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Version: 4.0.1

Triggers using mouse or touch display

From v1.6.1, you can use onClick/onTouch events as a trigger for activating content playback in a SMIL Playlist.

Using onClick/onTouch to trigger content​

  • The origin is always set as mouse
  • data: no data specified in this case. A SMIL file can have only one onClick/onTouch trigger per playlist — a data value on a mouse condition would never match.
  • action is set to click (informational; both mouse clicks and touch events activate the trigger)

The trigger fires on a click or touch anywhere on the screen — there is no way to restrict it to a region.


<trigger id="trigger1" condition="or">
    <condition
            origin="mouse"
            action="click"
    />
</trigger>

For sub-region setup see Sub-regions, for trigger duration (dur/repeatCount) see Trigger duration, and for cancellation (end) see Cross-trigger cancellation. Clicks inside a widget shown by the trigger also count toward re-firing it (extending its duration).

Define content triggered by the trigger​


<par>
    <!-- referencing <trigger id="trigger1"> defined in <head>      -->
    <seq begin="trigger1">
        <video src="https://demo.signageos.io/smil/zones/files/video_1.mp4"
               region="trigger-region"> <!-- As a region you always set the parent of the sub-regions -->
        </video>
    </seq>
</par>