Mobile Safari: link () element over video element does not work on click

Question

my current project is a html website that contains a dropdown menu (javascript/jquery) and a html5 videoplayer (video-tag only).

When clicking on a menu entry, the d

Answer 1

Your explanation & solution are correct. For someone interested in some code to disable the controls on the menu dropdown:

$('#menu-dropdown').click(function() {
  if ($("video:visible")) {
    if ($("video").prop("controls")) {
      $("video").prop("controls", false);  
    } else {
      $("video").prop("controls", true)
    }  
  }
})

Hope this helps!