Components === The Video.js player is built on top of a simple, custom UI components architecture. The player class and all control classes inherit from the Component class, or a subclass of Component. ```js _V_.Control = _V_.Component.extend({}); _V_.Button = _V_.Control.extend({}); _V_.PlayToggle = _V_.Button.extend({}); ``` (The Class interface itself is provided using John Resig's [simple class inheritance](http://ejohn.org/blog/simple-javascript-inheritance/) also found in [JSNinja](http://jsninja.com). The UI component architecture makes it easier to add child components to a parent component and build up an entire user interface, like the controls for the Video.js player. ```js // Adding a new control to the player myPlayer.addChild('BigPlayButton'); ``` Every component has an associated DOM element, and when you add a child component, it inserts the element of that child into the element of the parent. ```js myPlayer.addChild('BigPlayButton'); ``` Results in: ```html
``` The actual default component structure of the Video.js player looks something like this: ``` Player PosterImage TextTrackDisplay LoadingSpinner BigPlayButton ControlBar PlayToggle FullscreenToggle CurrentTimeDisplay TimeDivider DurationDisplay RemainingTimeDisplay ProgressControl SeekBar LoadProgressBar PlayProgressBar SeekHandle VolumeControl VolumeBar VolumeLevel VolumeHandle MuteToggle ``` Component Methods ----------------- ### addChild() ### Add a child component to myComponent. This will also insert the child component's DOM element into myComponent's element. ```js myComponent.addChild(''); ``` myPlayer.addChild('BigPlayButton'); myPlayer.removeChild('BigPlayButton'); myPlayer.getChild('BiPlayButton'); myPlayer.children(); myPlayer.getChildById('biPlayButton'); myPlayer.removeChildById('my-player-big-play-button'); el(); getContentEl(); getChildren(); getParent(); #home_player_big-play-button