Thanx, Chaals, works great! I wasn't aware of the "values" attribute. I need a more usable online reference. http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-SVG11-20030114/eltindex.html Happy new year! Ken
> Re: SMIL animateColor question > Posted by: "Charles McCathieNevile" [email protected] charlesmccn > Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:16 pm (PST) > > On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:53:41 +1100, Kenneth Nellis > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have a SMIL animation that I'm having trouble making do what I > > want, if it is even possible. I've reduced the problem to the SVG at > > the following URL where a square changes color from white to black > > and back to white. I want it to keep changing back and forth. > > > > homepage.mac.com/nellisks/yahoo/groups/svg-developers/smil.svg > > You have two animations. The first one goes white to black over 5 > seconds, > and repeats. This means you get white...greying...black and then > jump back > to white and start again. > > The second one only runs once, going from black to white. > > If, instead of from and to, you have values="white;black;white" in the > first one (and drop the second) it should work. A simplified > version of > your testcase with the changes: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> > <rect x="100" y="100" width="200" height="200" > > <animateColor attributeName="fill" attributeType="XML" > values="white;black;white" > begin="0s" dur="5s" repeatCount="indefinite" /> > </rect> > </svg> > > (I tested it with the use and everything you originally had and it > also > works). > > cheers > > Chaals > > -- > Charles McCathieNevile Opera Software, Standards Group > je parle français -- hablo español -- jeg lærer norsk > http://my.opera.com/chaals Try Opera: http://www.opera.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [email protected] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ----Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

