In my code, I am using a TimelineLite() to perform a series of sequential tweens with .to(). What I want to achieve is accessing the output value from one of the early tweens in order to use it for constructing later tweens.
Is there any way to retrieve the values of elements that have completed their animation in a timeline?
UPDATE:
The example I initially shared was quite basic. I have now revised it to better illustrate the issue I am facing.
The dimensions of colored divs rely on the viewport size, and the content within them adjusts accordingly. When you click on one, an animation starts where the clicked div expands to fill the entire viewport, while hiding the others. As a result of this resizing, the text reflows to accommodate the new space.
Subsequently, the previously off-page div.status moves up to be positioned below the selected colored div. Unfortunately, the height used to calculate its new `top` value still reflects the height of the selected colored div before the animation and content reflow take place.
var timeline = new TimelineLite();
$('.clickable').click(function(){
var $selected = $(this);
var $notSelected = $('.clickable').not($(this));
$selected.addClass('selected');
$notSelected.addClass('not-selected');
timeline
.add("optionSelected")
.to(
$selected,
0.5,
{ "width":"96%" },
"optionSelected"
)
.to(
$notSelected,
0.5,
{
"width":"0%",
"padding":"0"
},
"optionSelected"
)
.to(
$(".status"),
0.5,
{
"top":$('.selected').height()
}
)
})body{
position:relative;
height:100vh;
overflow:hidden;
background-color:cornsilk;
}
section{
background-color:#ddd;
display:flex;
align-items: flex-start;
}
div{
width: 30%;
padding:2%;
color: #FFF;
display:inline-block;
}
.clickable{cursor:pointer;}
.status{
width:96%;
position:absolute;
top:100%;
left:0;
background-color:#FFF;
color:black;
border:1px solid black;
}
.blue{background-color:blue;}
.green{background-color:green;}
.purple{background-color:purple;}
.not-selected{
white-space: nowrap;
overflow:hidden;
}<body>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/gsap/1.19.0/TweenMax.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<section>
<div class="blue clickable"><strong>Clickable</strong> - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Dignissim tortor, sit amet vulputate augue lectus vel felis. Cras ac ex vel ligula porta laoreet.
</div>
<div class="green clickable"><strong>Clickable</strong> - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec ultrices, est ut sollicitudin gravida, velit erat dignissim tortor, sit amet vulputate augue lectus vel felis. Cras ac ex vel ligula porta laoreet. Mauris lorem tellus, convallis ac tincidunt eu, efficitur consequat turpis.</div>
<div class="purple clickable"><strong>Clickable</strong> - Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec ultrices, est ut sollicitudin gravida, velit erat dignissim tortor, sit amet vulputate augue lectus vel felis. Cras ac ex vel ligula porta laoreet.</div>
<div class="status">Status</div>
</section>
</body>