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Patrick Johnson
9,505 PointsSelect multiple divs to play audio in jQuery
Hey All,
Having some issues with trying to create code in jQuery that will allow me to create one, abstracted selection on a set of <div> elements that will initiate their respective audio pieces.
In its current state I created unique functions that play audio for their respective divs using the 'click' function. My only issue with this, it's not DRY.
HTML
<div id="boxes">
<li id="nyan"><audio src="song.mp3"/></li>
<li id="duck"><audio src="duck.mp3"/></li>
<li id="duck"><audio src="cat.mp3"/></li>
</div>
CSS
#wrapper {
width: 800px;
margin: auto;
}
#boxes {
padding: 0;
margin: 50px auto;
list-style: none;
}
#boxes li {
width: 150px;
height: 150px;
background-color: #aaa;
margin: 5px;
float: left;
cursor: pointer;
}
jQuery
$(function(){
$("#nyan").click(function(){
var audio = $('audio')[0];
if (audio.paused){
audio.play();
} else {
audio.pause();
}
});
$("#duck").click(function(){
var audio = $('audio')[1];
if (audio.paused){
audio.play();
} else {
audio.pause();
}
});
});
1 Answer
Alexander Smith
2,769 PointsNot a javascript expert so sorry it's just theory here. Can you not set the ids to be variables in the jquery and have jquery check which div it's in?