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Version: v11.8.5

Audio Widget


WaveMaker supports audio media. To use an audio in your project, simply drag and drop the Audio widget and bind it to the resource using the Property Panel.

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The following table gives the browser support for audio and video resources. To learn more about video file support, see Video Widget.

BrowserMP4WebMOgg
Internet ExplorerYESNONO
ChromeYESYESYES
FirefoxYESYESYES
SafariYESNONO
OperaYES (from Opera 25)YESYES

Using Audio Widget

The following features are available for all the Audio widget.

  1. From the Property panel of the media widget, find the Audio section. Locate the MP3 Source Path option and click the Bind icon represented by a chain-link as shown in the picture below; a Bind modal dialog pops-up.

    Media audio

  2. In the modal dialog, click the Resource tab.

  3. Select the Audio type from the dropdown and click the Upload New button, the Import Audio modal dialog pops-up.

    media resource

Audio Customizations

You can add customizations from the Properties panel.

  1. Autoplay — a boolean specifying whether the file should play as soon as it can
  2. Loop — a boolean specifying whether the file should be repeatedly played.
  3. Controls — a boolean specifying whether the browser should display its default media controls
  4. Preload — none/metadata/auto — where 'metadata' means preload just the metadata and 'auto' leaves the browser to decide whether to preload the whole file.

Audio Widget Properties

PropertyDescription
NameThe name is a unique identifier for the audio widget.
Accessibility
HintAny text or HTML you enter for this property will be shown as a tooltip if the mouse hovers over this widget for 1.5 seconds.
Tab indexThe tab index attribute specifies the tab order of an element. You can use this property to change the default tabbing order for widget access using the tab key. The value can range from 0 to 32767. The default is 0 and -1 makes the element non-focusable. NOTE: In Safari browsers, by default, Tab highlights only text fields. To enable Tab functionality, in Safari Browser from Preferences -> Advanced -> Accessibility set the option "Press Tab to highlight each item on a webpage".
Layout
WidthThe width of your widget can be specified in px or % (i.e 50px, 75%).
HeightThe height of your widget can be specified in px or % (i.e 50px, 75%).
Audio
MP3 Source PathThis property allows you to set the file path of a mp3 file.
Audio PreloadThis property allows if and how the author thinks the audio should be loaded when the page loads. Can be set to: - none - default - metadata, or - auto
Support MessageThis property allows you to set the message when the audio file is not supported by the HTML5 media player.
Behavior
ShowShowing determines whether or not a component is visible.
Enable ControlsThis property allows you to enable that audio/video controls should be displayed such as a play/pause button, and more.
Enable AutoplayThis property allows you to enable if and how the author thinks the video should be loaded when the page loads.
LoopThis property allows you to enable that the video will start over again, every time it is finished.
MuteThis property allows you to enable that the audio output of the audio/video should be muted.