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Faceplate Help Strings
To help users learn about the actions of the the different buttons and areas on your faceplate, you can add ToolTip help strings to any HTML image or element. When writing ToolTips for standard Microsoft® Windows Media™ Player functions such as "Play" or "Stop", you should use the same strings that are also used by the Windows Media Player application. This provides users with a consistent interface over a wide variety of faceplate styles.
To add a ToolTip to your faceplate, include a TITLE attribute for the HTML element in question, assigning it a value that is the string to be displayed. For example, the following code creates a standardized ToolTip for the play button.
<IMG ID="btnPlay" onMouseOver="imgRollon()" onMouseOut="imgRolloff();" onclick="Play()" SRC="images/btnPlay.gif" TITLE="Play">Now, when a mouse pointer hovers over the play button, the ToolTip "Play" will appear in a small box next to the pointer.
The following table shows the standard Windows Media Player ToolTip strings that you should use in your faceplates, as well as the action that the element described by the ToolTip should perform.
ToolTip string Action Play Begins playing the open media file. By default, a file begins to play automatically when it is opened. Pause Pauses the open media file. Click Play to resume. Stop Stops the playback of the current file. Stop does not close the file or your connection to a server. Skip Back Returns to the beginning of the current clip, or, if at the beginning, returns to the beginning of the previous clip. Only available if the clip is part of a show. Rewind Rewinds the current clip. Only available with certain types of stored (not live) media. When you release the Rewind button, Windows Media Player begins playing again. Fast Forward Advances forward through the clip. Only available with certain types of stored (not live) media. When you release the Fast forward button, Windows Media Player begins playing again. Skip Forward Begins playing the beginning of the next clip. Only available if a show is open. Preview each clip in a playlist Plays a short section of each clip in a show. Usually, each clip plays for 10 seconds, but an individual show may have a different preview duration. Mute Silences the audio content of the file. Click Mute again to hear the soundtrack. Volume Control Controls the volume level of the content you are viewing.
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