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User Guide
2 Name the container by typing a name in the Title box in the Basic tab of the container’s Inspector. Or, double-click
the container name in the item list area in the Timeline Editor and type a name in the box.
3 Identify the container by entering a value in the ID box in the Basic tab of the container’s Inspector.
To add an item to a container
❖ Drag a SMIL Item icon from the objects toolbox to the row where the container is listed in the item content area
of the Timeline Editor. GoLive indents the items under a container and displays an expand/collapse triangle control
to show and hide the container’s items.
See also
“To add media items to a presentation” on page 489
To delete a container
❖ Select the container in the Timeline Editor, and then choose Edit > Delete (Windows) or Edit > Clear (Mac OS).
GoLive deletes all items in the container.
Repeating and looping items
You can set up an item or container to repeatedly play a specific number of times or loop until the viewer stops
playback.Ifyou repeat acontainer,all itemsinthe containerrepeatasagroup. If youdecidetorepeatanindividual
item in a container, be aware of how the item repetition affects the timeline of the container and other items in the
container. For example, a repeating item in a Sequence Container must finish its number of repetitions before the
next item in the container starts playing. Likewise, a repeating item in a Parallel Container can extend the overall
duration of the container.
Other timing options, such as end times, can also affect item and container repetitions. For example, suppose you
have a video item with a 30-second internal timeline. If you set an end time of 35 seconds and repeat the item twice,
the last frame of the video item plays for 5 seconds before the video repeats a second time.
To repeat items or containers
1 Select the item or container in the Timeline Editor.
2 Do one of the following:
• If you are repeating an item, display the Time tab of the Media Inspector.
• If you are repeating a container, display the Basic tab of the container’s Inspector.
3 Do one of the following:
• To repeat the item or container a specific number of times, enter the number in the Repeat box.
• To loop the item or container indefinitely, select Indefinite.
• To specify the duration an element is repeated over, use the Repeat Duration field. If you enter both a repeat
duration and a repeat count, the repeat count setting overrides the repeat duration setting.