Blinking Text in a field, possible? Any reference you can point to? 1

[ziggs]

I would like to have the following text in a blink so that it stands out to the user. Any help would be appreciated. Here's the line that I'll be referencing:

<%if len (finaladd1) > 0 AND Special_Conditions = &quot;YES&quot; then%>
<a href=&quot;LocationSearch.asp?dig=<%=rs3(&quot;LOC_STRT_NUM&quot%>&street=<%=rs3(&quot;STRT_NAME&quot%>&apt=<%=rs3(&quot;LOC_FETUR&quot%>&quot; target=&quot;_new&quot;>
<B><%Response.Write FinalAdd1%> (<%Response.Write FinalAdd2%>) SC</B></a>

Actually, the only thing that I want to blink is the SC after the response.write finaladd2, but that would be a bonus.

TIA

 

[motte]

<blink>SC</blink>

But people don't like blinking text. Its one of the worst and most annoying things about the web. My advice, don't do it. Make your text stand out in a different way. Make it bold, change its color, make it bigger. Also, I don't think blink works in netscape.

Mike

 

[ziggs]

All Users have Internet Explorer. I agree about blinking text, but it this case it's very very important. Thanks for the suggestion though.

 

[mithrilhall]

Decoration
This property can be applied to text to add additional decorative features.

Values include: none, underline, overline, line-through, blink

Note: Blink does not work with IE and Overline does not work with NS4.

You can also use this declaration to override the default settings of the users agent. The following example will allow you to create links that are not underlined.



BUT

If you really wanted to get it to blink you could write a javascript function that changes the color of the text &quot;SC&quot; to the background-color and then to a color that shows up. Then put a setTimeOut in the body's onload event and call the function. The function should then call itself making it loop through the two colors you want.