timeParent property
Gets the parent time container element of the current element.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: Object
the parent time container element.
Remarks
The timeParent property returns an ITIMEElement object, which can be used to get timing properties and to navigate the Introduction to HTML+TIME object model. It does not return an IHTMLElement, which is used to get HTML properties, such as id, style, and so on.
Examples
This example demonstrates how to get the duration (dur) of the parent time container element and how to set the duration (dur) from indefinite to 30 seconds.
Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/behaviors/timeparent.htm
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<SCRIPT>
window.onload = fnOnLoad;
function fnOnLoad()
{
// Set up a timer to watch the time values.
window.setInterval(fnUpdateTimes,100);
}
function fnUpdateTimes()
{
oParent = t1.timeParent;
span1.innerText = oParent.dur;
}
</SCRIPT>
...
<DIV id="div1" class="time"
style="position:relative;top:25px;left:100px;height:100px;width:100px;
background-color:blue;"></DIV>
<!-- t:EXCL is the parent time container for the t1 element. -->
<t:EXCL class="time" begin="0" dur="indefinite">
<!-- Child element of t:EXCL time container. -->
<t:ANIMATEMOTION id="t1" targetElement="div1" to="375,0" begin="0" dur="3"
autoReverse="true" repeatCount="indefinite"/>
</t:EXCL>
...
<BUTTON onclick="oParent.dur='30s';">Set parent duration</BUTTON>
See also
Reference
Conceptual