very very simple motion path. How to go back to initial position ?

[amapic]

Hello,

Sorry for asking this but I don't succeed to make it work:

var tl = gsap.timeline({repeat: -1, repeatDelay: 0});

        tl.to(element, 5, {

          motionPath: {

            path: [

              // { x: "0vh", y: "0vh" },

              { x: "10vw", y: "10vh" },

              { x: "-10vw", y: "70vh" },

              { x: "0vh", y: "0vw" },

            ], // you probably want more points here...or just use an SVG <path>!

            curviness: 2,

            // align:"self"

            // autoRotate: true

          },

          ease: "none",

          // clearProps: 'all'

        });

 

I just want an element to make a curvy triangle movement and go back to its initial start. Working with vh and vw is good I think to adapt to screen size changes. As far as I have understood, coordinates are here in relative position regarding the initial position of the moving element. For the moment, I got a jump at the start of the movement, I saw align and alignOrigin are here to fix this problem potentially but I don't get it at all. What to do ? thanks

 

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