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GSAP 3.4 has arrived with some significant improvements to ScrollTrigger like: Accommodating different setups for various screen sizes, like a mobile version and desktop version - ScrollTrigger.matchMedia() Batching and staggering elements that enter the viewport, similar to what's often done with IntersectionObserver - ScrollTrigger.batch() Integrating with smooth scrolling libraries - ScrollTrigger.scrollerProxy() ScrollTrigger.matchMedia() You can use standard media queries to seamlessly transition between different ScrollTriggers. It's surprisingly simple to set up and let ScrollTrigger automatically handle all of the creating, undoing, and destroying for you. Basic setup ScrollTrigger.matchMedia({ // desktop "(min-width: 800px)": function() { // setup animations and ScrollTriggers for screens 800px wide or greater (desktop) here... // These ScrollTriggers will be reverted/killed when the media query doesn't match anymore. }, // mobile "(max-width: 799px)": function() { // The ScrollTriggers created inside these functions are segregated and get // reverted/killed when the media query doesn't match anymore. }, // all "all": function() { // ScrollTriggers created here aren't associated with a particular media query, // so they persist. } }); See the Pen ScrollTrigger.matchMedia() Demo by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. There's a new ScrollTrigger.saveStyles() method that can be useful with matchMedia(). It saves the current inline styles for any element(s) so that they're reverted properly if animations added other inline styles. It's explained in the video above. See the ScrollTrigger.matchMedia() docs for details. ScrollTrigger.batch() Normally, each ScrollTrigger fires its callbacks (onEnter, onLeave, etc.) immediately when they occur but what if you want to coordinate an animation (like with staggers) of ALL the elements that fired a similar callback around the same time? ScrollTrigger.batch() creates a coordinated group of ScrollTriggers (one for each target element) that batch their callbacks within a certain interval, delivering a neat Array so that you can easily do something like create a staggered animation of all the elements that enter the viewport around the same time. It's a great alternative to IntersectionObserver because it's more widely compatible and easier to work with. Plus you're not restricted to only entering or exiting the viewport - batch() can use ANY start and end values! Demo See the Pen ScrollTrigger.batch() Demo by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. See the ScrollTrigger.batch() docs for details. ScrollTrigger.scrollerProxy() ScrollTrigger purposefully avoids "scrolljacking" (disabling the browser's native scrolling behavior in favor of a custom, non-standard scrolling solution). However, smooth scrolling was by far the most requested feature to pair with ScrollTrigger. There are plenty of smooth-scrolling libraries out there, so we created the .scrollerProxy() method to make it simple to integrate any of them with ScrollTrigger (or create your own effects). Here's a basic example using Locomotive Scroll but check out the .scrollerProxy() docs for examples with other libraries. See the Pen ScrollTrigger with LocomotiveScroll by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. And more... GSAP 3.4 also delivers various bug fixes, so we'd highly recommend installing the latest version today. There are many ways to get GSAP - see the Installation page for all the options (download, NPM, zip, Github, etc.). Resources Full release notes on Github Full documentation Getting started with GSAP Learning resources Community forums ScrollTrigger Express video course from Snorkl.tv Happy tweening!

GSAP 3.2 has some groundbreaking features for converting coordinates and aligning elements. Check out the video explanation below. Warning: it's a bit advanced, but hopefully you'll see how crazy-useful these capabilities can be. New: "alignOrigin" for motion paths MotionPathPlugin recognizes a new alignOrigin property that pins a certain spot on the target to the path. For example, alignOrigin: [0.5, 0.5] pins the center of the target on the path and sets the transformOrigin accordingly so that rotations are around that point as well. To get a similar effect before 3.2, you'd need to set the transformOrigin separately as well as a -50 xPercent/yPercent. Use the Array syntax to define progress values along the x and y axis, so [1, 0.5] would be the right side, centered vertically. Or use a point object like {x: 20, y: 50} to specify a coordinate (measured from the top left corner in pixels at its native size). Sample code // Move the element along a path, rotating it along with the line gsap.to("#spaceship", { duration: 5, motionPath: { path: "#path", autoRotate: true, align: "#path", alignOrigin: [0.5, 0.5] // aligns the center of the target on the path } }); See the Pen MotionPath aligning with path demo by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. See the MotionPathPlugin docs for details. New: getRelativeDistance() that transcends coordinate spaces Have you ever wanted to move one element to another element even if they're in different containers... which may have various transforms, warping the coordinate systems and making it super difficult to calculate? If so, you will love this magical function which is explained in the video at the top of this page. See the Pen GSAP 3 convertCoordinates() by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. See the getRelativePosition() docs for details. New: convert coordinates between elements/contexts GSAP can now take a local coordinate from inside one element and calculate exactly where that coordinate lines up inside of ANOTHER element's local coordinate space! So you could take a "click" pointer event from the window and map that to an element's local coordinate system even if it's deeply nested inside various containers that have transforms applied! Or, as you can see in the demo below, convert between coordinate spaces to make the blue arm stay connected with the rotating red arm: See the Pen GSAP 3 convertCoordinates() by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. See the convertCoordinates() docs for details. And more... GSAP 3.2 also delivers various bug fixes, so install the latest version today (3.2.6). There are many ways to get GSAP - see the Installation page for all the options (download, NPM, zip, etc.) Resources Full release notes on each release is on Github Full documentation In case you missed it: GSAP 3.1 highlights (previous release) Getting started with GSAP Learning resources Community forums Happy tweening!

