HTMLVideoElement: poster property
The poster property of the HTMLVideoElement interface is a string that reflects the URL for an image to be shown while no video data is available. If the property does not represent a valid URL, no poster frame will be shown.
It reflects the poster attribute of the <video> element.
Value
A string.
Examples
html
<video
id="media"
src="https://example.com/video.mp4"
poster="https://example.com/poster.jpg"></video>
js
const el = document.getElementById("media");
console.log(el.poster); // Output: "https://example.com/poster.jpg"
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-video-poster |
Browser compatibility
| desktop | mobile | ||||||||||
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