By default, Bitmovin's player controls auto-hide after 5 seconds. To keep the controls visible permanently, you will need to override certain key CSS styles used by the player.

As of player versions 7.0+, the styles to override are:

This will keep both the control bar, and the currently playing video metadata (title and description) from auto-hiding.

Other styles can be overriden in a similar fashion. Please see [Player UI CSS Class Reference](🔗) for a full reference.