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Blinking symbol

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02-16-2012 05:24 AM
demdeberanz
Emerging Contributor
Hi everybody, Is there the possibility to create a blinking symbol?and how?

Thank you for your reply.
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derekswingley1
Deactivated User
Check out the geolocation sample for an example of how to do this with CSS3:  http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples/exp_geolocate.html
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demdeberanz
Emerging Contributor
Check out the geolocation sample for an example of how to do this with CSS3:  http://help.arcgis.com/en/webapi/javascript/arcgis/help/jssamples/exp_geolocate.html


Thank you my friend!;-)
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JeffPace
MVP Alum
Just a side note.  We had a blinking location on our maps. The overwhelming comment was

"How do i turn the &()&*(^_(^ heartbeat off"

People, overwhelmingly , HATED it.
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derekswingley1
Deactivated User
Just a side note.  We had a blinking location on our maps. The overwhelming comment was

"How do i turn the &()&*(^_(^ heartbeat off"

People, overwhelmingly , HATED it.


I'm happy to hear this. Animation for animation's sake usually isn't a good idea. Unless you have customers who absolutely demand it, you probably shouldn't do animated/pulsing map symbols.
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JeffPace
MVP Alum
I'm happy to hear this. Animation for animation's sake usually isn't a good idea. Unless you have customers who absolutely demand it, you probably shouldn't do animated/pulsing map symbols.


This ^^^^^

We still use a pulsing symbol, but on the polygon not the centroid.  Plus it is disable-able with a cookie that remembers the preference.  We needed to keep it for situations where there is a large selection (say 10 polygons) but the info popup only relates to one of them.
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demdeberanz
Emerging Contributor
Hi everybody,
   and if I would like to blink only some kind of symbols? for example the SimpleMarkSymbol must blink and a CartographicLineSymbol not.

Thank you again.
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MarkHoover
Frequent Contributor
Have you considered putting a graphic on the map for a brief moment?
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