media-seek-button

Accessible seek button for skipping forward or backward by a configurable number of seconds

Anatomy

<media-seek-button></media-seek-button>

Behavior

Seeks media by a configurable number of seconds (default 30). Positive values seek forward, negative values seek backward. The seek is clamped to media bounds (0 to duration).

Accessibility

Renders a <button> with an automatic aria-label describing the action, e.g. “Seek forward 30 seconds” or “Seek backward 10 seconds”. Override with the label prop. Keyboard activation: Enter / Space.

Examples

Basic Usage

import { createPlayer, SeekButton } from '@videojs/react';
import { Video, videoFeatures } from '@videojs/react/video';

const Player = createPlayer({ features: videoFeatures });

export default function BasicUsage() {
  return (
    <Player.Provider>
      <Player.Container className="media-container">
        <Video
          src="https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM/highest.mp4"
          autoPlay
          muted
          playsInline
          loop
        />
        <div className="buttons">
          <SeekButton
            seconds={-5}
            className="media-seek-button"
            render={(props, state) => (
              <button {...props}>
                {state.direction === 'backward' ? '\u23EA' : '\u23E9'} {5}s
              </button>
            )}
          />
          <SeekButton
            seconds={10}
            className="media-seek-button"
            render={(props, state) => (
              <button {...props}>
                {10}s {state.direction === 'forward' ? '\u23E9' : '\u23EA'}
              </button>
            )}
          />
        </div>
      </Player.Container>
    </Player.Provider>
  );
}

.media-container {
  position: relative;
}

.media-container video {
  width: 100%;
}

.buttons {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 10px;
  left: 10px;
  display: flex;
  gap: 8px;
}

.media-seek-button {
  padding-block: 8px;
  padding-inline: 20px;
  color: black;
  white-space: nowrap;
  cursor: pointer;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
  border-radius: 9999px;
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
}

⏪ 5s

10s ⏩

<video-player class="video-player">
    <media-container>
        <video
            src="https://stream.mux.com/BV3YZtogl89mg9VcNBhhnHm02Y34zI1nlMuMQfAbl3dM/highest.mp4"
            autoplay
            muted
            playsinline
            loop
        ></video>
        <div class="buttons">
            <media-seek-button seconds="-5" class="media-seek-button">
                <span class="backward">&#9194; 5s</span>
            </media-seek-button>
            <media-seek-button seconds="10" class="media-seek-button">
                <span class="forward">10s &#9193;</span>
            </media-seek-button>
        </div>
    </media-container>
</video-player>

.video-player {
  position: relative;
}

.video-player video {
  width: 100%;
}

.buttons {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 10px;
  left: 10px;
  display: flex;
  gap: 8px;
}

.media-seek-button {
  padding-block: 8px;
  padding-inline: 20px;
  color: black;
  white-space: nowrap;
  cursor: pointer;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);
  border-radius: 9999px;
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
}

.media-seek-button .backward {
  display: none;
}
.media-seek-button .forward {
  display: none;
}
.media-seek-button[data-direction="backward"] .backward {
  display: inline;
}
.media-seek-button[data-direction="forward"] .forward {
  display: inline;
}

import '@videojs/html/video/player';
import '@videojs/html/ui/seek-button';

