Localization of user interface elements

Certain content that the Video Viewer displays is subject to localization. This content includes user interface element tool tips and an error message that is displayed when the video cannot be played.

Every textual content in the viewer that can be localized is represented by a special Viewer SDK identifier called SYMBOL. Any SYMBOL has a default associated text value for the English locale ( "en") supplied with the out-of-the-box viewer. It may also have user-defined values set for as many locales as needed.

When the viewer starts, it checks the current locale to see if there is a user-defined value for each supported SYMBOL for the locale. If there is, it uses the user-defined value; otherwise, it falls back to the out-of-the-box default text.

User-defined localization data can be passed to the viewer as a localization JSON object. Such object contains the list of supported locales, SYMBOL text values for each locale, and the default locale.

An example of such a localization object is the following:

{
"en":{
"VideoPlayer.ERROR":"Your Browser does not support HTML5 Video tag or the video cannot be played.",
"PlayPauseButton.TOOLTIP_SELECTED":"Play"
 },
 "fr":{
"VideoPlayer.ERROR":"Votre navigateur ne prend pas en charge la vidéo HTML5 tag ou la vidéo ne peuvent pas être lus.",
"PlayPauseButton.TOOLTIP_SELECTED":"Jouer"
},
defaultLocale:"en"
}

In the above example, the localization object defines two locales ( "en" and "fr") and provides localization for two user interface elements in each locale.

The web page code should pass such localization object to the viewer constructor as a value of localizedTexts field of the configuration object. An alternative option is to pass the localization object by calling the setLocalizedTexts(localizationInfo) method.

The following SYMBOLs are supported:

SYMBOL

Description

Container.LABEL

ARIA label for top-level viewer element.

PlayPauseButton.TOOLTIP_SELECTED

Tool tip for the selected play pause button state.

PlayPauseButton.TOOLTIP_UNSELECTED

Tool tip for the deselected play pause button state.

PlayPauseButton.TOOLTIP_REPLAY

Tool tip for the play pause button state.

VideoScrubber.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the video scrubber.

VideoTime.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the video time on control bar.

MutableVolume.TOOLTIP_SELECTED

Tool tip for the selected mutable volume state.

MutableVolume.TOOLTIP_UNSELECTED

Tool tip for the deselected mutable volume.

MutableVolume.TOOLTIP_VOLUME

Volume slider knob label exposed by way of the ARIA aria-valuetext attribute.

FullScreenButton.TOOLTIP_SELECTED

Tool tip for the selected full screen button state.

FullScreenButton.TOOLTIP_UNSELECTED

Tool tip for the deselected full screen button state.

ClosedCaptionButton.TOOLTIP_SELECTED

Tool tip for the selected closed caption button state.

ClosedCaptionButton.TOOLTIP_UNSELECTED

Tool tip for the deselected closed caption button state.

SocialShare.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the social share tool.

EmailShare.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the email share button.

EmailShare.HEADER

Tool tip for the email dialog header.

EmailShare.TOOLTIP_HEADER_CLOSE

Tool tip for the email dialog box upper-right close button.

EmailShare.INVALID_ADDRESSS

Tool tip for the error message displayed in case email address is malformed.

EmailShare.TO

Label for the "To" input field.

EmailShare.TOOLTIP_ADD

Tool tip for the "Add Another Email Address" button.

EmailShare.ADD

Caption for "Add Another Email Address" button.

EmailShare.FROM

Label for the "From" input field.

EmailShare.MESSAGE

Label for the "Message" input field.

EmailShare.TOOLTIP_REMOVE

Tool tip for the "Remove Email Address" button.

EmailShare.CANCEL

Caption for the "Cancel" button.

EmailShare.TOOLTIP_CANCEL

Tool tip for the "Cancel" button.

EmailShare.CLOSE

Caption for the close button displayed in the bottom of dialog after form submission.

EmailShare.TOOLTIP_CLOSE

Tool tip for the close button displayed in the bottom of dialog after form submission.

EmailShare.ACTION

Caption for the form submission button.

EmailShare.TOOLTIP_ACTION

Tool tip for the form submission button.

EmailShare.SEND_SUCCESS

Confirmation message displayed when email was sent successfully.

EmailShare.SEND_FAILURE

Error message that is displayed when email was not sent successfully.

EmbedShare.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the embed share button.

EmbedShare.HEADER

Tool tip for the embed dialog box header.

EmbedShare.TOOLTIP_HEADER_CLOSE

Tool tip for the embed dialog box upper-right close button.

EmbedShare.DESCRIPTION

Description of the embed code text.

EmbedShare.EMBED_SIZE

Label for the embed size combo box.

EmbedShare.CANCEL

Caption for the "Cancel" button.

EmbedShare.TOOLTIP_CANCEL

Tool tip for the "Cancel" button.

EmbedShare.ACTION

Caption for "Select All" button.

EmbedShare.TOOLTIP ACTION

Tooltip for "Select All" button.

EmbedShare.CUSTOM_SIZE

Text for the last "custom size" entry in the embed size combo box.

LinkShare.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the link share button.

LinkShare.HEADER

Tool tip for the link dialog box header.

LinkShare.TOOLTIP_HEADER_CLOSE

Tool tip for the link dialog box upper-right close button.

LinkShare.DESCRIPTION

Description of the share link.

LinkShare.CANCEL

Caption for the "Cancel" button.

LinkShare.TOOLTIP_CANCEL

Tool tip for the "Cancel" button.

LinkShare.ACTION

Caption for "Select All" button.

LinkShare.TOOLTIP ACTION

Tooltip for "Select All" button.

FacebookShare.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the Facebook share button.

TwitterShare.TOOLTIP

Tool tip for the Twitter share button.

VideoPlayer.ERROR

Tool tip for the error message that appears when no video playback is possible.

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