Now playing

When to use #

Use it for

A music or podcast screen.

Skip it when

The player is the whole page; use the media player.

Installation #

terminal

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @caliper/now-playing

Adds its 2 files to components/ui/, each with its own stylesheet, and installs their packages. Pro installs with your access token, set up once per project. See Pro access. The first part also adds Caliper UI’s tokens; import them once as in Installation.

Usage #

Import it from your copy of the source. The example behind the preview comes with the source.

example.tsx

import { NowPlaying } from "@/components/ui/now-playing"

The worked example comes with Pro

The 29-line example behind the preview opens here with a Pro or Team licence.

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API reference #

NowPlaying

component

PropTypeDefaultDescription

track *Track—

playing *boolean—

position *number—Seconds played.

duration *number—Seconds in total.

onPlayPause *() => void—

onSeek *(seconds: number) => void—

onPrevious(() => void)—

onNext(() => void)—

extraReactNode—

classNamestring—

It is built on native elements and keeps aria-label, aria-hidden, aria-live and aria-valuetext in step with state. Changes that matter are announced through a live region.

No custom key handling; Tab and the native activation keys do the work.

Motion #

Transitions use the shared duration and easing tokens. Under prefers-reduced-motion those tokens collapse to instant and travel distances go to zero, so state changes still happen without movement.