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[The feature associated with this page, Windows Media Player SDK, is a legacy feature. It has been superseded by MediaPlayer. MediaPlayer has been optimized for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft strongly recommends that new code use MediaPlayer instead of Windows Media Player SDK, when possible. Microsoft suggests that existing code that uses the legacy APIs be rewritten to use the new APIs if possible.]

The following lines show a typical Buttons section of a skin definition file:

[ Buttons ]

//  <Function> <Type>     <Location>     <Push Image Src>  <Dis Image Src>    <Hit R,G,B>  <Norm 2 Image Src>  <Push 2 Image Src>
//  ---------- ------     ----------     ----------------  ---------------    -----------  ------------------  ------------------
    PlayPause  2PushHit   84,99,67,67   Pushed @ 44,50    Disabled @ 44,50     0,255,255  Pushed @ 160,5      Pushed @ 160,98
    Info       PushHit    97,49,43,43    Pushed @ 57,0     Disabled @ 57,0      0,  0,  0
    Stop       PushHit    97,173,43,43   Pushed @ 57,124   Disabled @ 57,124  255,255,  0
    Prev       PushHit    40,83,43,43    Pushed @ 0,34     Disabled @ 0,34      0,  0,255
    Next       PushHit    153,83,43,43   Pushed @ 113,34   Disabled @ 113,34  255,  0,  0
    Shuffle    ToggleHit  40,136,43,43   Pushed @ 0,87     Disabled @ 0,87      0,255,  0
    Repeat     ToggleHit  153,136,43,43  Pushed @ 113,87   Disabled @ 113,87  255,  0,255
    Mute       Toggle     5,220,24,23    Super @ 247,29    Super @ 4,28         0,  0,  0

This code defines eight buttons that are used to provide all of the following functions in a skin:

  • Play, pause, and stop media items.
  • Shuffle, repeat, and move through the playlist.
  • Mute the volume.

All the buttons except the mute button are region buttons. The mute button gets its Pushed and Disabled images from the Super bitmap for convenience.

Note

Buttons types are deprecated in skins for Windows Media Player 10 Mobile or later. Instead of a button type declared in your skin file, enter "NA" for each type.

 

Buttons