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How to get the controlbar to show permanently under the video for jwplayer 7

When you search for this topic you get lots of results, most of them useless and many of them apply to version 6.

I can get the controlbar to show permanently with this css statement:

.jw-skin-seven .jw-controlbar{display:block !important;}

But it shows overlaid on the video. The only way I have been able to show it under the video is by increasing the height of the player by the double height of the controlbar. This results in a black bar at the top of the video, which does not look good. Is there a way to do this short of building your own controlbar (which is a lot of trouble for something that ought to be a standard option)?

I have tried using a negative bottom position or a negative bottom margin on the controlbar style, but it will not show outside of the player box. Putting "overflow: auto" or on the player div doesn't have any effect.

Any ideas anyone?

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carlf66

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Problem solved. Instead of putting the overflow statement on the player div, you should do this:

.jwplayer{overflow:visible !important;}

and then you add "bottom:-40px" or whatever the height of your controlbar is to:

.jw-skin-seven .jw-controlbar{display:block !important;bottom:-40px;}

Voila.

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carlf66

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Problem solved. Instead of putting the overflow statement on the player div, you should do this:

.jwplayer{overflow:visible !important;}

and then you add "bottom:-40px" or whatever the height of your controlbar is to:

.jw-skin-seven .jw-controlbar{display:block !important;bottom:-40px;}

Voila.

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