HTML5 video - show/hide controls programmatically

Question

I am looking for a way to show or hide HTML5 video controls at will via javascript. The controls are currently only visible when the video starts to play

Is there a

Answer 1

Here's how to do it:

var myVideo = document.getElementById("my-video")    
myVideo.controls = false;

Working example: https://jsfiddle.net/otnfccgu/2/

See all available properties, methods and events here: https://www.w3schools.com/TAGs/ref_av_dom.asp