showController

Type

property

Summary

Specifies whether a player's controller bar is visible.

Syntax

set the showController of <player> to {true | false}

Description

Use the showController property to enable access to the player's controls, or hide the controller bar.

A player's controller bar is used to start, pause, rewind, and fast-forward a movie or sound, and to select a portion of a movie or sound for playback.

Set a player's showController property to false if you are providing these capabilities in the stack already, or if you do not want the user to be able to control playback of the movie or sound.

Examples

set the showController of player 4 to false

Value

Name	Type	Description
value	bool	The showController of a player is true or false. By default, the showController property of newly created players is set to true.

Related

property: movieControllerID, showSelection

glossary: property, control, controller bar

keyword: player

object: player

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 1.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

Platforms

desktop

server