Blink/flash text

[videosmith]

Is it possible to use the (somewhat deprecated) Blink parameter found in older html code?
(Please see attached example)

Blink.html.zip

[Cuperino]

I know there must be a way to achieve this, but I do not know it at the time.

Qt's HTML corresponds to subset of standard HTML 4.01. Blink was never a part of the HTML standard, just a feature Microsoft popularized through their market dominance. So it's not implemented in Qt. Having said that, Qt is so flexible I don't see why it couldn't be implemented, other than it being a ton of work.

[videosmith]

Is CSS supported?

[Cuperino]

Yes, but because Qt is not a browser, only CSS 2 selector types are supported, and not all styling options are implemented.
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/stylesheet-syntax.html#selector-types

When writing HTML or CSS for Qt to parse, I do it in the style I would've done it back in 2010, and that typically gets me the results I'm looking for. (That typically translates just to don't use flex-box.)

[videosmith]

Could selected text be "color cycled" between 2 colors at a specified duration?

[Cuperino]

Yes, and it is also possible to have multiple text cursors at once, tho some refactoring would be required depending on how they were to be used.

[Cuperino]

Question, what are use-cases for this feature? By going from problem to solution instead of feature to solution, I might see solutions that were previously not as evident.

[videosmith]

Very limited, so not critical in any way for my usage. Mostly as a method to alert live event speakers that they are running over their alloted time, changes in program cues, last minute housekeeping announcements etc.

[Cuperino]

I see! It makes total sense to add blink.

What if in addition to the text's blink, I added a button that when pressed started oscillating the timer and the screen's borders between black and red? Other colors could also be used to indicate other kinds of feedback.