Adjust animation time length depending on text character length?

[Leeroy J 2 Likes (Newbie)]

I have a simple timeline that shows my headline then fades out. 

 

<div id="headline1">Dynamic text that may be 1 - 60 characters.</div>

 

  var tl = new TimelineMax();
      tl.from("#headline1", 0.4, {autoAlpha:0}) 		//headline fade in
        .to("#headline1", 0.4, {autoAlpha:0}, "+=3.5"); 	//headline fade out

 

Is it possible to make my headline visible depending on how many characters are in my headline?

 

ie:

10 characters = 1 second before fading out

60 characters = 5 seconds before fading out

[Shaun Gorneau 2,037 Likes (Superhero)]

Sure can ... just grab the string length and perform some operation on it to get your desired delay. Then assign that delay value to the delay property. Here's an example,

 

See the Pen KmJmXy?editors=1010 by sgorneau (@sgorneau) on CodePen

 

[Leeroy J 2 Likes (Newbie)]

Thanks @Shaun Gorneau your code was just what I was after.

 

This is what I ended up using (plain javascript)

 

 

  delay = Math.ceil(dynamic_headline1.length/14);
  console.log("headline1 is visable for " + dynamic_headline1.length/14 + " seconds");
  
  var tl = new TimelineMax();
  	  tl
        .to("#headline1", 0.8, {autoAlpha:0, delay: delay})  //text fade out
    return tl;
}