Lazy Video

Version 1.2.0

February 05, 2025
- new
  
  Video preview thumbnails
- new
  
  Modal window video playback
- new
  
  Floating video widget feature
- new
  
  Action link (for floating video)
- new
  
  29 language translations
- added
  
  Display and autoplay preview video on hover with the thumbnail
- added
  
  Option to replace static thumbnail with video preview and autoplay on 'inview'
- added
  
  Lazy load option for preview videos
- added
  
  Option to display video in the built-in modal
- added
  
  URL hash support to auto-open video modal on page load
- added
  
  Modal video resizing (aspect ratio, width, height controls)
- added
  
  'Fixed' position option to display video as a floating widget.
- added
  
  Close button for floating videos
- added
  
  Dynamic close button placement based on placeholder border settings
- added
  
  Floating video resizing during playback (aspect ratio, width, height)
- added
  
  Floating video automatically sets 'max-height: 60%' on mobile devices
- added
  
  Action link input field
- added
  
  '_blank' target option for action link
- added
  
  'Interactive Toggle' (uk-toggle) option for action link
- added
  
  Action link styling controls
- added
  
  Auto-adjust action link position when video controls are enabled
- added
  
  Overlay title blend color option
- added
  
  Breathing animation to play icon on hover after preview video is used
- added
  
  Admin alerts for invalid video URLs
- added
  
  Dynamic content support across all element fields
- added
  
  Inline CSS styling support for modal containers
- added
  
  Autocomplete hints for CSS classes
- fixed
  
  Aspect ratio calculation for locally hosted videos
- fixed
  
  Microdata JSON-LD thumbnail URLs now use full URLs instead of relative paths
- changed
  
  Overlay background color auto-disables with video previews
- changed
  
  Microdata thumbnail field updated to image picker
- changed
  
  Play icon ARIA label option has been moved to the Element Settings tab
- changed
  
  Icon selection ui replaces predefined play icons dropdown
- changed
  
  Margin settings were ignored for floating videos
- changed
  
  Refactored template structure for better maintainability
- changed
  
  Optimized conditional logic for element options
- changed
  
  Simplified control labels for intuitive configuration
- changed
  
  Minimum requirement: Joomla! v4.4 or higher
Version 1.1.1

January 07, 2025
- added
  
  uk-link-reset class to ignore play icon inheriting link color
- fixed
  
  Prevented page scroll up when clicking the play button
Version 1.1.0

December 28, 2024
- new
  
  Local videos support
- new
  
  Aspect ratio support
- new
  
  Microdata support
- added
  
  Default thumbnail for local videos
- added
  
  Border options for the video placeholder to display circle videos
- added
  
  Overlay video title HTML element option
- added
  
  Overlay video title heading styles options
- added
  
  Overlay video title font family options
- added
  
  Overlay video title line clamp to limit the output
- added
  
  Play button ARIA label
- added
  
  Keyboard navigation support across the videos
- added
  
  Admin notification on wrong video URL
- added
  
  Microdata: stripped tags for all inputs
- added
  
  Microdata: JSON-LD script tag appears only if all required fields are filled
- added
  
  Microdata: once valid, enables Google data-nosnippet attribute in the iframe
- added
  
  Microdata: "Name" filled from "Video Title" on empty as fallback
- added
  
  Microdata: "ThumbnailUrl" uses user-defined "Thumbnail" or platform thumbnail from API
- changed
  
  Using Shadow DOM
- changed
  
  Refactored video platform handling logic
- changed
  
  Optimized thumbnail delivery from platform API and its fallback
- changed
  
  Dimensions adjustment by one side respecting selected aspect ratio
- changed
  
  More strict fallback on any wrong video dimension values
- changed
  
  Autopause option has been removed and enabled by default
- changed
  
  Iframe title attribute filled with video title
- changed
  
  Single JS script for initialization of all videos on the page
- changed
  
  Using a JavaScript mutation observer
- changed
  
  Ajax reload on element edit in customizer
- changed
  
  Using video field type to enable video preview in the element (Joomla)
- changed
  
  Optimized element settings conditions
- changed
  
  Optimized element settings UI/UX
Version 1.0.6

February 01, 2024
- added
  
  Player keyboard shorcuts option
Version 1.0.5

January 31, 2024
- fixed
  
  Vimeo wrong video URL error
Version 1.0.4

January 29, 2024
- changed
  
  Video thumbnail image default fallback resolution -> 4k
- changed
  
  Placeholder background color while thumbnail loads
Version 1.0.3

January 29, 2024
- added
  
  Video thumbnail image fallback
Version 1.0.2

January 26, 2024
- new
  
  YouTube Shorts support
- new
  
  WordPress update server
- added
  
  Show title option
- added
  
  Custom play icon
- added
  
  Auto-Pause option for modal integration
- chaned
  
  Autoplay feature now support 2 modes
Version 1.0.1

January 16, 2024
- added
  
  Autoplay inview
Version 1.0.0

January 13, 2024
- added
  
  Initial release

Lazy Video

Version 1.2.0

Version 1.1.1

Version 1.1.0

Version 1.0.6

Version 1.0.5

Version 1.0.4

Version 1.0.3

Version 1.0.2

Version 1.0.1

Version 1.0.0