userActions click true not working on mobile devices

[LukeMcLachlan]

I have noticed that the videos do not recognise a click when viewed on a mobile device, even with controls set to true.

To emulate this, simply go to video.js on a mobile device, click to play the main video and then try to pause or resume the video by clicking on the video body (i.e not on the controls). From what I understand, the click action (or "tap" in this case) should toggle the play state.

Any suggestions?

My full code:

<video
    id="my-video2"
    class="video-js"
    
    width="175px" 
    height="auto"
  >
  <source src="img/20240628_151819.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    <p class="vjs-no-js">
      To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a
      web browser that
      <a href="https://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" target="_blank"
        >supports HTML5 video</a
      >
    </p>
  </video>
$(document).ready(function() {

var player1 = videojs('my-video1', {
  controls: true,
  autoplay: false,
  preload: true,
  userActions: {
    click: true
  }
});

});

Thanks / Luke

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[LukeMcLachlan]

typically, I found a similar issue after posting mine and the solution posted there: https://github.com/videojs/video.js/issues/6956#issuecomment-1660886944, works very well.

[mister-ben]

This is by design, touch events are handled differently and don't reach the userActions as they're used to toggle the display of the control bar.

[LukeMcLachlan]

ok thanks @mister-ben , I didn't realise that was the default action on touch. I have come up with a workaround, in the linked thread above, that works for people like me that prefer a more youtube-esque interaction.