t:DUR Attribute | dur Property?deprecated)

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This page documents a feature of HTML+TIME 1.0, which was released in Microsoft?Internet Explorer 5. We recommend that you migrate your content to the latest version of HTML+TIME, which implements the SMIL 2.0 Working Draft. See the Introduction to HTML+TIME overview for more information.

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

Syntax

XML <ELEMENT t:DUR = sTime... >
Scripting object.dur [ = sTime ]

XML	<ELEMENT t:DUR = sTime... >
Scripting	object.dur [ = sTime ]

Possible Values

sTime String that specifies one of the following values:
indefinite Default. 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. The property has a default value of indefinite.

Remarks

The t:DUR attribute is a value relative to the value of the element's t:BEGIN attribute. By contrast, the t:END attribute represents an absolute value along the parent element's timeline starting at 0 seconds. Do not use the t:DUR attribute on the same element as the t:END attribute.
A dur value of 0 is invalid. If 0 is specified, the default value is used instead.

Example

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

<!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"
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"
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"
TIMEACTION="visibility">
<H3>Paragraph 3</H3>
<P>This is paragraph number three. It displays
indefinitely.</P>
</SPAN>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML+TIME (Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions) 1.0 .

Applies To

t:AUDIO, t:IMG, t:MEDIA, t:PAR, t:SEQ, time, t:VIDEO