GSAP 3.1 has landed with some exciting new features and various bug fixes. We highly recommend updating at your earliest convenience. Here are a few highlights: Random staggers GSAP’s staggers get even more powerful. Use the new from: “random” option to randomize how the staggers get applied. See the Pen GSAP from: "random" stagger by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. Learn more about the advanced staggering options available in GSAP 3 below. See the Pen GSAP 3.0 Stagger demo by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. shuffle() any Array The new shuffle() utility method randomly shuffles the contents of any Array (in place). var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; gsap.utils.shuffle(array); // returns the same array, but shuffled like [2, 5, 3, 1, 4] Timelines can now repeatRefresh Now timelines support repeatRefresh which makes all child tweens invalidate() and get refreshed when the timeline repeats, meaning their start and end values get re-calculated. It’s most useful for relative, random, or function-based values. For example, if a tween has a value like x: “random(-100, 100)”, each time the timeline repeats x would go to a new random value. See the Pen GSAP repeatRefresh on Timelines by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. repeatRefresh skips yoyo’s It seemed a little odd to refresh the values when going in reverse, so now repeatRefresh won’t get triggered for the yoyo phase of the animation. See the Pen GSAP repeatRefresh with yoyo demo by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. Smooth handling of complex borderRadius, borderWidth, margin, and padding values GSAP 3.1 accommodates not only simple values like borderRadius: “50%” but also more complex ones like borderRadius: “20px 50% 40px 15px” or borderRadius: “50% 20%” and it animates between them smoothly. The same goes for borderWidth, margin, and padding which can have complex values (top, right, bottom, and left). It will also return complex values correctly via gsap.getProperty(). Plus GSAP works around a Firefox bug that mis-reports certain values like borderRadius. Download today! There are many ways to get GSAP 3.1 - see the Installation page for all the options (download, NPM, zip, etc.) Resources GSAP 3.1.0 full release notes on Github Full documentation Getting started with GSAP Learning resources Community forums Happy tweening!

Note: This page was created for GSAP version 2. We have since released GSAP 3 with many improvements. While it is backward compatible with most GSAP 2 features, some parts may need to be updated to work properly. Please see the GSAP 3 release notes for details. There are plenty of large and small updates in GSAP 2.1; here are a few highlights... Advanced staggers Advanced staggering makes it surprisingly simple to get rich, organic timing effects with very little code. Each tween's start time can be distributed according to any ease and/or based on how close each element is to a position in the list. For example, you can have things emanate outward from the "center" or a certain index. It'll even accommodate grids, complete with auto-calculated columns and rows (great for responsive layouts)! The interactive demo below explains it all visually (notice there's an embedded video explanation too): See the Pen Advanced Staggers in GSAP by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. So setting up an advanced stagger is as simple as: TweenMax.staggerTo(".yourClass", 2, { scale:0.1, y:40, stagger:{ amount: 2, //total seconds to divide up among staggers from: "center", //or an index value. Determines where staggers originate grid:"auto", //or [columns, rows] ease: Power1.easeIn //determines spacing } }); Parts of the advanced staggering features were prompted by suggestions from GSAP users inspired by Julian Garnier's API in anime, so we tip our hat to his efforts. He's a great contributor to the animation community. MorphSVG type:"rotational" There's an entirely new type of morph that leverages rotational and length data to move anchors and control points which can deliver cleaner, more intuitive morphs. Plus it completely eliminates kinks that can occasionally creep in with linear interpolation. The video below explains. Watch the video To tap into this new style of morphing, just set the type:"rotational" TweenMax.to("#shape1", 2, { morphSVG:{ shape:"#shape2", type:"rotational" } }); Or set it as the default to affect all morphs: MorphSVGPlugin.defaultType = "rotational"; //default is "linear" Demo 1: preventing kinks See the Pen MorphSVG type:'rotational' for preventing kinks by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. Demo 2: more natural morphs See the Pen MorphSVG type:'rotational' for more natural morphs by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. Fixing odd results by declaring a custom origin The default origin is 50% 50% which usually works great, but sometimes the rotations around that point look odd, as shown below. In cases like this, it's best to experiment and set your own custom origin to improve things even more. We created a findMorphOrigin() utility function which is in the codepen below (and you can copy it into your own) which allows you to simply feed