Hi Graham,

Yes, you can call

    tl.getBand(0).getCenterVisibleDate()

Cheers,

David

Graham Forte wrote:
> David,
> speaking to your comment "so that the user can track which event goes 
> where from before to
> after zooming" , is there a way to capture the "centeredOn" value 
> (perhaps the date) of where the user has scrolled the center of the 
> timeline to?
> eg....
> I scroll to and center On July 4 2007...other than visualizing that I 
> am centered on this date, is there a way to determine this 
> programatically?
> Thanks.
>
> On 8/29/07, *David Huynh* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Robin,
>
>     I have no plan right now to implement zooming. If you just want
>     the zoom
>     level to change abruptly, that's not hard. But to make the zooming
>     smooth (so that the user can track which event goes where from
>     before to
>     after zooming), that's definitely not trivial.
>
>     David
>
>     Robin McEntire wrote:
>     > Are there any plans to implement a zooming In/Out capability?  This
>     > would be very useful to me as I expect my users to start at a
>     very large
>     > scope of a timeline, find what they're interested in, and then
>     zoom down
>     > to view details.
>     >
>     > BTW, this is a great app!  Some really nice work here.
>     >
>     > best, and thanks,
>     >   robin
>     >
>     >
>     > Michael Nosal wrote:
>     >
>     >> On Aug 13, 2007, at 4:23 AM, Naimesh (Hotmail) wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>> Hello !
>     >>> I am new to timeline. Can anybody help me on :
>     >>> 1) How to Pan left and Right feature to give on button click even
>     >>> on the buttons kept on the page where timeline is displayed.
>     >>> 2) How to provide zoom In/Out feature to give on button click
>     even
>     >>> on the buttons kept on the page where timeline is displayed.
>     >>> Please help soon on above.
>     >>> Thanks & Regards.
>     >>> Naimesh Trivedi
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >> Panning is done by calling _autoScroll on a Band. Look at
>     >> Timeline._Band.prototype._onKeyUp. It binds the page down and
>     page up
>     >> keys to call _autoScroll. It takes a number of pixels +/- and
>     scrolls
>     >> the band in that direction.
>     >>
>     >> For example, you may have a link or button to pan your timeline:
>     >>
>     >> <input type="button" onclick="tl.getBand(0)._autoScroll( tl.getBand
>     >> (0)._timeline.getPixelLength())" value="Backwards">
>     >> This pans the timeline a fixed number of pixels.
>     >>
>     >> You may also call scrollToCenter on a Band. This takes a Date
>     as its
>     >> parameter and will smoothly scroll the timeline to that date. This
>     >> allows you to scroll in exact time increments (such as +/- one
>     month)
>     >> rather than by pixels.
>     >>
>     >> onclick=' tl.getBand(0).scrollToCenter(new Date("9/13/2007"))'
>     would
>     >> scroll the timeline to center on that date.
>     >>
>     >> Timeline doesn't currently support zooming In/Out.
>     >>
>     >> --Mike Nosal
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
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