Reverse Function Not Working As Expected

[robs 3 Likes (Newbie)]

I have a Dropdown Navigation with sub-menu-points that are revealed on click.

For this I created a timeline with 2 tweens:

1. A tween that changes the height and opacity of the next menu points
2. A tween that animates the menu points from left to right.

 

The forward animation works fine but the reverse function only reverses the second tween — however without any animation. The first tween isn't reversed at all.

 

Any idea on what I did wrong?

 

Thanks so much.

See the Pen VqGROw by rob83 (@rob83) on CodePen

Hi and welcome to the GreenSock forums. 

 

Thanks for the demo.

 

The biggest problem is that you create a new timeline on every click. 

Please see the console logs in this demo: 

https://codepen.io/GreenSock/pen/gZdVbL?editors=0011

 

If the menu is already open, there is no need for a new timeline. 

You really want to reverse the timeline that was created on the previous click, not one that was just made.

 

There are a few ways to go about this, but your end result needs to be that each menu has a reference to its own animation that it is in charge of playing or reversing. 

 

Probably the best approach to this setup is what @OSUblake does in this thread 

 

https://codepen.io/PointC/pen/yJqQqj/?editors=0010

[robs 3 Likes (Newbie)]

This was the hint I needed.

Thanks so much, Carl!