ATTRIBUTENAME Attribute | attributeName Property

Sets or retrieves the name of the element's attribute to be animated.

Syntax

HTML <ELEMENT ATTRIBUTENAME = sAttribute... >
Scripting object.attributeName(attrib) [ = sAttribute ]

Possible Values

sAttribute String that specifies or receives the name of the element's attribute to be animated.
The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Remarks

The value of this property must be a valid attribute on the specified element.

Example

This example shows how to use the attributeName property set to "width" to animate the element's width attribute.

<HTML XMLNS:t="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:time">
<HEAD>
<TITLE>attributeName Property</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:ANIMATE id="t1" targetElement="div1" attributeName="width" to="250px"
dur="5" autoreverse="true" repeatCount="indefinite" />
<DIV id="div1" style="position:relative;top:25px;left:50px;height:100px;
width:100px;background-color:yellow;text-align:center;font-size:large;">
Expanding DIV</DIV>
</BODY>
</HTML>

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Standards Information

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

Applies To

t:ANIMATE, t:ANIMATECOLOR, t:SET