Pause event edge case

[tpav]

Let's say on an event such as a modal window opening you want to pause an animation that may or may not the on the page like in a case where you're A/B testing with and without animation. This works great.

if (typeof(myGSanimation) !== 'undefined') {
        myGSanimation.pause();
}

Now, what if there may be any number of animations being tested and you don't know what timeline to reference?

 

Is there a strategy for catching any Greensock timelines other than standardizing on a few timeline names and checking for each? 

[OSUblake]

Pause them all...

var rootTL = TimelineLite.exportRoot();
rootTL.pause();

Export root - http://greensock.com/docs/#/HTML5/GSAP/TimelineMax/exportRoot/

[Carl]

Yup, Blake is exactly right.

The use case you describe "stopping all animations on a page when a modal opens" is exactly what we are doing on the GSAP page:

 

http://greensock.com/gsap

press the download button and the animation will stop.

close the modal and it will resume.

 

All done with exportRoot()

 

it's one the 7 Hidden Gems of GSAP too