Edit Video Section on Dawn Theme

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Topic summary

A user seeks to customize the video section on their Dawn theme homepage to hide controls, mute audio, enable autoplay, and resize the video to match a reference site’s style.

Attempted Solutions:

  • One responder suggested adding custom code to the theme.liquid file, but this approach did not work.
  • Another contributor clarified that Dawn theme lacks built-in options for hiding controls, muting, or autoplay.

Recommended Approach:

  • Modify the sections/video.liquid file using JavaScript or Liquid code to achieve control/autoplay customization.
  • For resizing: Navigate to Admin → Online Store → Theme → Customize, select the video section, and enable “Make section full width” in section settings.

Status: The discussion remains open with partial solutions provided. The user has not confirmed whether the liquid file modifications resolved the autoplay and control visibility issues.

Summarized with AI on November 9. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi,

I’m adding a video section on my homepage and I doesn’t give me an option to hide the controls and mute the video or set it to autoplay. I also want to resize it to the same style as this site: https://arrivalhall.com.au/

My website is: https://www.designfruit.com.au/

Thanks

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Hello @jasondane

This is Amelia at PageFly - Shopify Advanced Page Builder app.

You can try the following steps I have provided to help you solve the problem you are facing:

Step 1: Online Store → Themes → Edit Code

Step 2: Choose file theme.liquid

Step 3: Add code above the tag

Hoping my solution helps you solve your problem.

Best regards,

Amelia | PageFly

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Hi, thanks for replying. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. It did no changes

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Hello @jasondane

You can try the code below instead
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Hi @jasondane

  • Sorry but in Dawn theme doesn’t have an option to hide the controls and mute the video or set it to autoplay. If you want to set, you should add javascript code or edit liquid code at sections/video.liquid

- In order to resize video section:

Step 1: Go to Admin → Online store → Theme > Customize:

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Step 2: Go to Video section, in section setting, click Make section full width

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I hope these instructions will help you. If they are helpful, don’t forget to like and mark as the solution.

Have a nice day sir!