by iOS).
  Default true.
• fullscreen.lockToLandscapeOnEnter {boolean}
  When fullscreen is entered by any means, lock the orientation (not supported by iOS).
  Default false.
• fullscreen.swipeToFullscreen {boolean}
  Swipe up to enter fullscreen.
  Default false.
• fullscreen.swipeFromFullscreen {boolean}
  Swipe down to exit fullscreen.
  Won't do anything on iOS native fullscreen, which has its own swipe down exit gesture.
  Default false.
• fullscreen.disabled {boolean}
  All fullscreen functionality provided by this plugin disabled.
  Default false.
• touchControls {Object}
  Options for tap overlay.
• touchControls.seekSeconds {number}
  Increment to seek in seconds.
  Default 10.
• touchControls.tapTimeout {number}
  Timeout to consider multiple taps as double rather than two single.
  Default 300.
• touchControls.disableOnEnd {boolean}
  Disable the touch overlay when the video ends.
  Useful if an end screen overlay is used to avoid conflict.
  Default false.
• touchControls.disabled {boolean}
  All tap overlay functionality provided by this plugin disabled.
  Default false.

Installation

Version 1.x requires video.js 8.x as a peer dependency. Lower video.js versions are not supported.

The last version to support video.js 7.x was 0.7.0. To install the latest version that works with Video.js 7, use the latest7 tag:

npm install videojs-mobile-ui@latest7

To include videojs-mobile-ui on your website or web application, use any of the following methods.

<script> Tag

This is the simplest case. Get the script in whatever way you prefer and include the plugin after you include video.js, so that the videojs global is available.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//path/to/videojs-mobile-ui.css">  
<script src="//path/to/video.min.js"></script>
<script src="//path/to/videojs-mobile-ui.min.js"></script>
<script>
  const player = videojs('my-video');
  const pluginOptions = {
    {
      fullscreen: {
        swipeToFullscreen: true
      } 
    }
  };

  player.mobileUi(pluginOptions);
</script>

The release versions will be available on jdselivr, unpkg etc.

• https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/videojs-mobile-ui/dist/videojs-mobile-ui.min.js
• https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/videojs-mobile-ui/dist/videojs-mobile-ui.css

Browserify/CommonJS

When using with Browserify, install videojs-mobile-ui via npm and require the plugin as you would any other module.

var videojs = require('video.js');

// The actual plugin function is exported by this module, but it is also
// attached to the `Player.prototype`; so, there is no need to assign it
// to a variable.
require('videojs-mobile-ui');

var player = videojs('my-video');

player.mobileUi();

Also include the CSS!

RequireJS/AMD

When using with RequireJS (or another AMD library), get the script in whatever way you prefer and require the plugin as you normally would:

require(['video.js', 'videojs-mobile-ui'], function(videojs) {
  var player = videojs('my-video');

  player.mobileUi();
});

Also include the CSS!

Import

To import into React etc import both the package and the script

import videojs from 'video.js'
import 'videojs-mobile-ui/dist/videojs-mobile-ui.css';
import 'videojs-mobile-ui';

Typescript

You can add a .d.ts to your project if needed.

// videojs-mobile-ui.d.ts
import type Player from 'video.js/dist/types/player';

declare module 'video.js/dist/types/player' {
  export default interface Player {
    mobileUi: {
      (options?: {
        fullscreen?: {
          enterOnRotate?: boolean;
          exitOnRotate?: boolean;
          lockOnRotate?: boolean;
          lockToLandscapeOnEnter?: boolean;
          swipeToFullscreen?: boolean;
          swipeFromFullscreen?: boolean;
          disabled?: boolean;
        };
        touchControls?: {
          seekSeconds?: number;
          tapTimeout?: number;
          disableOnEnd?: boolean;
          disabled?: boolean;
        };
      }): void;
      VERSION: string;
    }
  }
}

License

MIT. Copyright (c) mister-ben git@misterben.me