---
title: wantsToPlay
framework: livephotoskitjs
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/wantstoplay
---

# wantsToPlay

A boolean that indicates whether the Player has been instructed to play.

## Declaration

```data
readonly attribute Boolean wantsToPlay;
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property indicates whether the Player has been instructed to play. If true, the Player has been instructed to play, although it may not actually be playing. This occurs when the user or developer has invoked play without all the required resources having loaded yet. When the resources are done loading, if wantsToPlay is still true, playback begins automatically.

## See Also

### Instance Properties

- [currentTime](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/currenttime.md)
- [duration](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/duration.md)
- [photoHeight](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/photoheight.md)
- [photoTime](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/phototime.md)
- [photoWidth](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/photowidth.md)
- [canPlay](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/canplay.md)
- [errors](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/errors.md)
- [frameTimes](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/frametimes.md)
- [isPlaying](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/isplaying.md)
- [loadProgress](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/loadprogress.md)
- [metadataVideoSrc](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/metadatavideosrc.md)
- [photo](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/photo.md)
- [photoMimeType](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/photomimetype.md)
- [photoSrc](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/photosrc.md)
- [playbackStyle](livephotoskitjs/livephotoskit.player/playbackstyle.md)