Prevent immediate hiding of controls on mobile

src/js/listeners.js

@@ -620,6 +620,9 @@ class Listeners {
                 return;
             }
 
+            // Record seek time so we can prevent hiding controls for a few seconds after seek
+            player.lastSeekTime = Date.now();
+
             // Was playing before?
             const play = seek.hasAttribute(attribute);
 

src/js/plyr.js

@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ class Plyr {
         if (this.config.autoplay) {
             this.play();
         }
+
+        // Seek time will be recorded (in listeners.js) so we can prevent hiding controls for a few seconds after seek
+        this.lastSeekTime = 0;
     }
 
     // ---------------------------------------

src/js/ui.js

@@ -247,8 +247,11 @@ const ui = {
         const { controls } = this.elements;
 
         if (controls && this.config.hideControls) {
-            // Show controls if force, loading, paused, or button interaction, otherwise hide
+            // Don't hide controls if a touch-device user recently seeked. (Must be limited to touch devices, or it occasionally prevents desktop controls from hiding.)
-            this.toggleControls(Boolean(force || this.loading || this.paused || controls.pressed || controls.hover));
+            const recentTouchSeek = (this.touch && this.lastSeekTime + 2000 > Date.now());
+
+            // Show controls if force, loading, paused, button interaction, or recent seek, otherwise hide
+            this.toggleControls(Boolean(force || this.loading || this.paused || controls.pressed || controls.hover || recentTouchSeek));
         }
     },
 };