t:SEQ Element | seq Object

Defines a new timeline container in an HTML document for sequentially timed elements.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the seq object. Click a tab on the left to choose the type of member you want to view.
Attributes/Properties
Attribute Property Description
ACCELERATE accelerate Sets or retrieves a value that applies an acceleration to an element's timeline.
AUTOREVERSE autoReverse Sets or retrieves whether the timeline on an element begins playing in reverse immediately after completing in the forward direction.
BEGIN begin Sets or retrieves the delay time before the timeline begins playing on the element.
DECELERATE decelerate Sets or retrieves a value that applies a deceleration to the end of a simple duration.
DUR dur Sets or retrieves a value indicating the amount of time the element remains active or displayed.
END end Sets or retrieves a value indicating the end time for the element, or the end of the simple duration when the element is set to repeat.
FILL fill Sets or retrieves the action an element takes if its timeline ends before the timeline on its parent element ends.
hasMedia Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element is an Introduction to HTML+TIME media element.
mediaDur Retrieves the duration of the element's media file.
mediaHeight Retrieves the height of the element.
mediaWidth Retrieves the width of the element.
MUTE mute Sets or retrieves a value that indicates whether the audio is turned on or off.
REPEATCOUNT repeatCount Sets or retrieves the number of times an element's timeline repeats.
REPEATDUR repeatDur Sets or retrieves the number of seconds that an element's timeline repeats.
RESTART restart Sets or retrieves the conditions under which an element can be restarted on a timeline.
SPEED speed Sets or retrieves the playback speed of an element relative to its parent time container.
SYNCBEHAVIOR syncBehavior Sets or retrieves a value that indicates the synchronization rules for the element's timeline.
syncTolerance Sets or retrieves the time variance allowed on a timeline with locked synchronization.
systemBitrate Retrieves the approximate bandwidth available to the system in bits-per-second.
systemCaptions Indicates whether or not to display a text equivalent of the audio portion of the presentation.
systemLanguage Indicates whether a given language is selected in a user's system preferences.
systemOverdubOrSubtitle Specifies whether overdubs or subtitles render during a presentation.
TIMEACTION timeAction Sets or retrieves what action is taken on the element while the timeline is active.
TIMECONTAINER timeContainer Sets or retrieves the type of timeline associated with an element.
timeParent Retrieves the parent time container element of the current element.
VOLUME volume Sets or retrieves the volume of the media file.
Collections
Collection Description
activeElements Returns a reference to the collection of all top-level child elements of the object that are currently active on the timeline.
timeAll Retrieves a reference to the collection of all timed elements.
timeChildren Retrieves a reference to the collection of all timed, top-level children elements.
Events
Event Description
onbegin Fires when the timeline starts on an element.
onend Fires when the timeline stops on an element.
onmediacomplete Fires when the element's associated media finish loading.
onmediaerror Fires when an element's media file causes any error.
onoutofsync Fires when the element loses synchronization with its associated timeline.
onpause Fires when the timeline on an element pauses.
onrepeat Fires when the timeline repeats on an element, beginning with the second iteration.
onreset Fires when the timeline reaches the value of the BEGIN attribute or when the resetElement method is called on the element.
onresume Fires when an element's timeline resumes from a paused state.
onreverse Fires when the timeline on an element begins to play backward.
onseek Fires whenever a seek operation is performed on the element.
onsyncrestored Fires when synchronization is resumed between the element and its associated timeline.
Methods
Method Description
activeTimeToParentTime Converts a value in the element's active timeline to the corresponding point in the parent timeline.
activeTimeToSegmentTime Converts a value in the element's active timeline to the corresponding point in the segment timeline.
beginElement Starts the element on the timeline.
beginElementAt Starts an element's timeline at the specified time.
documentTimeToParentTime Converts a value in the document timeline to the corresponding point in the element's parent timeline.
endElement Stops the element on the timeline.
endElementAt Ends an element's timeline at the specified time.
nextElement Advances the timeline so that the next element in the sequence begins playing.
nextTrack Advances the media-playing container to the next track, or playItem object, in the playList collection, and begins playing that track.
parentTimeToActiveTime Converts a value in the parent timeline to the corresponding point in the element's active timeline.
parentTimeToDocumentTime Converts a value in the element's parent timeline to the corresponding point in the document timeline.
pauseElement Stops playing an element's timeline at the current point.
prevElement Resets the timeline so that the previous element in the sequence begins playing.
prevTrack Sets the media-playing container to the previous track, or playItem object, in the playList collection and begins playing that track.
resetElement Removes any changes made to the element and returns the element to its original state.
resumeElement Restarts the element's timeline from a paused state.
seekActiveTime Locates a specified point on the element's active timeline and begins playing from that point.
seekSegmentTime Locates the specified point on the element's segment timeline, and begins playing from that point.
seekTo Locates a specified point on the element's segment timeline, including repetitions, and begins playing from that point.
seekToFrame Locates a specified frame in the object.
segmentTimeToActiveTime Converts a value in the element's segment timeline to the corresponding point in the element's active timeline.
segmentTimeToSimpleTime Converts a value in the element's segment timeline to the corresponding point in the element's simple timeline.
simpleTimeToSegmentTime Converts a value in the element's simple timeline to the corresponding point in the element's segment timeline.
Objects
Object Description
currTimeState Contains information about an HTML+TIME timeline.

Remarks

All timed HTML descendants of this Extensible Markup Language (XML) element have sequential timing. A duration value (dur property) must be specified or the next element in the sequence might never be displayed. Elements without timing attributes are ignored by the timing mechanism and are statically rendered. A timed element is an HTML element with an associated time behavior.
The default value of begin for children of a seq time container is 0 seconds.
The prefix t: is used to associate this element with an XML namespace. You must declare the XML namespace in the html tag of your document when using this element.
<HTML XMLNS:t ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
You must then import the tag definitions from the time2 behavior by using the IMPORT processing instruction.
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
The members listed in the following table might not be accessible through scripting until the window.onload event fires. Waiting for this event to fire ensures that the page is completely loaded, that all behaviors have been applied to corresponding elements on the page, and that all the behavior's properties, methods, and events are available for scripting. Using any of the behavior-defined members before the window.onload event fires could result in a scripting error, indicating that the object does not support that particular member.
This element is not rendered.
This element requires a closing tag.

Example

This example uses the t:SEQ element to display a sequence of text lines without specifying begin times for each timed element in the sequence.

<HTML XMLNS:t ="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>SEQ</TITLE>
<STYLE>
.time {behavior:url(#default#time2);}
</STYLE>
<?IMPORT namespace="t" implementation="#default#time2">
</HEAD>
<BODY TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 BGPROPERTIES="FIXED" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"
LINK="#000000" VLINK="#808080" ALINK="#000000">
<t:SEQ ID="parent" BEGIN="0" DUR="indefinite">
<DIV ID="div1" CLASS="time" DUR="2">First line of text.</DIV>
<DIV ID="div1" CLASS="time" DUR="2">Second line of text.</DIV>
<DIV ID="div1" CLASS="time" DUR="2">Third line of text.</DIV>
<DIV ID="div1" CLASS="time" DUR="2">Fourth line of text.</DIV>
<SPAN STYLE="color:black" ID="span1" CLASS="time" DUR="indefinite">
<B>End of sequence.</B></SPAN>
</t:SEQ>
</BODY>
</HTML>

This feature requires Microsoft?Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.

Standards Information

This object is defined in Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 2.0 .