How can I stop and reset a background video in Webflow when a closing icon is selected?

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September 22, 2023

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To stop and reset a background video in Webflow when a closing icon is selected, you can follow these steps:

Add the closing icon: Insert a closing icon, such as an "X" or a close button, to your web page where you want it to be located. You can use an icon from Webflow's built-in icon library or upload your own custom icon.
Set up interactions: Select the closing icon element and go to the Interactions panel. Create a new interaction by clicking on the "+" button. Choose the trigger for the interaction, which in this case would be a click event on the closing icon.
Add an action: In the interaction settings, add a new action by clicking on the "+" button under the "Actions" section. Choose the action type as "Element Actions" and then select the background video element.
Stop the video: Within the selected action, choose the action type as "Stop." This will stop the background video from playing.
Reset the video: To reset the video and make it start from the beginning, add another action by clicking on the "+" button under the same "Actions" section. Choose the action type as "Element Actions" and select the background video element again.
Seek to start: Within this action, choose the action type as "Seek" and set the time to 0. This will seek the video to its starting point.
Preview and publish: Test the interaction by previewing your web page in Webflow's designer mode. If everything is working as expected, publish your site to make the changes live.

Now, when a user clicks on the closing icon, the background video will stop playing and reset to the beginning.

Additional Tips:

You can customize the interaction further by adding animations or transitions to the closing icon or the video element itself.
If you want to hide the video element completely when the closing icon is clicked, you can add another action to the interaction, such as changing the opacity to 0 or setting the display property to "none."

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