Change 'to' value of NumberAnimation dynamically with another NumberAnimation ?

[ind1g1ne0us]

Hello! I'm trying to achieve dynamically setting the property 'to' of an NumberAnimation to a value read from a property, like this:

            Translate {
                id: poly_trans
                x: 0.0
                y: 0.0

                property real y_target: 1

                SequentialAnimation on y {
                    NumberAnimation {
                        id: num0
                        to: poly_trans.y_target
                        duration: 300
                        easing.type: Easing.bezierCurve
                    }
                    NumberAnimation {
                        to: -poly_trans.y_target
                        duration: 300
                        easing.type: Easing.bezierCurve
                    }
                    loops: Animation.Infinite
                    running: true
                }

                NumberAnimation on y_target {
                    to: 20
                    duration: 5000
                }

Basically what I'm trying to achieve is to animate between -y_target and y_target, so that the y_target is oscillating. But seems the value is not updated. Any idea how I could implement this kind of dynamic updating of the NumberAnimation properties ?

Thanks!

[A Former User]

@ind1g1ne0us said in Change 'to' value of NumberAnimation dynamically with another NumberAnimation ?:

loops: Animation.Infinite

Hi! The values won't get updated when you use loops: Animation.Infinite. You could i.e. remove that and instead use onStopped: start().

[ind1g1ne0us]

@Wieland Thank you, that works. Makes sense.

[A Former User]

Another possible solution would be to generate numbers in a fixed range (-1..1) and multiply the result with a variable value.

Oscillator.qml

import QtQuick 2.7

Item {
    id: oscillator

    readonly property alias value: oscillator._f

    // private

    property real _t: 0
    property real _f: Math.sin(_t)

    NumberAnimation on _t {
        from: 0
        to: 2 * Math.PI
        duration: 1000

        running: true
        loops: Animation.Infinite
    }

}

main.qml

import QtQuick 2.7
import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
import QtQuick.Layouts 1.3

ApplicationWindow {
    id: main
    visible: true
    width: 640
    height: 480
    color: "black"

    Slider { // modulation
        id: slider
        from: 0
        value: 0
        to: 200
        live: true
    }

    Oscillator {
        id: sineGenerator
    }

    Rectangle {
        id: rect
        width: 15
        height: 15
        color: "#0f0"

        readonly property real x_offset: 200
        readonly property real y_offset: 100

        x: sineGenerator.value * slider.value + x_offset
        y: y_offset
    }

}