Available Controls

Wimpy contains a large number of built-in controls you can incorporate into the player via the Controls Panel in Skin Machine. Below is a diagram of a generic skin that is displaying all available controls.

Reference Table

Human Name	Description	Internal Name
Screen	Displays cover art images or video content. See "Cover Art" for details on how and when cover art can be used and/or displayed.	cmp_cover
Screen Play / Pause	Icon that displays the play / pause state fo the player. This object disolves after a few seconds of changing. Appears when user rolls over the screen.	cmp_coverPlayPause
Formatted Info	Scrolls artist, title, album within a block. At startup, this block displays a message to user that can be defined with the "starUpText" option. Formatting is controlled via the "infoFormat" option. See "Formatting Info & Time" reference for more info on formatting.	cmp_info
Artist Block	Displays the artist info.	cmp_info_artist
Title Block	Displays the title info.	cmp_info_title
Album Block	Displays the album info.	cmp_info_album
Formatted Time	Offers a single block to display multiple time signatures. Formatting is controlled via the "timeFormat" option. See "Formatting Info & Time" reference for more info on formatting.	cmp_time
Current Time	du	cmp_time_current
Remaining Time	du	cmp_time_remain
Total Time	du	cmp_time_total
Play	If Pause and/or Stop controls do not exist, this control will assume the "play pause" functionality. Meaning that it will display a "play" icon when playing, and a "pause" icon when the player is paused. When either Pause or Stop controls exist, this control maintains it's appearance with only the "play" icon.	cmp_play
Pause	du	cmp_pause
Stop	Stops playback and rewinds track to beginning	cmp_stop
Rewind / Previous	Rewinds track to beginning if > 2 seconds of track have elapsed. Otherwise goes to previous track.	cmp_rewind
Next	Advances to next track in playlist	cmp_next
Playlist	Icon displays type of media (media or playlist). Link and download icons only appear when playlist items contain info or download data.	cmp_playlist
Back	Returns to previously loaded playlist.	cmp_plBack
Scroll Up	Scrolls playlist one item up.	cmp_plScrollUp
Scroll Bar	Scroll bar for playlist.	cmp_plScroll
Scroll Down	Scrolls playlist one item down.	cmp_plScrollDown
Fake EQ	Animates when a track is playing to mimic traditional graphical EQ movement. Does not match actual sample data, animations are randomly generated.	cmp_fakeEQ
Thinker	Displays when an item has been requested to load, but has not started loading fully. Items thinker reacts to include: Media files, playlists.	cmp_thinker
Mute	Click to mute / unmute track. NOTE: Some devices do not allow volume to be controlled programmatically -- therefore this control may confuse users. Use with caution.	cmp_mute
Volume Slider	NOTE: Some devices do not allow volume to be controlled programmatically -- therefore this control may confuse users. Use with caution.	cmp_volume
Fullscreen	Pushes the Screen control into fullscreen mode.	cmp_fullscreen
Random	Causes player to select tracks randomly, rather than use the order as layed out by the playlist.	cmp_random
Loop	Loop has three modes: Off, Loop Track, Loop Playlist. Modes advance to the next mode by clicking the icon one time.	cmp_loop
Help	Displays info about the player and link to wimpyplayer.com	cmp_help

Each control is identified within a player with a specific internal name. You can access individual controls via Javascript.

Available Controls

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