Ticket #31058: 31058.monkey-patch.diff

src/wp-includes/js/media-audiovideo.js

@@ -816 +816 @@
 
                                 if ( ! video.hasClass('youtube-video') ) {
                                         this.media = media.view.MediaDetails.prepareSrc( video.get(0) );
                                 } else {
                                         this.media = video.get(0);
                                 }
                         } else {
                                 video.hide();
                                 this.media = false;
                         }
 
                         return this;
                 }
         });
 
+        window.mejs.HtmlMediaElementShim._createPlugin = window.mejs.HtmlMediaElementShim.createPlugin;
+        window.mejs.HtmlMediaElementShim.createPlugin = function( playback, options, poster, autoplay, preload, controls ) {
+                // Trick IE into believing that the root-level element (which is non-existant) is the body element, which it's designed to handle.
+                node = playback.htmlMediaElement;
+                while ( node ) {
+                        if ( ! node.tagName && ! node.parentNode ) {
+                                node.tagName = 'body';
+                                break;
+                        }
+                        node = node.parentNode;
+                }
+                return window.mejs.HtmlMediaElementShim._createPlugin.apply( this, [ playback, options, poster, autoplay, preload, controls ] );
+        };
+
 }(jQuery, _, Backbone));