Defines a new timeline container in an HTML document for independently timed elements.

Syntax

XML	<t:PAR ID=sID STYLE="behavior:url('#default#time')" />
HTML	N/A
Scripting	N/A

Possible Values

sID	String that specifies a unique identifier for the object.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the par object. Click a tab on the left to choose the type of member you want to view.

Attributes/Properties

Attribute	Property	Description
t:ACCELERATE	accelerate	Sets or retrieves a value that applies an acceleration to the element's local timeline.
t:AUTOREVERSE	autoReverse	Sets or retrieves whether the timeline on an element immediately begins playing in reverse after completing in the forward direction.
t:BEGIN	begin	Sets or retrieves the delay time before the timeline begins playing on the element.
t:BEGINAFTER	beginAfter	Sets or retrieves a value indicating that the timeline of an element starts when the referenced element ends.
t:BEGINEVENT	beginEvent	Sets or retrieves a value that starts the timeline of an element when the referenced event occurs.
t:BEGINWITH	beginWith	Sets or retrieves a value that starts an element's timeline at the same time as the referenced element.
	currTime	Retrieves a value indicating the current time along the simple duration as defined by the element's t:DUR or t:END attribute.
t:DECELERATE	decelerate	Sets or retrieves a value that applies a deceleration to the end of a simple duration.
t:DUR	dur	Sets or retrieves a value indicating the amount of time the element remains active or displayed.
t:END	end	Sets or retrieves a value indicating the end time for the element, or the end of the simple duration when the element is set to repeat.
t:ENDEVENT	endEvent	Sets or retrieves a value indicating that the timeline of an element ends immediately when the referenced event occurs, regardless of the element's repeat count or repeatDur property.
t:ENDHOLD	endHold	Sets or retrieves whether an element remains active if its timeline ends before the timeline on its parent element ends.
t:EVENTRESTART	eventRestart	Sets or retrieves whether the element should restart if a beginEvent call occurs while the local timeline is already running.
	localTime	Retrieves a value indicating the current time along the local duration, as defined by the element's t:REPEAT or t:REPEATDUR attribute.
t:REPEAT	repeat	Sets or retrieves the number of times an element's timeline repeats.
t:REPEATDUR	repeatDur	Sets or retrieves the number of seconds an element's timeline repeats.
t:SYNCBEHAVIOR	syncBehavior	Sets or retrieves the synchronization rules for the element's timeline.
	syncTolerance	Retrieves the time variance allowed on a timeline with locked synchronization.
t:TIMEACTION	timeAction	Sets or retrieves what action is taken on the element while the timeline is active.

Events

Event	Description
onbegin	Fires when the timeline starts on an element.
onend	Fires when the timeline stops on an element.
onmediacomplete	Fires when the element's associated media is finished loading.
onmedialoadfailed	Fires when an element's media file fails to load for any reason.
onmediaslip	Fires when an element's media file fails to keep up with the defined timeline.
onpause	Fires when the timeline on an element pauses.
onrepeat	Fires when the timeline repeats on an element, beginning with the second iteration.
onresume	Fires when an element's timeline resumes from a paused state.
onresync	Fires when the element's associated media synchronization is interrupted.
onreverse	Fires when the timeline on an element begins to play backward.

Methods

Method	Description
beginElement	Starts the element on the timeline.
endElement	Stops the element on the timeline.

Remarks

All HTML descendants of this element have independent, or parallel, timing.

Use this element instead of the t:TIMELINE attribute to create a time container without using an HTML element. All descendant elements, or time children, of this new time container inherit the time properties of their container. Unlike the time children of the t:SEQ element, the par descendants have no implicit timing relationships with each other, and their timelines might overlap. The t:PAR element effectively groups elements together so they can be easily modified as a single unit.

The prefix t is used to associate this element with an XML namespace. You must include the following line of code in the head section of your HTML document when using this element.

<XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX="t"/>

The t:PAR element is available as of Microsoft?Internet Explorer 5, only in the Microsoft?Win32?platform.

Example

This example uses the t:PAR element to apply a timeline to a group of HTML elements.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX="t"/>
<STYLE>
.time    { behavior:url(#default#time);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="white">
<FONT FACE="Verdana">
<t:PAR CLASS=time t:BEGIN="0" t:DUR="10" t:TIMEACTION="display">
<H3>Paragraph 1</H3>
<P>This is paragraph number one. It appears for ten seconds
immediately after the page is loaded.</P>
<SPAN CLASS=time t:BEGIN="5">
<H3>Paragraph 2</H3>
<P>This is paragraph number two. It appears five seconds
after the page is loaded, and remains displayed until its
parent element's timeline ends at ten seconds.</P>
</SPAN>
</t:PAR>
</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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See Also

Introduction to DHTML Behaviors, Introduction to HTML+TIME, time, time2, Using DHTML Behaviors