RESTART Attribute | restart Property
This topic documents a feature of HTML+TIME 2.0, which is obsolete as of Windows Internet Explorer 9.
Sets or gets the conditions under which an element can be restarted on a timeline.
Syntax
HTML <ELEMENT RESTART = sAction... > Scripting [ sAction = ] object.restart [ = sAction ]
Possible Values
sAction String that specifies or receives one of the following values.
- always
- Default. Element can be restarted at any time.
never
- Element cannot be restarted for the remaining duration of the parent time container.
whenNotActive
- Element can be restarted only when it is not active on the timeline.
The property is read/write. The property has a default value of always.
Remarks
This property supersedes the eventRestart property.
Example
This example demonstrates each of the three values (
always, never, whenNotActive
) for the restart property. These values specify the conditions in which an element can be restarted on a timeline.<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time"> <HEAD> <?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2"> <STYLE> .time{ behavior: url(#default#time2);} </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <t:par id="tp1" begin="indefinite" dur="20"> <DIV id="div1" class="time" style="position:absolute;top:255px;left:35px;width:100px;height:100px; background-color:yellow; font-size:large; text-align:center;" end="6" restart="never">DIV1<BR>'never' </DIV> <DIV id="div2" class="time" style="position:absolute;top:255px;left:145px;width:100px;height:100px; background-color:blue; font-size:large; text-align:center;" begin="2" end="8" restart="always">DIV2<BR>'always' </DIV> <DIV id="div3" class="time" style="position:absolute;top:255px;left:255px;width:100px;height:100px; background-color:green; font-size:large; text-align:center;" begin="4" end="10" restart="whenNotActive">DIV3<BR>'whenNotActive' </DIV> </t:par> <P style="position:absolute; top:370px; left:45px;"> <BUTTON id="b0" onclick="tp1.beginElement();" style="font-weight:bold;">Start</BUTTON> <BUTTON id="b1" onclick="tp1.endElement();">Stop</BUTTON> <BUTTON id="b2" onclick="div1.beginElement();alert('DIV1 cannot be restarted for the remaining duration of the parent time container (20 seconds).');">Restart DIV1</BUTTON> <BUTTON id="b3" onclick="div2.beginElement();">Restart DIV2</BUTTON> <BUTTON id="b4" onclick="div3.beginElement();">Restart DIV3</BUTTON> </P> </BODY> </HTML>
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/restart.htm
Applies To
t:TRANSITIONFILTER, t:ANIMATE, t:ANIMATECOLOR, t:ANIMATEMOTION, t:ANIMATION, t:AUDIO, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, t:PAR, t:REF, t:SEQ, t:SET, time2, t:VIDEO
See Also