Customize play button shape

We think hexagons are the best shape ever, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion 😉

That’s why, you can change the shape of the play button on the SmartVideo player!

Just follow these simple instructions:

If you’re using the SmartVideo plugin for WordPress:

Simply visit the SmartVideo plugin Settings menu.

Under Play button shape you can select Hexagon (our beloved default), Circle, or Rectangle. Your choice saves automatically.

If you want to manually edit the script in your head tag (not recommended):

Note: this method will not work if you have SmartVideo enabled on your site via our WordPress plugin.

Add this snippet to the SmartVideo script in the head tag of your site:

theme: {button:"rectangle"},

or

theme: {button:"circle"},

Example configuration:

<script data-cfasync="false">
    var swarmoptions = {
        swarmcdnkey: "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
        theme: {primaryColor:"#ffde17", button:"rectangle"},
        iframeReplacement: "iframe",
        autoreplace: {
            youtube: true
        }
    };
</script>
<script data-cfasync="false" src="https://assets.swarmcdn.com/cross/swarmdetect.js"></script>

While you’re tweaking the look of your player, you can also dial in how strongly your primary color tints the frosted-glass control bar. See Customize player color for the new glassTint setting.

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