Wrap href around an iframe

Question

I want to wrap an href around a vimeo or youtube video and prevent the default playback click events of the embed and just go to the href. Does anyone know how to do this?

<a href="http://tumblr.com" target="_blank" class="linkwrap">

   <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Xbs60BMeRU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>    

 </a>

Answer 1

html

<a href="http://tumblr.com" target="_blank" class="linkwrap">
    <div class="blocker"></div>
    <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5Xbs60BMeRU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
</a>

css

.linkwrap { position:relative; display:inline-block; }
.blocker { position:absolute; height:100%; width:100%; z-index:1; background:rgba(255,0,0,0.5);  }
.linkwrap iframe { z-index: 2; }

jsfiddle - here

Answer 2

Use a div as overlay and surround it with your a tag. Read this article to see how to implement the div and using opaque for youtube: https://stackoverflow.com/a/4788044/4375900
I think with this info you should be possible to do what you want to do.