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Seeking Bar

The Seeking Bar is the primary interactive timeline in the Vidalytics Player.

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Written by Aldo Peña
Updated over a week ago

It allows viewers to navigate the video by clicking or dragging through the timeline. The Seeking Bar appears within the player controls and supports full playback navigation depending on your player theme and settings.

This feature is available across all themes that include full player controls, including Classic and Sleek (once released).


What the Seeking Bar Does

Interactive Navigation

Viewers can:

  • Click anywhere on the timeline to jump forward or backward

  • Drag the handle to scrub through the video

  • See progress, buffered sections, and the current playback position

This makes it ideal for educational content, product demos, webinars, or any video where viewers may need to rewatch or skip ahead.


Behavior & Visibility

The Seeking Bar appears when:

  • Viewer interacts with the player

  • Player controls are shown

  • The theme supports interactive controls

It overlays the bottom section of the video content area. Depending on caption placement, it may partially overlap captions when controls are visible.

How to use it

  1. Access your Vid Settings.

  2. Under Style settings locate the Seek bar section.

  3. Select between a regular Seeking bar or a Rapid Engage Bar*

  4. Adjust any additional settings as needed.

  5. Make sure to save and publish your video


*Rapid Engage bar moves quicker at the beginning of the video and then slows down as it progresses, this to give the illusion that the video is shorter.

Benefits

  • Easy navigation for viewers

  • Ideal for long-form videos

  • Supports precise rewatching and chapter-like behavior

  • Familiar UI for most users

Notes:

  • Exact styling and behavior depend on the player theme.

  • On mobile or minimal UI setups, it may appear only on tap.

  • Seeking behavior can be affected by autoplay, mute rules, or funnel logic (e.g., Play Gates).

  • Rapid Engage skips will reflect on the Seeking Bar timeline


For additional questions, feedback or assistance please feel free to reach out directly to our Customer Happiness Team at [email protected]. 😊

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