Time slider widget tags

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Configuration file for Time Slider widget

The general structure of the the Time Slider widget configuration file is shown by the conceptual graphic below:

The file is defined by a <configuration> tag that identifies it as a configuration file for the Viewer.

Note:

Time units in the Time Slider widget are in milliseconds for all properties, with the exception of <timestopsunits>.

It has the following tags:

• <dateformat> - Format of the time to use in widget. This property follows the Adobe ActionScript DateFormatter syntax.
• <loop> - Restart play from beginning after it reaches the last time stop. Boolean value. If true, the widget will continue to loop through the time sequence (default is "false").
• <singlethumbastimeinstant> - This sets the time extent value for a thumbcount. Boolean value. If true and thumbCount is 1, then the timeExtent will represent a time instant (default is "false").
• <thumbcount> - The number of thumbs on the time slider.
• <thumbmovingrate> - How fast to move from one time stop to the next time stop (default is 1000 milliseconds).
• <timeextent> - The period of time between two points on a timeline. This can be specified in 2 ways: i) setting the setfromlayer property to a specific layer, or ii) with the <starttime> and <endtime> child tags. It has the following property:
  • setfromlayer - Use the label of a layer (which should match the layer label in the Viewer application's main configuration file). When this is set, time extent is not used.
  Alternatively, the following child tags can be used instead:
  • <starttime> - Starting point of time sequence. This property follows the Adobe ActionScript DateFormatter syntax.
  • <endtime> - End point of time sequence. This property follows the Adobe ActionScript DateFormatter syntax.

• <timestopsinterval> - The duration after which the map display will be refreshed to display the data valid at that time. This is used together with the <timestopsunits> tag. For example, to have time stops every X hours.
• <timestopsunits> - Defined time units for the time stops. Valid values include: years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. This is used together with the <timestopsinterval> tag.
• <timestopscount> - This tag is used if the <timestopsinterval> and <timestopsunits> tags have not been specified (default is 10 stops).

Test drive the Time Slider widget.