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Animate dynamic element h1 tag
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/*
Examples From
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
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Copyright (c) 2001 by David Flanagan. You may use, study, modify, and
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*/
<html>
<!-- This is the dynamic element we will animate. We wrap the h1 tag in a -->
<!-- div because IE 4 won't move the h1 without a div or a span container. -->
<div id="title" style="position:absolute"><h1>Hello</h1></div>
<!-- This is the JavaScript code that performs the animation -->
<script>
// These variables set the parameters for our animation
var id = "title"; // Name of the element to animate
var numFrames = 30; // How many frames to display
var interval = 100; // How long to display each frame
var x0 = 100, y0 = 100; // The element's starting position
var x1 = 500, y1 = 500; // The element's ending position
var dx = (x1 - x0)/(numFrames-1); // Distance to move horizontally each frame
var dy = (y1 - y0)/(numFrames-1); // Distance to move vertically each frame
var frameNum = 0; // Frame we are at now
var element = null; // The element to be animated
// First, we find the element to be animated. Use a DOM-compliant technique
// if the browser supports it, otherwise fall back on browser-specific code.
if (document.getElementById) { // If this is a DOM-compliant browser
element = document.getElementById(id); // Use the DOM method
}
else if (document.all) { // Otherwise, if the IE API is supported
element = document.all[id]; // Use the all[] array to find the element
}
else if (document.layers) { // Else if the Netscape API is supported
element = document.layers[id]; // Use the layers[] array to get the element
}
// If we found the element to animate using one of the techniques above,
// start animating it by calling nextFrame() every interval milliseconds.
if (element) {
var intervalId = setInterval("nextFrame()", interval);
}
// This function is called repeatedly to display each frame of the animation.
// It moves the element using either the DOM API for setting CSS style
// properties, or, if the browser does not support that API, it uses
// the Netscape Layer API.
function nextFrame() {
if (element.style) {
// If the browser supports it, move the element by setting CSS
// style properties. Note the inclusion of the units string.
element.style.left = x0 + dx*frameNum + "px";
element.style.top = y0 + dy*frameNum + "px";
}
else {
// Otherwise, assume that element is a Layer, and move it by
// setting its properties. We could also use element.moveTo().
element.left = x0 + dx*frameNum;
element.top = y0 + dy*frameNum;
}
// Increment the frame number, and stop if we've reached the end.
if (++frameNum >= numFrames) clearInterval(intervalId);
}
</script>
</html>
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