in a start and end shape and then it'll superimpose an origin that you can drag around and see exactly how it affects the morph! In the demo below, go into the JS panel and un-comment the findMorphIndex() line and you'll see exactly how this works. Drag the origin around and watch how it affects things. See the Pen MorphSVG: fixing origin weirdness by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. Note: you must load Draggable for this to work. So to set a custom origin, it would look like: TweenMax.to("#shape1", 2, { morphSVG:{ shape:"#shape2", type:"rotational", origin:"20% 60%" //or to define a different origin for the start and end shapes, "20% 60%,45% 30%" } }); Is the new type:"rotational" a silver bullet for making every morph perfectly intuitive? No, but it's a great option that delivers more natural morphs in many cases. MorphSVG canvas rendering SVG is fantastic, but sometimes developers have a canvas-based project (often for rendering performance reasons). They haven't been able to leverage the intuitive morphing that MorphSVG provides in a highly-performant way...until now. The new MorphSVG plugin allows you to define a render function that'll be called every time the path updates, and it will receive two parameters: rawPath [array]: A RawPath is essentially an array containing an array for each contiguous segment with alternating x, y, x, y cubic bezier data. It's like an SVG <path> where there's one segment (array) for each "M" command; that segment (array) contains all of the cubic bezier coordinates in alternating x/y format (just like SVG path data) in raw numeric form which is nice because that way you don't have to parse a long string and convert things. For example, this SVG <path> has two separate segments because there are two "M" commands: <path d="M0,0 C10,20,15,30,5,18 M0,100 C50,120,80,110,100,100" /> So the resulting RawPath would be: [ [0, 0, 10, 20, 15, 30, 5, 18], [0, 100, 50, 120, 80, 110, 100, 100] ] For simplicity, the example above only has one cubic bezier in each segment, but there could be an unlimited quantity inside each segment. No matter what path commands are in the original <path> data string (cubic, quadratic, arc, lines, whatever), the resulting RawPath will ALWAYS be cubic beziers. target [object]: the target of the tween (usually a <path>) This means you can even render morphs to super high-performance engines like PixiJS or anything that'll allow you to draw cubic beziers! Demo: MorphSVG canvas rendering See the Pen MorphSVG canvas rendering by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. Here's an example of a tween and a render function that'd draw the morphing shape to canvas: var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"), ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"), vw = canvas.width = window.innerWidth, vh = canvas.height = window.innerHeight; ctx.fillStyle = "#ccc"; TweenMax.to("#hippo", 2, { morphSVG:{ shape:"#circle", render:draw } }); function draw(rawPath, target) { var l, segment, j, i; ctx.clearRect(0, 0, vw, vh); ctx.beginPath(); for (j = 0; j To set a default render method for all tweens: MorphSVGPlugin.defaultRender = yourFunction; Got questions? If you haven't checked out the forums, you're missing out! It's a great place to get your questions answered and participate in the community. We carefully monitor and answer questions there. Changelog View the full changelog here (there's a lot). Happy tweening! DOWNLOAD GSAP NOW

Note: This page was created for GSAP version 2. We have since released GSAP 3 with many improvements. While it is backward compatible with most GSAP 2 features, some parts may need to be updated to work properly. Please see the GSAP 3 release notes for details. We've been getting requests for better support of modern build tools. With version 2.0 we're pleased to announce a switch to ES modules via NPM which should make your building, bundling, and tree shaking even smoother. Don't worry, the UMD/CommonJS flavor is still available and the CDN serves the same browser-friendly files as always. If terms like "UMD", "ES Modules", and "tree shaking" leave you scratching your head, fear not - GSAP 2.0 will work like a champ for you (as usual). There are no syntax, API, or browser-support changes. None. The major version bump was primarily due to the switch to ES modules for NPM users, that's all. DOWNLOAD GSAP NOW NPM, ES Modules, Webpack, oh my! Modern bundlers like Webpack and Rollup just love to snack on ES modules these days, usually grabbing them from NPM. So GSAP 2.0 is extra delicious covered in its chocolatey ES module outer shell. (If you're not using a bundler or NPM, skip this section entirely) npm install gsap Then you can import individual classes like: import TweenMax from "gsap/TweenMax"; import Draggable from "gsap/Draggable"; TweenMax includes (and exports) many of the commonly-used classes so you can also do this: import { TweenMax, TimelineLite, Power2, Elastic, CSSPlugin } from "gsap/TweenMax"; (TweenMax includes TweenLite, TimelineLite, TimelineMax, CSSPlugin, RoundPropsPlugin, BezierPlugin, DirectionalRotationPlugin, AttrPlugin, and all eases except CustomEase, CustomWiggle, and CustomBounce) As a convenience, there's also an "all" file that