Problem with animating/reseting width

[jesper.landberg]

Hi,

 

I have done a super simple typewriter effect,  which works as intended, excerpt when u interrupt and restart it. The width of each char will just be correct until the previous reset point. Check the Pen to understand. If you let the whole timeline run before clicking the button, everything is fine, however, clicking it in the middle of the animation, messes up the next.

See the Pen 17da5944201f156706391328fe7421dd by ReGGae (@ReGGae) on CodePen

[Carl]

please don't post private pens. we can't fork them.

 

is there a reason you don't just restart() the timeline?

Please try this code

const btn = document.querySelector('.js-play')
const split = new SplitText('.js-typewriter', { type: 'lines, words, chars' })

let tl = new TimelineLite({ paused: true })
  
  tl.staggerFrom(split.chars, 0.1, {
    width: 0,
    alpha: 0,
    ease: SteppedEase.config(1)
  }, 0.1)
  
function animate() {
  tl.restart();
}

btn.addEventListener('click', animate)

 

 

also, the TextPlugin basically does all that for you with even less code:

See the Pen GqKrxG?editors=0010 by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

 

[jesper.landberg]

27 minutes ago, Carl said:

please don't post private pens. we can't fork them.

 

is there a reason you don't just restart() the timeline?

Please try this code

const btn = document.querySelector('.js-play')
const split = new SplitText('.js-typewriter', { type: 'lines, words, chars' })

let tl = new TimelineLite({ paused: true })
  
  tl.staggerFrom(split.chars, 0.1, {
    width: 0,
    alpha: 0,
    ease: SteppedEase.config(1)
  }, 0.1)
  
function animate() {
  tl.restart();
}

btn.addEventListener('click', animate)

 

 

also, the TextPlugin basically does all that for you with even less code:

See the Pen GqKrxG?editors=0010 by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

 

 

Yeah, i can just restart unfortunaly.
Ohhh, I didn't even know about that plugin hah. Thanks.