Video Element

The Video Element is used to add a video to your form (using a URL or a saved video file), which can be played at form runtime:

Picture Showing the Video Element.

  • YouTube videos are not supported by the Video Element. If you wish to add a YouTube video to your form, you will need to use YouTube's embed function and place the link to the video within an IFrame Element. Click here for more information on deploying YouTube videos using IFrames.

Once you have placed a Video Element on a page, you can edit the Element's properties to configure the Element for your requirements. Select the Element on the page to display its properties in the Properties Pane.

The following properties are available:

Name and Code Name

 

Element Version

The Element's version number, which may be (and is often) different to the installed version of the Digitise Forms software. For example, the version of the Element might be 1.5, but the version of the in-use/installed Digitise Forms software might be 2.0 etc.

 

Visible and Disabled Properties

 

Height

Allows you to specify the height of the Video Element, which must be a pixel value, and must include the px abbreviation after the value, e.g., 200px.

 

Width

Allows you to specify the width of the Video Element. By default, the width is set to 100%, but this can be altered to either a lower percentage, or to a size in pixels. In either case, the width specified must be followed by % or px.

 

Video Type

Lets you specify the video format. The format must be preceded by video/, e.g., video/mp4. Click here for more information on the permissible video file types, and the syntax for the video's underlying HTML.

URL

Lets you to specify the URL of the video file that you wish to use.

 

Video

Lets you browse for a saved video file, to be used in place of a video accessed via a URL.

 

Captions

Lets you browse for a captions file (.vtt format), to display captions over the video during playback.

 

Use URL Source

Where both a URL and a saved video have been specified in the above two properties, selecting this option will force the video accessed via the specified URL to be used. Where the option is left unchecked, the saved video will be used instead.

Accessibility Category

Alternative Text

Lets you add alternative text that will be displayed in the event that the specified video file is unavailable, or will be used by accessibility software.

 

Styles Category

Video

Allows you to assign a style to the Video Element.