I looked everywhere on the internet but I couldn't find any clear documentation or some examples to create my verySimplePlugin for videoJS 5 (Since it uses ES6).
I just want to add a button next to the big play button... Can someone help me?
Thanks...
PS: I'm using it in angularJS but I guess this can not a problem
This is how you can add download button to the end of control bar without any plugins or other complicated code:
var vjsButtonComponent = videojs.getComponent('Button');
videojs.registerComponent('DownloadButton', videojs.extend(vjsButtonComponent, {
constructor: function () {
vjsButtonComponent.apply(this, arguments);
},
handleClick: function () {
document.location = '/path/to/your/video.mp4'; //< there are many variants here so it is up to you how to get video url
},
buildCSSClass: function () {
return 'vjs-control vjs-download-button';
},
createControlTextEl: function (button) {
return $(button).html($('<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt"></span>').attr('title', 'Download'));
}
}));
videojs(
'player-id',
{fluid: true},
function () {
this.getChild('controlBar').addChild('DownloadButton', {});
}
);
I used 'glyphicon glyphicon-download-alt' icon and a title for it so it fits to the player control bar styling.
How it works:
- We registering a new component called 'DownloadButton' that extends built-in 'Button' component of video.js lib
- In constructor we're calling constructor of the 'Button' component (it is quite complicated for me to understand it 100% but it is similar as calling parent::__construct() in php)
- buildCSSClass - set button classes ('vjs-control' is must have!)
- createControlTextEl - adds content to the button (in this case - an icon and title for it)
- handleClick - does something when user presses this button
- After player was initialized we're adding 'DownloadButton' to 'controlBar'
Note: there also should be a way to place your button anywhere within 'controlBar' but I haven't figured out how because download button is ok in the end of the control bar
This is how I created a simple button plugin for videojs 5:
(function() {
var vsComponent = videojs.getComponent('Button');
// Create the button
videojs.SampleButton = videojs.extend(vsComponent, {
constructor: function() {
vsComponent.call(this, videojs, null);
}
});
// Set the text for the button
videojs.SampleButton.prototype.buttonText = 'Mute Icon';
// These are the defaults for this class.
videojs.SampleButton.prototype.options_ = {};
// videojs.Button uses this function to build the class name.
videojs.SampleButton.prototype.buildCSSClass = function() {
// Add our className to the returned className
return 'vjs-mute-button ' + vsComponent.prototype.buildCSSClass.call(this);
};
// videojs.Button already sets up the onclick event handler, we just need to overwrite the function
videojs.SampleButton.prototype.handleClick = function( e ) {
// Add specific click actions here.
console.log('clicked');
};
videojs.SampleButton.prototype.createEl = function(type, properties, attributes) {
return videojs.createEl('button', {}, {class: 'vjs-mute-btn'});
};
var pluginFn = function(options) {
var SampleButton = new videojs.SampleButton(this, options);
this.addChild(SampleButton);
return SampleButton;
};
videojs.plugin('sampleButton', pluginFn);
})();
You can use it this way:
var properties = { "plugins": { "muteBtn": {} } }
var player = videojs('really-cool-video', properties , function() { //do something cool here });
Or this way:
player.sampleButton()