DUR Attribute | dur Property

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Sets or retrieves a value indicating the amount of time the element remains active or displayed.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT STYLE="behavior:url(#default#time);" t:DUR = sTime... >

Scripting object.dur [ = sTime ]

HTML	<ELEMENT STYLE="behavior:url(#default#time);" t:DUR = sTime... >
Scripting	object.dur [ = sTime ]

Possible Values

sTime String that specifies one of the following values:

indefinite Element remains active on the timeline for an indefinite amount of time.

duration Amount of time the element remains active or displayed. The time must be specified as described in Time Formats.

The property is read/write with a default value of indefinite. This property cannot be modified in script after the onload event fires on the document body.

Remarks

The DUR attribute is a value relative to the value of the element's BEGIN attribute. By contrast, the END attribute represents an absolute value along the parent element's timeline starting at 0 seconds. Do not use the DUR attribute on the same element as the END attribute.

The prefix t is used to associate this attribute with an XML namespace.

Example

This example uses the DUR attribute to display lines of text for different amounts of time.

Sample Code

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE>
.time        { behavior: url(#default#time);}
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="white">
<SPAN CLASS=time STYLE="COLOR:Red;" t:BEGIN="0" t:DUR="5"
    t:TIMEACTION="visibility">
    <H3>Paragraph 1</H3>
    <P>This is paragraph number one. It displays for five 
    seconds.</P>
</SPAN>
<SPAN CLASS=time STYLE="COLOR:Blue;" t:BEGIN="0" t:DUR="10"
    t:TIMEACTION="visibility">
    <H3>Paragraph 2</H3>
    <P>This is paragraph number two. It displays for ten 
    seconds.</P>
</SPAN>
<SPAN CLASS=time STYLE="COLOR:Green;" t:BEGIN="0" t:DUR="indefinite" 
    t:TIMEACTION="visibility">
    <H3>Paragraph 3</H3>
    <P>This is paragraph number three. It displays 
indefinitely.</P>
</SPAN>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

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animation, audio, img, media, par, seq, time, video