Loading gif for html5 videos

[[[global:former-user]]]

Hey team,

Just wondering if there's a way to use a looping gif as a loading icon for html5 videos? I'm using a very low res video for my reel atm, and I'd like to go bigger with a short loading animation to let folks know something tasting is loading.

A great example of something I'm thinking is here - https://altcinc.com/

Many Thanks & love your work!

[Richard]

Dear @strayorbit

Unfortunately this is not possible from the standard options provided,
However if you have have a basic understanding of HTML, CSS & JS you can fairly easily implement this onto your page through the "+ More - HTML" option within the Gridder -

Alternatively you can use "Custom CSS & HTML" in "Lay Options"

Adding a Video through Custom Code:
https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_video.asp

With this option you have much more flexibility over how you control the video along with options to add a loading Gif:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8230748/how-to-add-loader-image-to-html5-video

For more information regarding CSS:

https://laytheme.com/documentation.html#custom-css-styling
Additionally when using Javascript we need to remember to load it into Lay Theme with a "Newpage Event" :

https://laytheme.com/documentation.html#custom-javascript

Also if using jQuery, to replace the shorthand symbol '$' to 'jQuery'

If this becomes too problematic you may wish to seek the aid of a developer.

I once again apologise that the option isn't as easy and that i cannot help further with Customisation,
however if you have any further questions please feel free to ask :)

Best Wishes and thank you for using Lay Theme

Sincerely
Richard