showEventText for timeline does not work

[Lu]

I used the example given online. However, the label of each event
shows up although I specifies showEventText: false. Anyone can help?

[Eric Falcao]

This is happening to me also. It looks as though this functionality
was removed. Can the developers of timeline confirm this?

-eric

[M. Donovan]

Instead of using 'showEventText: false' , try using 'overview: true' -
that should take care of the problem.

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[Lu]

Thanks, that works!
Where can I see a list of arguments that can be used to control such
things.
Is there anyway to change the color of the event bar and the font of
the text?

Thanks,
Lu

[M. Donovan]

On Jul 24, 8:08 pm, Lu <lshe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, that works!
> Where can I see a list of arguments that can be used to control such
> things.

Here is a link to some documentation -
http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Timeline_Class#createBandInfo_.28_params_.29.
It does still say to use showEventText: instead of overview:, but I
have not come across any other discrepancies.

> Is there anyway to change the color of the event bar and the font of
> the text?

Here is the link to the event source documentation -
http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/How_to_Create_Event_Source_Files.
To change the color of the event bar you just set the 'color'
attribute for each event. If you don't specify the 'textColor'
attribute as well, the text will have the same color as the event bar.

As for the font of the text, I would assume you would just use css for
that. We use a specific font for the whole timeline by specifying a
class in the <div> that holds the timeline - <div id="my-timeline"
class="timeline-default"> - and then just create a css file that has
the font information for "timeline-default".

>
> Thanks,
> Lu
>
> On Jul 23, 11:04 am, "M. Donovan" <mark.dono...@boxtone.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Instead of using 'showEventText: false' , try using 'overview: true' -
> > that should take care of the problem.
>
> > On Jul 23, 1:25 pm, Eric  Falcao <efal...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > This is happening to me also. It looks as though this functionality
> > > was removed. Can the developers of timeline confirm this?
>
> > > -eric
>
> > > On Jul 21, 8:19 pm, Lu <lshe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I used the example given online. However, the label of each event
> > > > shows up although I specifies showEventText: false. Anyone can help?- Hide quoted text -
>

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[Lu]

thank you for your information.
I tried timeZone: -8; in createBandInfo. Seems it is not working to
me. The band does not show up after I added that parameter. I followed
the doc you gave in the previous message.
Is that parameter disabled?

Thanks,
Lu

On Jul 25, 7:42 am, "M. Donovan" <mark.dono...@boxtone.com> wrote:
> On Jul 24, 8:08 pm, Lu <lshe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, that works!
> > Where can I see a list of arguments that can be used to control such
> > things.
>

> Here is a link to some documentation -http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Timeline_Class#createBandInfo_.28_params_.29.

> It does still say to use showEventText: instead of overview:, but I
> have not come across any other discrepancies.
>
> > Is there anyway to change the color of the event bar and the font of
> > the text?
>

> Here is the link to the event source documentation -http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/How_to_Create_Event_Source_Files.

[M. Donovan]

I don't know about that one - I have not used the timeZone parameter.

[Lu]

timeZone parameter is described in the doc:
http://simile.mit.edu/wiki/Timeline_Class#createBandInfo_.28_params_.29

I just want to show PST time when clicking the events. However, seems
timeZone parameter is not accepted. When I specify it, the events do
not show up anymore.

Can anyone help? Or, let me know if this parameter is not working any
more?