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Using cycle with attr:{} for SVG animation, and using values that depend on the tl's progress?

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Hi :)
 
If you've read this thread you know I've been trying to animate SVG masks. From what I gather, this is only possible by manipulating the SVG attributes directly, not with CSS transforms – which makes it easy for things like a circle's radius, but less so for rotation.

 

Here's how I've attempted to do it (you can check the linked codepen):

tl.staggerTo(el, 1, { cycle:{attr:function(){
  var a = {cx:0, cy: 0};
  a.cx = Math.cos((tl.progress() - 0.5) * 2 * Math.Pi) * 20;
  a.cy = Math.sin((tl.progress() - 0.5) * 2 * Math.Pi) * 20;
  
  return a;
}}, ease: Linear.easeNone })

The goal is to change the cx and cy attributes over time so that the SVG element moves along a circle.

 

There are two problems:

  • using cycle and attr in conjunction doesn't seem to work? The function returns an object that should look like {cx:..., cy:...} but it's not interpreted correctly. I suspect I'm doing something really wrong here that has to do with not knowing javascript enough...
  • here I'm trying to use tl.progress() to calculate cx and cy depending on the animation's progress, but this approach doesn't work; the progress is always 0 when accessed within the timeline itself I think, since the calculations are made prior to it running. How could I make it update properly? Using an onUpdate function, maybe?

 

Cheers ^_^

See the Pen yYPJOL by Acccent (@Acccent) on CodePen

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Hi accent,

 

This is a basic example of using cycle with the AttrPlugin:

tl.staggerTo("circle", 1, {
  cycle: {
   attr: function(i) {
        var a = {};
        a.cx = (i+1) * 100
        a.cy = (i+1) * 100
        return a;
    }
  },
  ease: Linear.easeNone
}, 0.8)

http://codepen.io/GreenSock/pen/ZbvdjG

 

And yes, the values that are generated using cycle are only generated once when the tween is created. 

 

 

 

 

Also, after spending a bit of time hacking at your demo I realized you were using /latest/TweenMax.min.js  Unfortunately, and its cloudfare's fault, that still doesn't load up 1.18.0 (which you need for cycle). I'm sure it was frustrating for you too. Sorry about that.

 

Be sure to load /1.18.0/TweenMax.min.js like I am doing in the pen above.

 

Also you can always do

alert(TweenLite.version)

incase you have any doubts.

 

From what I gather, an onUpdate callback seems like an avenue worth exploring.

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Thanks a lot! After changing the TweenMax.min.js version, and Math.Pi to Math.PI (sigh), I got it to work :)

 

var eyeL = $("#eyeL"),
    eLx = 1*eyeL.attr("cx"),
    eLy = 1*eyeL.attr("cy"),
    tl = new TimelineMax({paused:true, repeat:-1});

tl.to(eyeL, 1, { ease: Linear.easeNone, onUpdate: rotatesvg, onUpdateParams:[eyeL] });

function rotatesvg(el){
  var a = eLx + Math.sin(tl.progress() * 2 * Math.PI) * 20,
      b = eLy + Math.cos(tl.progress() * 2 * Math.PI) * -20;
  TweenMax.to(el, 0, {attr:{cx:a, cy:b}});
}

This makes the left eye in the codepen rotate in Chrome and IE (can't test with FF at the moment).

 

There's a caveat: on each update of tl, the rotatesvg function is called, which instantly moves the circle to the next point. There's no smoothing, and you can indeed see a slight difference between the two eyes in Chrome. If you could pass to the onUpdate function the delay between each step of tl, then you could specify a duration for the TweenMax in rotatesvg(), and it would be smoother.

 

This could probably be implemented in GSAP? It could be used when you use rotate: inside attr:{}, since it provides a cross-browser solution for svg rotation, which the CSSPlugin doesn't have.

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