imports/exports every GSAP tool (except members-only bonus plugins), so you can do this: import { TimelineMax, CSSPlugin, ScrollToPlugin, Draggable } from "gsap/all"; IMPORTANT: if your animations aren't working as expected, it's likely an issue with tree shaking which can be easily resolved by referencing any plugins you're using. Read more. UMD/CommonJS If your environment doesn't accommodate ES modules yet, don't worry - we've got you covered. There's a "umd" directory that contains...you guessed it...regular old ES5 UMD (Universal Module Definition) versions of the files which are compatible with pretty much everything (RequireJS, Browserify, etc.). So you could import them like: //get the UMD versions. Notice the "/umd/" in the path... import { TweenMax, Power2, TimelineLite } from "gsap/umd/TweenMax"; import ScrollToPlugin from "gsap/umd/ScrollToPlugin"; import Draggable from "gsap/umd/Draggable"; What about bonus plugins like MorphSVGPlugin? Obviously we can't distribute the members-only bonus plugins via NPM, so all you need to do is log into your GreenSock account and download the latest zip which has a "bonus-files-for-npm-users" folder with the bonus plugins. Then just plop that into your project, like maybe in your /src/ folder (or wherever) and import them directly. For example, to save some typing you could rename the "bonus-files-for-npm-users" to simply "gsap-bonus" and put that in the root of your project and then: import MorphSVGPlugin from "./gsap-bonus/MorphSVGPlugin"; import SplitText from "./gsap-bonus/SplitText"; You could certainly put the bonus files in /node_modules/gsap/ if you prefer, but most people don't like doing that because it makes things less portable/updatable. There's a brand new page in the docs dedicated to NPM usage. NEW: Custom rounding increments in RoundPropsPlugin Have you ever needed to round animated values to the nearest 10 or hundredth? With the new object syntax in RoundPropsPlugin, you can round properties to various custom increments, not just integers! Simply pass in [property]:[increment] pairs like so: TweenLite.to(element, 5, { x:600, y:100 roundProps:{ x:10, //round x to nearest increment of 10 y:0.1 //round y to nearest increment of 0.1 } }); Watch the video Demo See the Pen RoundPropsPlugin Update by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. NEW: SplitText "specialChars" SplitText recognizes a new specialChars property that allows you to specify an array of special characters to protect. This is typically used for multi-character symbols like in some languages where there are pairs (or sometimes even 4 characters) combined to form a single character. See the Pen SplitText with specialChars feature by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. No need to do this for most emoji's, though, because those are already supported natively in SplitText! Got questions? If you haven't checked out the forums, you're missing out! It's a great place to get your questions answered and participate in the community. We carefully monitor and answer questions there. Or feel free to contact us directly if you prefer. Changelog View the full changelog here (note: version 2.0.0 is just 1.20.5 with a version bump to avoid breaking changes for NPM users) Happy tweening! DOWNLOAD GSAP NOW

Here are some of the highlights of the GSAP 1.20.0 release... yoyoEase Now you can specify an ease for the yoyo (backwards) portion of a repeating TweenMax animation. Set it to a specific ease like yoyoEase:Power2.easeOut or to flip the existing ease, use the shortcut yoyoEase:true. TweenMax is smart enough to automatically set yoyo:true if you define a yoyoEase, so there's less code for you to write. Score! Animate CSS Variables (custom properties) See the Pen CSS Variables Demo by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. Emoji support in TextPlugin 'Nuf said. ...and more There are quite a few little improvements and bug fixes as well, which are listed in the changelog at the github repository. Download GSAP today. Happy tweening!

Note: This page was created for GSAP version 2. We have since released GSAP 3 with many improvements. While it is backward compatible with most GSAP 2 features, some parts may need to be updated to work properly. Please see the GSAP 3 release notes for details. GSAP version 1.19.0 introduces some exciting new features for advanced users as well as conveniences for everyone (even the "greenest" novices). The most noteworthy improvements are summarized below: Function-based values Instead of a number (x:100) or string (width:"300px") or relative value (y:"+=50"), you can now define most values as a function that'll get called once for each target the first time the tween renders, and whatever is returned by that function will be used as the value. This can be very useful for randomizing things or applying conditional logic. See it in action in the demos below. See the Pen BzmGba by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen. ...and more GSAP 1.19.0 is more ES6-friendly (for example, you can npm install gsap and then import {TweenLite, Elastic, TimelineMax} from "gsap" in your project). Plenty of bug fixes too. See the whole list in the github changelog. DOWNLOAD GSAP TODAY Happy tweening!