Document: pictureInPictureEnabled property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The read-only
pictureInPictureEnabled
property of the
Document
interface indicates whether or not picture-in-picture mode is
available.
Picture-in-Picture mode is available by default unless specified otherwise by a Permissions-Policy.
Although this property is read-only, it will not throw if it is modified (even in strict mode); the setter is a no-operation and will be ignored.
Value
A boolean value, which is true
if a video can enter
picture-in-picture and be displayed in a floating window by calling
HTMLVideoElement.requestPictureInPicture()
. If picture-in-picture mode isn't
available, this value is false
.
Examples
In this example, before attempting to enter picture-in-picture mode for a
<video>
element the value of pictureInPictureEnabled
is
checked, to avoid making the call if the feature is not available.
function requestPictureInPicture() {
if (document.pictureInPictureEnabled) {
videoElement.requestPictureInPicture();
} else {
console.log("Your browser cannot use picture-in-picture right now");
}
}
Specifications
Specification |
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Picture-in-Picture # ref-for-dom-document-pictureinpictureenabled |
Browser compatibility
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