Autofocus videos

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Misha

February 14, 2020 00:32
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Current situation

When I click on a video on Khan Academy, the video starts playing, but the video player is not focused by default.

Desired situation

When I click on a video on Khan Academy, the video starts playing and the video player is focused by default.

Context

What I mean by focus is the focus() method in HTML.

See focus article on w3schools and autofocus article on w3schools.

Solution

This can probably be done with the autofocus html attribute.

Example:

<video 
    src="blob:https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/1234abc-1234abc-1234abc" 
    autofocus>
</video>

Reason/User Story

I will describe the reason in the form of a user story:

As a user, I would like videos to be automatically focused, so that I can immediately increase the playback speed via keyboard shortcuts, without having to manually click twice on the video in order for it to become focused.

(The keyboard shortcut I use is shift + .)

Thanks for the great product!

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Dustin

February 13, 2020 20:06

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Hi Misha,

Though the video player is not the default main focus of the lesson page, please know that we are always working to improve our site. Your voice is of great value to us.

I've gone ahead and passed your feedback along to the team and it will be part of our conversation as we plan the future of Khan Academy.

Thanks again for your interest in improving Khan Academy :)

Dustin
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Misha

February 14, 2020 00:33
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Thank you Dustin!
carol

November 17, 2021 15:40
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