[whatwg] When to stop <video> elements from playing

Jonas Sicking jonas at sicking.cc
Fri Oct 19 15:12:39 PDT 2007


Robert O'Callahan wrote:
> A related question is whether display:none audio and video elements 
> should produce sound.

Opps, forgot to answer this one. I strongly feel that both <audio> and 
<video> should make sound for display:none elements. The CSS display 
property should only affect the visual appearance of the node.

Additionally, it's more efficient for us, and simpler for the author, if 
hidden-but-played audio/video elements don't create a frame and don't 
affect layout.

/ Jonas



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