onmouseover sound

[bdconnolly]

Something trivial. I am just looking to add a little snap sound when mouseover menu items. Found a few javascripts but none validate.

Thoughts?

Thanks.

BC

[bdconnolly]

Posted here because I saw many asking for it. Sorry if this should be somewhere else.

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
function play(soundobj)
{
var thissound = eval(soundobj);
thissound.CurrentPosition=0;
thissound.play();
}

function stop(soundobj)
{
var thissound = eval(soundobj);
thissound.stop();
}
//-->
</script>

<object name="lastdance" type="application/x-mplayer2" width="0" height="0" data="lastdance.mp3">
<param name="filename" value="lastdance.mp3" />
<param name="autostart" value="false" />
</object>

<a href="#" onmouseover="play('lastdance')">Play Sound</a>

<a href="#" onmouseover="stop('lastdance')">Stop Sound</a>

Explanation:

Embed the JavaScript in the body of your page. Embed the object also within the body, as many sounds as you want, be sure and label them accordingly within the name attribute as well as when you call the functions.

Will work with any kind of sound file that Windows Media Player supports. Unfortunately, will only work if the user has Windows Media Player, but should be Cross-browser and XHTML Transitional Compliant.

[roberts]

Great post, it is useful, yes, just but only work if the user has Windows Media Player.