How to make Vimeo video play on button click

[mattvaru (Matt Varughese)]

Thanks for that! I see what you’re referring to now.

Check out this post and some helpful answers: Pause or stop Vimeo video after closing modal custom code - #4 by bart

What @Siton_Systems said there was correct:

Lightbox is only a trick of hide/show some overlay content (This is not stopping your video).

@bart also posed a really great solution for your use case, but it will require some slight rebuilding! However, I think the end result will be exactly what you want.

Pause or stop Vimeo video after closing modal custom code

Hey @swartzenmedia! (Note: I’m @bartekkustra - I created new account a while back) There are two ways you can approach this: Option 1 Instead of using custom lightbox you can use Webflow Lightbox. I noticed you’re using Collection List there to display those, so feel free to check the community-made Dynamic Lightbox Code: That way if you close the lightbox the video will just stop Option 2 The other way is - instead of using VIDEO field in Collection and VIDEO widget in W…

Check out Option #2 from him, as I think that’s your best bet. Here’s a good resource on how to build a pop-up modal, if you need assistance there: How to build a pop-up modal in Webflow | Webflow Blog

Once you get to the custom code portion, if you run into any issues, feel free to ping me and I can help get you going.

Hope that helps!