cue-before

Support Key: CSS2
Other Aural Properties
volume
stress
richness
azimuth
elevation
voice-family
speak
speak-punctuation
speak-numeral
pitch
pitch-range
speech-rate
play-during
pause
pause-before
pause-after
cue
cue-after
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Default Value:
none
Applicable Elements:
All
Inherit From Parent:
No
Applicable Media:
Aural
HTML Equivalent:
NA
What is it?
The 'cue' family of properties allows the attachment of key sounds (or "Auditory Icons" as the CSS spec refers to them) to elements. This allows an author to add distinguishing characteristics to semantic elements. This property specifically references a sound to be played before the element has been aurally rendered. If loading of a URL fails, nothing should be played, but if the system does not have the ability to play it, the spec says the system should try to use some sort of cue (audio, visual or other.)

Allowed Values
inherit
[CSS2]
Type: Explicit
Description:
Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.
none
[CSS2]
Type: Explicit
Description:
Play no sound before the element.
[URL]
[CSS2]
Type: Explicit
Description:
Indicates the URL of a sound file to be played before the element. If loading of the indicated URL fails no sound will be played. If the referenced resource is not a sound file, it should be ignored and the property should be treated as if the value were set to 'none.'
Example
Ext/Doc: strong { cue-before: url(orchestralsneeze.wav) }
In-Line:  <strong STYLE="cue-before: url(orchestralsneeze.wav)">text</strong>
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