onbegin Event | Internet Development Index |
Fires when the timeline starts on an element.
Syntax
Inline HTML <ELEMENT onbegin = "handler" ... > All platforms Event property object.onbegin = handler JScript only object.onbegin = GetRef("handler") Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) 5.0 or later only Named script <SCRIPT FOR = object EVENT = onbegin> Internet Explorer only
Event Information
Bubbles No Cancels No To invoke Set the element's begin time. The value of the element's begin time, which can depend on other elements, determines when the event actually fires. Default action Calls the associated event handler.
Available Properties
Remarks
This event also fires for the element when the beginElement method is invoked on it. This event does not fire when the timeline on the element has a repeatCount greater than one. However, it fires if the parent element's repeatCount is greater than one.
Example
In this example, the onbegin event fires immediately when the element's timeline begins.
<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time"> <HEAD> <TITLE>onbegin Event</TITLE> <?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2"> <STYLE> .time {behavior:url(#default#time2);} </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000"> <t:excl id="t1" begin="indefinite" dur="5" repeatCount="5" onbegin="alert('Beginning!');"> <t:ANIMATEMOTION ID="a1" targetElement="div1" to="200,0" begin="0" dur="2" autoReverse="true" /> </t:excl> <DIV ID="div1" CLASS="time" STYLE="position:relative;top:15px;left:25px;height:100px;width:100px; background-color:yellow;text-align:center;font-size:large; border:solid black 1px">Moving DIV </DIV> <P style="position:relative;top:40px;left:45px;"> <BUTTON id="b1" onclick="t1.beginElement();">Start</BUTTON> <BUTTON id="b4" onclick="t1.endElement();">Stop</BUTTON> </P> </BODY> </HTML>This feature requires Microsoft?Internet Explorer 5.5 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
Standards Information
This event is a Microsoft extension to Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)
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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
onend, Introduction to HTML+TIME