Play Notification Sound using Jquery

I received lots tutorial requests from my readers that asked to me, how to play a notification sound on website chat?. We implemented this in a simple chat box application using Jquery and HTML5 audio tag, it is just five lines of code. Use Modernizer library for Internet Explorer HTML5 support, please turn on the volume and try this live demo.

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Developer

Arun Kumar Sekar

Engineer, Plugin Expert
Chennai, INDIA

 
Email  : arunfairy[at]hotmail.com

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JavaScript
Contains javascipt code. $("#trig").on("click",function(){}- trig is the ID name of the input button. Using $("#chatData").attr("id") calling text input value.

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
$("#chatData").focus();
//Appending HTML5 Audio Tag in HTML Body
$('<audio id="chatAudio"><source src="notify.ogg" type="audio/ogg"><source src="notify.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"><source src="notify.wav" type="audio/wav"></audio>').appendTo('body');

$("#trig").on("click",function(){
var a = $("#chatData").val().trim();
if(a.length > 0)
{
$("#chatData").val('');
$("#chatData").focus();
$("<li></li>").html('<img src="small.jpg"/><span>'+a+'</span>').appendTo("#chatMessages");
// Scrolling Adjustment 
$("#chat").animate({"scrollTop": $('#chat')[0].scrollHeight}, "slow");
$('#chatAudio')[0].play();
}
});
});
</script>

HTML Code
Simple HTML code.

<div id='chatBox'>
<div id='chat'>
<ul id='chatMessages'>
//Old Messages
<li>
<img src="small.jpg"/><span>Hello Friends</span>
</li>
<li>
<img src="small.jpg"/><span>How are you?</span>
</li>

</ul>
</div>
<input type="text" id="chatData" placeholder="Message" />
<input type="button" value=" Send " id="trig" />
</div>

CSS

* { padding:0px; margin:0px; }
body{font-family:arial;font-size:13px}
#chatBox
{
width:400px;
border:1px solid #000;
margin:5px;
}
#chat 
{
max-height:220px;
overflow-y:auto;
max-width:400px;
}
#chat > ul > li
{
padding:3px;
clear:both;
padding:4px;
margin:10px 0px 5px 0px;
overflow:auto
}
#chatMessages
{
list-style:none
}
#chatMessages > li > img
{ width:35px;float:left
}
#chatMessages > li > span
{
width:300px;
float:left;
margin-left:5px
}
#chatData 
{
padding:5px;
margin:5px;
border-radius:5px;
border:1px solid #999;
width:300px
}
#trig 
{
padding: 4px;
border: solid 1px #333;
background-color: #133783;
color:#fff;
font-weight:bold
}