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Old 14th January 2012, 02:43 PM   #1
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I am creating a web site that contains an animated gif. However, I would like to create a button on the page that allows the viewer the option to turn the gif on/off. Is that possible? Any advice would be gratefully appreciated.
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I am creating a web site that contains an animated gif. However, I would like to create a button on the page that allows the viewer the option to turn the gif on/off. Is that possible?
In a word, no. Animation (or not) of an animated GIF is under the control of the browser. If you want an "on/off" button I think you would need to create a Flash animation.

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Just put the gif onto a panel. You can then choose to close it on click, open it on click, or whatever really. But this of course hides it not stops it. Not sure if thats what you were after?


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Old 14th January 2012, 09:06 PM   #4
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Default Re: Button to Stop/Start animated gif

Thank you for your response. I have no animation skills, so I have used Tim's suggestion and placed a 'fade out/fade in' graphic inside a panel over the top of the animated gif. This is actioned by another graphic on the web page, and the result is very satisfactory.
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