.from misbehaving for me, moves to 0px, basic 101 stuff

[Jimmi Heiserman 15 Likes (Newbie)]

I used to be a GSAP wiz for years. But haven't touched it for close to a year, and now I feel like a noob for forgetting the very basics. "From" is supposed to tween from a provided number to the pre-existing value. I made the simplest little FROM CodePen so someone can point out how I am misunderstanding this feature from my time away from this tool. I want the words to be initialized at 200px, then animate FROM 400px (back to their 200px starting point). But it goes all the way back to 0px. What am I doing wrong?

See the Pen GbMEBa by jimmi_heiserman (@jimmi_heiserman) on CodePen

[PointC 14,429 Likes (Superhero)]

It's a case of needing to set immediateRender:false. (It's true by default)

 

See the Pen ydzorx by PointC (@PointC) on CodePen

 

Happy tweening.

 

[Jimmi Heiserman 15 Likes (Newbie)]

oh wow, thanks so much for the quick reply. I just now googled this, and I will refresh my knowledge on this flag. For others, here is the link explaining this: https://greensock.com/immediateRender

[PointC 14,429 Likes (Superhero)]

Happy to help. I'm sure it will all come back to you quickly, but let us know if you have additional problems or questions.

 

Happy tweening.