Click the poster image the HTML5 video plays?

Question

I have an HTML5 video with a poster attribute. I would like to somehow set it up so that you can click on anywhere on the video element (the area of the poster image) and it

Answer 1

This is working for me Andrew.

In your html head add this small piece of js:

var video = document.getElementById('video');
video.addEventListener('click',function(){
    video.play();
},false);

Or, just add an onlick attribute directly to your html element: