Calling fucntion with timeline with arguments

[savvi]

Hi..

 

Can someone tell me if its possible to pass a var to a function you call from a timeline?

 

I've been using timelines to call functions.. i.e.

 

this.tl.add(myFunction, 2)

 

but I want to pass a var so I thought the following:

 

this.tl.add.(myFunction("myvar"), 2)

 

But this doenst work.. any suggestions?

 

Thanks

[Jonathan]

Hello cocomitte, and Welcome to the GreenSock Forums!

 

When adding functions to the timeline, take a look at the call() method:

 

http://api.greensock.com/js/com/greensock/TimelineLite.html#call()

 

You can also pass parameters:

myTimeline.call(myFunction, ["param1", "param2"]);

Other examples of taken from the call() Docs:

//appends to the end of the timeline
tl.call(func, ["param1"]); 

//appends it at exactly 2 seconds into the timeline (absolute position)
tl.call(func, ["param1"], this, 2);
  
//appends it 2 seconds after the end (with a gap of 2 seconds)
tl.call(func, ["param1"], this, "+=2"); 
 
//places it at "myLabel" (and if "myLabel" doesn't exist yet, it's added to the end and then the tween is inserted there)
tl.call(func, ["param1"], this, "myLabel"); 

//places it 2 seconds after "myLabel" 
tl.call(func, ["param1"], this, "myLabel+=2");  

Does that help?

[savvi]

Brilliant!!!

[savvi]

ok almost brilliant..

 

So my function is a within an object and if I make a call to this function outside of the timeline it works fine i.e.:

this.tl = new TimelineMax({onUpdate:updateUI});
this.tl.add(showAnim1, 1.5)

function showAnim1(){
        parent.anim1.animateWidth(0,300);
}

but when I try and tidy it up and call it directly within the timeline as shown below:

.call(parent.anim1.animateWidth, [0,300], this, 1.5)

I get a "Uncaught Cannot tween a null target."

 

Any idea why this would be?

[jamiejefferson]

Javascript doesn't maintain scope when you pass a function like this (as a property of an object), so you've got to set the scope as well:

.call(parent.anim1.animateWidth, [0,300], parent.anim1, 1.5);
// essentially: call animateWidth(0,300) on parent.anim1

[savvi]

Well there you go..

 

Thanks Mr Jefferson I'll give that a bash!!

[savvi]

Yes that worked a treat!!

 

Thanks again.