Keyboard

This is a helper plugin to enhance the Flowplayer Native accessibility features. The keyboard plugin allows to navigate and control player elements using keyboard shortcuts.

Installation

Load the plugin next to the core player and any other plugins (share, subtitles, quality selection) you require.

<script src="//cdn.flowplayer.com/releases/native/stable/flowplayer.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdn.flowplayer.com/releases/native/stable/plugins/keyboard.min.js"></script>

Async cloud player installation

To enable the plugin in the async cloud player, declare it in the "plugins": [] config object with keyboard .

Configuration

There is currently one config option to determine the seek step interval when using the arrow or character keys to seek in the timeline. The option is configured in the keyboard: root object. Numbers below 1 are used as percentages of the whole running time (so 0.2 for a 40 second clip will result in an 8 second seek), 1 and above will seek in seconds.

Usage

Player buttons and bars

Switch the element focus by using <tab> to select a button or bar and use the designated key to call an action.

If there is no focus on any specific element, you can toggle fullscreen, play/pause and mute directly with the respective keyboard commands. While an element is focused, only the actions connected to the element can be called.

Menus and lists

if you select a menu like HD, audio selection, subtitles, share or speed, hit <spacebar> or <enter> to activate the menu and use the <arrow up> <arrow down> key to navigate to the desired list entry, then hit <spacebar> or <enter> <esc> leaves the menu.

Demo with standard settings

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Demo with seek_step in seconds

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Demo with seek_step in percentage

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