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paradeTemplate

Displays a groups of items along one side of a page and scrolling images on the other side.

Overview

Use the paradeTemplate element to display a list of automatically scrolling, static images on the left that are associated with a selected image category on the right. For example, a user selects Action movies, and the associated images automatically start scrolling. The following figure shows the basic layout for a paradeTemplate page. The theme for the parade template defaults to the system preference.

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Main Elements

The following listing shows main elements of the paradeTemplate in TVML format.

<paradeTemplate>
   <list>
      <header>
         <title>Title</title>
      </header>
      <section>
         <listItemLockup>
            <title>Title 1</title>
         </listItemLockup>
         <listItemLockup>
            <title>Title 2</title>
         </listItemLockup>
      </section>
      <relatedContent>
         <imgDeck>
            <img src="" />
            <img src="" />
         </imgDeck>
      </relatedContent
   </list>
</paradeTemplate>

Element Descriptions

header

Title information for the list of image categories on the right side of the screen.

img

A single image that scrolls across the left side of the screen.

imgDeck

A group of images on the left side of the screen that scroll right-to-left.

list

Element containing all the elements that are displayed.

listItemLockup

Information about an individual item in the list of image categories.

relatedContent

Element containing the image deck that is associated with a particular item in the list.

title

The text used to provide a description for its containing element.

Example

The following listing shows the TVML for a paradeTemplate example.

<document>
    <paradeTemplate>
        <list>
            <header>
                <title>Movie Genres</title>
            </header>
            <section>
                <listItemLockup>
                    <title>Action</title>
                </listItemLockup>
                <listItemLockup>
                    <title>Comedy</title>
                </listItemLockup>
                <listItemLockup>
                    <title>Horror</title>
                </listItemLockup>
                <listItemLockup>
                    <title>Kids</title>
                </listItemLockup>
                <listItemLockup>
                    <title>Drama</title>
                </listItemLockup>
            </section>
            <relatedContent>
                <imgDeck>
                    <img src="path to images on your server/Car_Movie_250x375.png "/>
                    <img src="path to images on your server/Car_Movie_250x375_A.png "/>
                    <img src="path to images on your server/Car_Movie_250x375_B.png "/>
                    <img src="path to images on your server/Car_Movie_250x375_C.png "/>
                </imgDeck>
            </relatedContent>
        </list>
    </paradeTemplate>
</document>

The following figure shows the output for the above example:

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Topics

Valid TVML Attributes

See Also

Full-Page Templates