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

Using the poster attribute does not alter the behavior. It just shows that image while loading the video. Having the video to automatically start (if the browser implementation does not do that), then you have to do something like:

in javascript using jquery:

$('#video').click(function(){
   document.getElementById('video').play();
});

Hope it helps