Video poster Property
Example
Change the poster image of a video:
document.getElementById("myVideo").poster = "/images/w3schoolscomlogo.png";
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Description
The poster property sets or returns the value of the poster attribute of a video.
The poster attribute specifies an image to be shown while the video is downloading, or until the user hits the play button. If this is not included, the first frame of the video will be used instead.
Browser Support
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| poster | Yes | 9.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
Return the poster property:
videoObject.poster
Set the poster property:
videoObject.poster = URL
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| URL | Specifies the URL of the image file. Possible values:
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Technical Details
| Return Value: | A String, representing the URL of the poster image. Returns the entire URL, including the protocol (like http://) |
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More Examples
Example
Get the URL of the poster image:
var x = document.getElementById("myVideo").poster;
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Related Pages
HTML reference: HTML <video> poster attribute
❮ Video Object
