.paused()

Gets or sets the animation’s paused state which indicates whether or not the animation is currently paused. This does not take into account anscestor timelines. So for example, a tween that is not paused might appear paused if its parent timeline (or any ancenstor timeline) is paused. Pausing an animation doesn’t remove it from its parent timeline, but it does cause it not to be factored into the parent timeline’s duration/totalDuration. When an animation completes, it does NOT alter its paused state.

In most cases, it is easiest to use the pause() method to pause the animation, and resume() to resume it. But to check the current state, you must use the paused() method. It can also be useful for toggling like myAnimation.paused( !myAnimation.paused() );

You can set the paused state initially by passing paused: true in the vars parameter.

This method serves as both a getter and setter. Omitting the parameter returns the current value (getter), whereas defining the parameter sets the value (setter) and returns the instance itself for easier chaining, like myAnimation.paused(true).delay(2).timeScale(0.5);

var paused = myAnimation.paused(); //gets current paused state
myAnimation.paused( true ); //sets paused state to true (just like pause())
myAnimation.paused( !myAnimation.paused() ); //toggles the paused state