Qt 5.6 | Qt Quick | Qt Quick Examples - Animation

Qt 5.6.3 Reference Documentation

# Qt Quick Examples - Animation

Animation is a collection of small QML examples relating to animation. Each example is a small QML file emphasizing a particular type or feature.

For more information about animations, visit Important Concepts in Qt Quick - States, Transitions and Animations.

## Running the Example

To run the example from Qt Creator, open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.

## ColorAnimation

ColorAnimation uses color animations to fade a sky from day to night.

      gradient: Gradient {
          GradientStop {
              position: 0.0
              SequentialAnimation on color {
                  loops: Animation.Infinite
                  ColorAnimation { from: "#14148c"; to: "#0E1533"; duration: 5000 }
                  ColorAnimation { from: "#0E1533"; to: "#14148c"; duration: 5000 }
              }
          }
          GradientStop {
              position: 1.0
              SequentialAnimation on color {
                  loops: Animation.Infinite
                  ColorAnimation { from: "#14aaff"; to: "#437284"; duration: 5000 }
                  ColorAnimation { from: "#437284"; to: "#14aaff"; duration: 5000 }
              }
          }
      }

## PropertyAnimation

PropertyAnimation uses number animations to bounce a circle up and down.

      // Animate the y property. Setting loops to Animation.Infinite makes the
      // animation repeat indefinitely, otherwise it would only run once.
      SequentialAnimation on y {
          loops: Animation.Infinite

          // Move from minHeight to maxHeight in 300ms, using the OutExpo easing function
          NumberAnimation {
              from: smiley.minHeight; to: smiley.maxHeight
              easing.type: Easing.OutExpo; duration: 300
          }

          // Then move back to minHeight in 1 second, using the OutBounce easing function
          NumberAnimation {
              from: smiley.maxHeight; to: smiley.minHeight
              easing.type: Easing.OutBounce; duration: 1000
          }

          // Then pause for 500ms
          PauseAnimation { duration: 500 }
      }

## Animators

Animators uses animators to bounce an icon up and down.

      SequentialAnimation {
          SequentialAnimation {
              ParallelAnimation {
                  YAnimator {
                      target: smiley;
                      from: smiley.minHeight;
                      to: smiley.maxHeight
                      easing.type: Easing.OutExpo;
                      duration: 300
                  }
                  ScaleAnimator {
                      target: shadow
                      from: 1
                      to: 0.5
                      easing.type: Easing.OutExpo;
                      duration: 300
                  }
              }
              ParallelAnimation {
                  YAnimator {
                      target: smiley;
                      from: smiley.maxHeight;
                      to: smiley.minHeight
                      easing.type: Easing.OutBounce;
                      duration: 1000
                  }
                  ScaleAnimator {
                      target: shadow
                      from: 0.5
                      to: 1
                      easing.type: Easing.OutBounce;
                      duration: 1000
                  }
              }
          }
          PauseAnimation { duration: 500 }
          running: true
          loops: Animation.Infinite
      }

## Behaviors

Behaviors uses behaviors to move a rectangle to where you click.

      // Set an 'elastic' behavior on the focusRect's y property.
      Behavior on y {
          NumberAnimation { easing.type: Easing.OutElastic; easing.amplitude: 3.0; easing.period: 2.0; duration: 300 }
      }

## Wiggly Text

Wiggly Text demonstrates using more complex behaviors to animate and wiggle some text around as you drag it. It does this by assigning a complex binding to each letter:

                  x: follow ? follow.x + follow.width : container.width / 6
                  y: follow ? follow.y : container.height / 2

Then, it uses behaviors to animate the movement of each letter:

                  Behavior on x { enabled: container.animated; SpringAnimation { spring: 3; damping: 0.3; mass: 1.0 } }
                  Behavior on y { enabled: container.animated; SpringAnimation { spring: 3; damping: 0.3; mass: 1.0 } }

## Tv Tennis

Tv Tennis uses complex behaviors to make the paddles follow a ball to simulate an infinite tennis game. Again, a binding which depends on other values is applied to the position and a behavior provided the animation.

      y: ball.direction == 'left' ? ball.y - 45 : page.height/2 -45;
      Behavior on y { SpringAnimation{ velocity: 300 } }

## Easing Curves

Easing Curves shows off all the easing curves available in Qt Quick animations.

## States

States demonstrates how the properties of an item can vary between states.

It defines several states:

      // In state 'middleRight', move the image to middleRightRect
      State {
          name: "middleRight"
          PropertyChanges { target: userIcon; x: middleRightRect.x; y: middleRightRect.y }
      },

      // In state 'bottomLeft', move the image to bottomLeftRect
      State {
          name: "bottomLeft"
          PropertyChanges { target: userIcon; x: bottomLeftRect.x; y: bottomLeftRect.y  }
      }

## Transitions

Transitions takes the States example and animates the property changes by setting transitions:

      // Transitions define how the properties change when the item moves between each state
      transitions: [

          // When transitioning to 'middleRight' move x,y over a duration of 1 second,
          // with OutBounce easing function.
          Transition {
              from: "*"; to: "middleRight"
              NumberAnimation { properties: "x,y"; easing.type: Easing.OutBounce; duration: 1000 }
          },

          // When transitioning to 'bottomLeft' move x,y over a duration of 2 seconds,
          // with InOutQuad easing function.
          Transition {
              from: "*"; to: "bottomLeft"
              NumberAnimation { properties: "x,y"; easing.type: Easing.InOutQuad; duration: 2000 }
          },

          // For any other state changes move x,y linearly over duration of 200ms.
          Transition {
              NumberAnimation { properties: "x,y"; duration: 200 }
          }

## PathAnimation

PathAnimation animates an image along a bezier curve using a PathAnimation.

      PathAnimation {
          id: pathAnim

          duration: 2000
          easing.type: Easing.InQuad

          target: box
          orientation: PathAnimation.RightFirst
          anchorPoint: Qt.point(box.width/2, box.height/2)
          path: Path {
              startX: 50; startY: 50

              PathCubic {
                  x: window.width - 50
                  y: window.height - 50

                  control1X: x; control1Y: 50
                  control2X: 50; control2Y: y
              }

              onChanged: canvas.requestPaint()
          }
      }

## PathInterpolator

PathInterpolator animates an image along the same bezier curve, using a PathInterpolator instead.

      PathInterpolator {
          id: motionPath

          path: Path {
              startX: 50; startY: 50

              PathCubic {
                  x: window.width - 50
                  y: window.height - 50

                  control1X: x; control1Y: 50
                  control2X: 50; control2Y: y
              }

              onChanged: canvas.requestPaint()
          }

          SequentialAnimation on progress {
              running: true
              loops: -1
              PauseAnimation { duration: 1000 }
              NumberAnimation {
                  id: progressAnim
                  running: false
                  from: 0; to: 1
                  duration: 2000
                  easing.type: Easing.InQuad
              }
          }
      }

Files:

- animation/animation.qml
- animation/basics/animators.qml
- animation/basics/color-animation.qml
- animation/basics/property-animation.qml
- animation/behaviors/SideRect.qml
- animation/behaviors/behavior-example.qml
- animation/behaviors/tvtennis.qml
- animation/behaviors/wigglytext.qml
- animation/easing/easing.qml
- animation/pathanimation/pathanimation.qml
- animation/pathinterpolator/pathinterpolator.qml
- animation/states/states.qml
- animation/states/transitions.qml
- animation/main.cpp
- animation/animation.pro
- animation/animation.qmlproject
- animation/animation.qrc