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FrameXML/UI.xsd

<Animation> abstracts tags and attributes common to Animations that animate a <LayoutFrame>.

<Animation name="" inherits="" virtual="" target="" targetKey="" parentKey="" childKey="" startDelay="" endDelay="" duration="" order="" smoothing="">
	<Scripts />
</Animation>

Attributes

name (xs:string) - See <LayoutFrame>.

inherits (xs:string) - See <LayoutFrame>.

virtual (xs:boolean) - See <LayoutFrame>.

target (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.)

targetKey (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.)

parentKey (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.)

childKey (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.)

startDelay (xs:float?Optional. Could be nil.) - Delay in seconds until the animation begins.

endDelay (xs:float?Optional. Could be nil.) - Delay in seconds after the animation finishes.

duration (xs:float) - Duration of the animation in seconds.

order (ui:AnimOrderType) - Whole number between 1 (default) and 100

smoothing (ui:ANIMSMOOTHTYPE) - NONE (default), IN, OUT, IN_OUT or OUT_IN

Child elements

<Scripts> contains widget script handlers such as <OnLoad> or <OnUpdate>.

Each widget script may enclose Lua code between the tags.

function (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.) - Name of a function instead of Lua code between the XML tags.

method (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.) - Name of a widget method instead of Lua code between the XML tags.

inherit (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.) - Hooks (prepend, append) other scripts inherited through an XML virtual template.

intrinsicOrder (xs:string?Optional. Could be nil.) - Hooks (precall, postcall) other scripts when copied as an intrinsic frame.

autoEnableInput (xs:boolean?Optional. Could be nil.)

Patch changes

• Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Added target and targetKey attributes, but removed maxFramerate.
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Added.
  

See also

• <Alpha>
• <Rotation>
• <Scale>
• <Translation>
• <Path>