This article discusses how to customize the play button and controls on a video player.
Customizing the play button enhances user experience and aligns the interface with your design preferences. You have the option to customize the play button and controls on the player.
In this article:
- Play button customization overview
- Ways to customize your video player controls
- Customization options for Organizations and Workspaces
Play button customization overview
You can choose where you'd like the play button to appear on your video player within your video settings page under the Controls section. The options for the Play button are explained below:
- Auto: The default option. The play button will appear in the bottom-left or center, responsive to the screen size.
- Bottom: Always at the bottom left-hand corner of the player.
- Center: Always at the center of the player.
Ways to customize my video player controls
You can enable or disable these toggles in the Controls section of the Appearance panel. Below are some of the customization options for video player controls:
- Progress bar
- Volume control
- CC/subtitles
- Transcript
- Speed
- Chapters
- Chromecast
- AirPlay
- Picture-in-picture
- Fullscreen button
- Vimeo logo or a custom logo
- Skipping forward
If you do not want any of these controls visible, you can toggle on the Hide all option.
⚠️Note: Custom logo is only available to users with a Standard, Advanced, Pro, Business, Premium, or Enterprise plan. We recommend using transparent 200x200 PNG files for the best results.
Customization options for Organizations and Workspaces
For Enterprise accounts with Workspaces: Player controls can be managed at the Workspace and Organization levels, with Organization settings taking precedence. For details, visit "How to edit my Organization’s settings" or "How to edit my Workspace's settings."