Play Lottie Animation with gsap.to

[Simon Kefas]

Hi,

I have a tab that is opened on click basically, and i also want the Lottie animation that i have inside Webflow to play when the tab opens, also go back to start when it closes.

How do i generally play a lottie inside a gsap.to? (i have got the tab closing an opening all set up, but miss the Lottie animation play..

Here is my current code for that section: (for reference i get the Lottie to show up, but it disappears after close or open tab is played)

See the Pen VwgoQqP by SimonKefas (@SimonKefas) on CodePen

[GSAP Helper]

It's pretty tough to troubleshoot without a minimal demo - the issue could be caused by CSS, markup, a third party library, your browser, an external script that's totally unrelated to GSAP, etc. Would you please provide a very simple CodePen or Stackblitz that demonstrates the issue? 

 

Please don't include your whole project. Just some colored <div> elements and the GSAP code is best. See if you can recreate the issue with as few dependancies as possible. If not, incrementally add code bit by bit until it breaks. Usually people solve their own issues during this process! If not, then at least we have a reduced test case which greatly increases your chances of getting a relevant answer.

 

Here's a starter CodePen that loads all the plugins. Just click "fork" at the bottom right and make your minimal demo: 

See the Pen aYYOdN by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

 

Using a framework/library like React, Vue, Next, etc.? 

CodePen isn't always ideal for these tools, so here are some Stackblitz starter templates that you can fork and import the gsap-trial NPM package for using any of the bonus plugins: 

• React (please read this article!)
• Next
• Svelte
• Sveltekit
• Vue
• Nuxt

 

Please share the StackBlitz link directly to the file in question (where you've put the GSAP code) so we don't need to hunt through all the files. 

 

Once we see an isolated demo, we'll do our best to jump in and help with your GSAP-specific questions. 

[Simon Kefas]

@GSAP Helper Just created one.

[Rodrigo]

Hi,

 

This is more related to Lottie's API than GSAP.

 

Here is a simple demo, just click the box to toggle a GSAP Tween and the Lottie animation:

See the Pen eYxqjEp by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen

 

Hopefully this helps.

Happy Tweening!