User Interface Elements

The Windows Media Player control also exposes properties that determine which elements of the user interface are enabled and displayed to the end user. The following figure depicts the elements of the Windows Media Player user interface.

The following properties determine which user interface elements are displayed.

• The ShowControls property specifies whether the control bar is displayed. The control bar contains playback controls. Optionally, it has audio and position controls as well.
• The ShowAudioControls property specifies whether the mute button (speaker icon) and volume slider control are displayed on the control bar.
• The ShowPositionControls property specifies whether the fast forward, fast rewind, skip ahead, skip previous, and preview buttons are displayed on the control bar.
• The ShowTracker property specifies whether the trackbar is displayed. The trackbar indicates the progress of the current clip. End users can seek to any position in the clip by clicking and dragging the progress indicator on the trackbar. The trackbar is only visible when the control bar is enabled.
• The ShowDisplay property specifies whether the display panel is displayed. The display panel provides show and clip information.
• The ShowCaptioning property specifies whether the closed captioning display panel is displayed.
• The ShowGotoBar property specifies whether the Go To bar is displayed.
• The ShowStatusBar property specifies whether the status bar is displayed.