Version 1.5 glow.anim
API Quick Reference
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Simple and powerful animations.
Further Info & Examples
Methods
- css
Animates CSS properties of an element.
Synopsis
glow.anim.css(element, duration, spec, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList | Element
Element to animate.
This can be a CSS selector (first match will be used), glow.dom.NodeList (first node will be used), or a DOM element.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration, in seconds by default.
- spec
- Type
- Object
An object describing the properties to animate.
This object should consist of property names corresponding to the CSS properties you wish to animate, and values which are objects with 'from' and 'to' properties with the values to animate between or a number/string representing the value to animate to.
If the 'from' property is absent, the elements current CSS value will be used instead.
See the spec example below for more information.
- opts
- Type
- Object
Optional options object.
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- linear tween
- Optional
- Yes
- useSeconds
Specifies whether duration should be in seconds rather than frames.
- Type
- Boolean
- Default
- true
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
Example
// an example of an spec object { "height": {from: "10px", to: "100px"}, "width": "100px", "font-size": {from: "0.5em", to: "1.3em"} }// animate an elements height and opacity to 0 from current values over 1 second glow.anim.css("#myElement", 1, { "height" : 0, "opacity" : 0 }).start();- fadeIn
Fade in a set of elements
Synopsis
glow.anim.fadeIn(element, duration, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList
Element to animate. CSS Selector can be used.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration in seconds.
- opts
- Type
- Function
Object
- onComplete
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList completes the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- onStart
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList starts the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- easeBoth tween
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
A started timeline
Example
glow.anim.fadeIn("#menu", 1);- fadeOut
Fade out a set of elements
Synopsis
glow.anim.fadeOut(element, duration, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList
Element to animate. CSS Selector can be used.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration in seconds.
- opts
- Type
- Function
Object
- onComplete
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList completes the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- onStart
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList starts the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- easeBoth tween
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
A started timeline
Example
glow.anim.fadeOut("#menu", 1);- fadeTo
Fade a set of elements to a given opacity
Synopsis
glow.anim.fadeTo(element, opacity, duration, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList
Element to animate. CSS Selector can be used.
- opacity
- Type
- Number
fade to opacity level between 0 & 1.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration in seconds.
- opts
- Type
- Function
Object
- onComplete
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList completes the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- onStart
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList starts the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- easeBoth tween
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
A started timeline
Example
glow.anim.fadeTo("#menu", 0.5, 1);- highlight
Highlight an element by fading the background colour
Synopsis
glow.anim.highlight(element, highlightColour, duration, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList
Element to animate. CSS Selector can be used.
- highlightColour
- Type
- String
highlight colour in hex, "rgb(r, g, b)" or css colour name.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration in seconds.
- opts
- Type
- Function
Object
- completeColour
The background colour of the element once the highlight is complete.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
If none supplied Glow assumes the element's existing background color (e.g. #336699), if the element has no background color specified (e.g. Transparent) the highlight will transition to white.
- onComplete
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList completes the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- onStart
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList starts the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- easeBoth tween
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
A started timeline
Example
glow.anim.highlight("#textInput", "#ff0", 1);- slideDown
Slide a NodeList down from a height of 0
Synopsis
glow.anim.slideDown(element, duration, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList
Element to animate. CSS Selector can be used.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration in seconds.
- opts
- Type
- Function
Object
- onComplete
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList completes the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- onStart
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList starts the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- easeBoth tween
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
A started timeline
Example
glow.anim.slideDown("#menu", 1);- slideToggle
Toggle a NodeList Up or Down depending on it's present state.
Synopsis
glow.anim.slideToggle(element, duration, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList
Element to animate. CSS Selector can be used.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration in seconds.
- opts
- Type
- Function
Object
- onComplete
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList completes the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- onStart
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList starts the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- easeBoth tween
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
A started timeline
Example
glow.anim.slideToggle("#menu", 1);- slideUp
Slide a NodeList up to a height of 0
Synopsis
glow.anim.slideUp(element, duration, opts);Parameters
- element
- Type
- String | glow.dom.NodeList
Element to animate. CSS Selector can be used.
- duration
- Type
- Number
Animation duration in seconds.
- opts
- Type
- Function
Object
- onComplete
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList completes the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- onStart
The function to be called when the first element in the NodeList starts the animation.
- Type
- Function
- Optional
- Yes
- tween
The way the value moves through time. See glow.tweens.
- Type
- Function
- Default
- easeBoth tween
- Optional
- Yes
Returns
A started timeline
Example
glow.anim.slideUp("#menu", 1);
