Let's see if I can re-state the question:
Do you mean, "if the width of the browser's window enables the human to be seeing two or three days worth of events at once, then I'd like one of the days to be highlighted in a different color" Or you'd like to see a "window" effect with one day's worth of events more visible than the days before or after the "window" If that's the question, then the closest idea I have is for you is to use an ether Highlight or change the ether painter which controls the background. Another idea is to look at the ways that bands are synch'ed with each other. The band that covers more time will have a "window" in it that shows the area covered by the synch'd band which shows fewer events. I believe the windowing effect is accomplished by the Timeline._Band.prototype._positionHighlight function in band.js And note the call to this._etherPainter.setHighlight in that function. I hope this helps. I still don't really understand the effect that you're after. To me, a Timeline doesn't have the concept of "current date." It does have the concepts of the minimum and maximum points in time that are shown to the user. But the difference between the visible max and min shown could be a day, two days, a week, or more. Plus, the time difference doesn't only depend on the resolution of your timeline, it also depends on the user--he or she can make the browser window very narrow, or wide. Regards, Larry ________________________________ From: entangled <[email protected]> To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:40:42 AM Subject: Re: Highlighting todays date The current date, is there anyway that the highlight will move forward in the timeline automatically to reflect currently where we are in the timeline? On Dec 30, 6:40 pm, LarryK <[email protected]> wrote: > Good job on getting a decorator working. > > Re your question -- > > Sorry, I don't understand what you mean by the "present date." > > Regards, > > Larry > > On Dec 30, 3:42 pm, entangled <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok, I got a nice red line going up the middle of the timeline and it > > looks good. I wasn't clear in my request for help, though, and I > > apologize. What I meant to say was not how to highlight todays date, > > but how to make it so the present date is always highlighted. > > > On Dec 30, 1:33 pm, Larry Kluger <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Entangled, > > > > You would use a "SpanHighlightDecorator" function call from the Timeline > > > library. > > > > See the jfk.html in the examples section for an example of how to do this. > > > You'd want to highlight the span of time from the start of today's date > > > through 11:59:59 pm (or somesuch) > > > > Regards, > > > > Larry > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: entangled <[email protected]> > > > To: SIMILE Widgets <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:14:04 PM > > > Subject: Highlighting todays date > > > > Ok, I have a working timeline all set up using the step by step guide > > > provided by this group. Now though, I am being requested to make it > > > so todays date is highlighted in the timeline. I do graphic design so > > > programming is something I'm not too familiar with, how would I go > > > about doing what they've requested? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
