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Always show the controlbar


I hope someone can help me with that, have seen a lot of how to hide it but not how to show the controlbar always.

The configuration I have is:

[...]
controlbar:"over",
"controlbar.idlehide": false,
[...]

But this doesn't do the trick.

It sure works when I use: controlbar:"bottom", but when I do it the video shrinks and leaves a margin on the sides..

I would prefer to keep it as "over" and appearing even when mouseout.. Anyone can help me with that?

13 Community Answers

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
0 rated :

The controlbar in the over state will always hide after a few seconds of playback. It needs to be bottom to never go away.

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

Thanks Ethan, I was expecting that. =/

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
0 rated :

Sorry, but that’s how it is!

JW Player

User  
2 rated :

but this isnt working for me either. I have the controlbar set to bottom, but it will still hide on mouseout or idle. I even have "controlbar.idle" set to false and it still hides.

Its driving me crazy.

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
-1 rated :

link?

JW Player

User  
1 rated :

It's behind a paywall - but basically the settings are this:

($i = 0, $video_fileurl and $video_imageurl and valid as the video and image display just fine - I've tried all the possible stretching settings - the video is 896x504 and I've tried increasing the width - and I've tried justing controlbar: "bottom" instead of "controlbar.position": "bottom" - the control bar IS on the bottom - it just will hide as soon as you mouse out.

-also - the use of "s and 's is because this is actually instead of a php command to add javascript to the page (drupal_add_js)

player version is 5.8.2011 licensed:

jwplayer("player'.$i.'").setup({
flashplayer: "/sites/all/files/jwplayermodule/player/player.swf",
file: "'.$video_fileurl.'",
image: "'.$video_imageurl.'",
stretching: "none",
"controlbar.position": "bottom",
"controlbar.idlehide": "false",
height: 534,
width: 896,
skin: "/sites/all/files/jwplayermodule/player/skin/newtubedark.zip",
plugins: {
"timeslidertooltipplugin-2":{},
"backstroke-1":{}
},
events: {....

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
0 rated :

Remove – “controlbar.idlehide”: “false”,

You don’t need to set that line at all if controlbar=bottom.

But a link would really be better…

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

Here - are sample lessons are outside the paywall. There are some controls for looping that are disabled when you aren't in the pay site - so ignore those.

This page displays the behavior, though.

http://www.artistworksdrumacademy.com/lesson/7088

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
0 rated :

Just change:

“controlbar.position”: “bottom”,
“controlbar.idlehide”: “false”,

To:

“controlbar”: “bottom”,

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

I've tried this already. I've put it up so you can see at the same URL.

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
0 rated :

The default for the jw embedder is “over” so there must be some other place somewhere, where you are overriding this.

JW Player

User  
0 rated :

I found the bug. I have this in the onPlay event:

jwplayer().setFullscreen(true);

This is for iPad - but when viewed via the web it creates this condition where the controlbar will hide.

Ethan Feldman

JW Player Support Agent  
0 rated :

Got it, thanks!

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