[html] Overlaying a DIV On Top Of HTML 5 Video

I need to overlay a div ON TOP of a div containing an HTML 5 video. In the example below the overlaying div's id is "video_overlays". See example below:

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  <div id="video_overlays"></div>_x000D_
  <div>_x000D_
    <video id="player" src="http://video.webmfiles.org/big-buck-bunny_trailer.webm" type="video/webm" onclick="this.play();">Your browser does not support this streaming content.</video>_x000D_
  </div>_x000D_
</div>
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This question is related to html css html5-video

The answer is


Here's an example that will center the content within the parent div. This also makes sure the overlay starts at the edge of the video, even when centered.

<div class="outer-container">
    <div class="inner-container">
        <div class="video-overlay">Bug Buck Bunny - Trailer</div>
        <video id="player" src="http://video.webmfiles.org/big-buck-bunny_trailer.webm" controls autoplay loop></video>
    </div>
</div>

with css as

.outer-container {
    border: 1px dotted black;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    text-align: center;
}
.inner-container {
    border: 1px solid black;
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
}
.video-overlay {
    position: absolute;
    left: 0px;
    top: 0px;
    margin: 10px;
    padding: 5px 5px;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-family: Helvetica;
    color: #FFF;
    background-color: rgba(50, 50, 50, 0.3);
}
video {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

here's the jsfiddle https://jsfiddle.net/dyrepk2x/2/

Hope that helps :)


<div id="video_box">
  <div id="video_overlays"></div>
  <div>
    <video id="player" src="http://video.webmfiles.org/big-buck-bunny_trailer.webm" type="video/webm" onclick="this.play();">Your browser does not support this streaming content.</video>
  </div>
</div>

for this you need to just add css like this:

#video_overlays {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.46);
  z-index: 2;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
}
#video_box{position: relative;}

Here is a stripped down example, using as little HTML markup as possible.

The Basics

  • The overlay is provided by the :before pseudo element on the .content container.

  • No z-index is required, :before is naturally layered over the video element.

  • The .content container is position: relative so that the position: absolute overlay is positioned in relation to it.

  • The overlay is stretched to cover the entire .content div width with left / right / bottom and left set to 0.

  • The width of the video is controlled by the width of its container with width: 100%

The Demo

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.content {
  position: relative;
  width: 500px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 20px;
}
.content video {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
}
.content:before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  border-radius: 5px;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
}
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<div class="content">
  <video id="player" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer_1080p.ogv/Big_Buck_Bunny_Trailer_1080p.ogv.360p.vp9.webm" autoplay loop muted></video>
</div>
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