---
title: controls
framework: webkitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1631980-controls
---

# controls

A Boolean value that determines whether the playback controls appear.

## Declaration

```data
attribute boolean controls;
```

## Discussion

Discussion On the desktop, if false (the default), the playback controls do not appear; otherwise, they do appear. On iOS, a native application is used to playback video in full screen; therefore, this property is ignored.

## See Also

### Getting and Setting Properties

- [autoplay](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1629662-autoplay.md)
- [currentTime](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1631307-currenttime.md)
- [defaultPlaybackRate](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1631650-defaultplaybackrate.md)
- [loop](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1633760-loop.md)
- [muted](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1630580-muted.md)
- [playbackRate](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1629746-playbackrate.md)
- [preload](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1633059-preload.md)
- [src](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1629312-src.md)
- [volume](webkitjs/htmlmediaelement/1631549-volume.md)