About
Hotspots are clickable interactive objects in a video that viewers interact with to further engage with the content.
They can serve various purposes, such as acting as a call to action, providing additional information, enabling viewers to skip to another point in the video, accessing an online shopping area, and more.
Hotspots can also be added to simulive (pre-recorded) sessions.
Setup
To learn how to set the Hotspots plugin on the player, see Enable hotspots on top of videos in the player.
Features
Hotspots support the following capabilities:
- Display text and labels on top of the video
- Control when hotspots appear and disappear
- Customize hotspot size and position
- Customize text and background colors
- Pause video playback
- Open an external URL
- Jump to a specific point in the video
- Create email links using the mailto: format
- Search for in-video content
Email links
To provide viewers with a quick way to contact you, configure a hotspot with a mailto: link. When viewers click the hotspot, their email application opens with a new message addressed to the specified email address.
Search for in-video content
Clicking the search icon opens a side panel where viewers can search for content within the video. Results update automatically as text is entered.
For additional information, see Navigation plugin.
Create and edit hotspots
To learn how to create and edit hotspots, see Create hotspots in videos.