API Reference

Props

Prop	Type	Default
`disabled`	`boolean`	`false`
Attribute `disabled` Description Whether the button is disabled.
`label`	'play' \| 'pause' \| 'replay' \| 'mute' \| 'unmute' \| 'seekForward' \| 'seekBackward' \| 'enterFullscreen' \| 'exitFullscreen' \| 'enableCaptions' \| 'disableCaptions' \| 'enterPictureInPicture' \| 'exitPictureInPicture' \| 'playingLive' \| 'seekToLiveEdge' \| 'liveBadge' \| 'startCasting' \| 'stopCasting' \| 'connectingCast' \| 'seek' \| 'volume' \| 'timeCurrent' \| 'timeDuration' \| 'timeRemaining' \| 'timeRemainingPhrase' \| 'playbackRateAria' \| 'timeSliderValueTextRange' \| 'volumeSliderValueTextMuted' \| 'indicatorMuted' \| 'indicatorVolume' \| 'indicatorVolumeWithValue' \| 'indicatorCaptionsOn' \| 'indicatorCaptionsOff' \| 'indicatorPaused' \| 'indicatorPlaying' \| 'indicatorFullscreen' \| 'indicatorExitFullscreen' \| 'indicatorPictureInPicture' \| 'indicatorExitPictureInPicture' \| 'mediaErrorAborted' \| 'mediaErrorNetwork' \| 'mediaErrorDecode' \| 'mediaErrorSrcNotSupported' \| 'mediaErrorEncrypted' \| 'mediaErrorCustom' \| 'errorDialogTitle' \| 'errorDialogDismiss' \| 'mediaErrorFallback' \| string & object \| function	`''`
Attribute `label` Description Custom label for the button. Type 'play' \| 'pause' \| 'replay' \| 'mute' \| 'unmute' \| 'seekForward' \| 'seekBackward' \| 'enterFullscreen' \| 'exitFullscreen' \| 'enableCaptions' \| 'disableCaptions' \| 'enterPictureInPicture' \| 'exitPictureInPicture' \| 'playingLive' \| 'seekToLiveEdge' \| 'liveBadge' \| 'startCasting' \| 'stopCasting' \| 'connectingCast' \| 'seek' \| 'volume' \| 'timeCurrent' \| 'timeDuration' \| 'timeRemaining' \| 'timeRemainingPhrase' \| 'playbackRateAria' \| 'timeSliderValueTextRange' \| 'volumeSliderValueTextMuted' \| 'indicatorMuted' \| 'indicatorVolume' \| 'indicatorVolumeWithValue' \| 'indicatorCaptionsOn' \| 'indicatorCaptionsOff' \| 'indicatorPaused' \| 'indicatorPlaying' \| 'indicatorFullscreen' \| 'indicatorExitFullscreen' \| 'indicatorPictureInPicture' \| 'indicatorExitPictureInPicture' \| 'mediaErrorAborted' \| 'mediaErrorNetwork' \| 'mediaErrorDecode' \| 'mediaErrorSrcNotSupported' \| 'mediaErrorEncrypted' \| 'mediaErrorCustom' \| 'errorDialogTitle' \| 'errorDialogDismiss' \| 'mediaErrorFallback' \| string & object \| ((state: SeekButtonState) => TranslationKeyOrString)
`seconds`	`number`	`30`
Attribute `seconds` Description Seconds to seek. Positive = forward, negative = backward. Default `30`.

State

State is accessible via the render, className, and style props.

State is reflected as data attributes for CSS styling.

Property	Type	Details
`seeking`	`boolean`
Description Whether a seek is in progress.
`direction`	`'forward' \| 'backward'`
Description Whether the button seeks forward or backward.
`label`	`'play' \| 'pause' \| 'replay' \| 'mute' ...`
Type 'play' \| 'pause' \| 'replay' \| 'mute' \| 'unmute' \| 'seekForward' \| 'seekBackward' \| 'enterFullscreen' \| 'exitFullscreen' \| 'enableCaptions' \| 'disableCaptions' \| 'enterPictureInPicture' \| 'exitPictureInPicture' \| 'playingLive' \| 'seekToLiveEdge' \| 'liveBadge' \| 'startCasting' \| 'stopCasting' \| 'connectingCast' \| 'seek' \| 'volume' \| 'timeCurrent' \| 'timeDuration' \| 'timeRemaining' \| 'timeRemainingPhrase' \| 'playbackRateAria' \| 'timeSliderValueTextRange' \| 'volumeSliderValueTextMuted' \| 'indicatorMuted' \| 'indicatorVolume' \| 'indicatorVolumeWithValue' \| 'indicatorCaptionsOn' \| 'indicatorCaptionsOff' \| 'indicatorPaused' \| 'indicatorPlaying' \| 'indicatorFullscreen' \| 'indicatorExitFullscreen' \| 'indicatorPictureInPicture' \| 'indicatorExitPictureInPicture' \| 'mediaErrorAborted' \| 'mediaErrorNetwork' \| 'mediaErrorDecode' \| 'mediaErrorSrcNotSupported' \| 'mediaErrorEncrypted' \| 'mediaErrorCustom' \| 'errorDialogTitle' \| 'errorDialogDismiss' \| 'mediaErrorFallback' \| string & object

Data attributes

Attribute	Type	Details
`data-seeking`
Description Present when a seek is in progress.
`data-direction`	`'forward' \| 'backward'`
Description Indicates the seek direction: `"forward"` or `"backward"`.