YAnimator QML Type
The YAnimator type animates the y position of an Item. More...
| Import Statement: | import QtQuick |
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Detailed Description
Animator types are different from normal Animation types. When using an Animator, the animation can be run in the render thread and the property value will jump to the end when the animation is complete.
The value of Item::y is updated after the animation has finished.
The following snippet shows how to use a YAnimator together with a Rectangle item.
Rectangle { id: ymovingBox width: 50 height: 50 color: "lightsteelblue" YAnimator { target: ymovingBox; from: 10; to: 0; duration: 1000 running: true } }
It is also possible to use the on keyword to tie the YAnimator directly to an Item instance.
Rectangle { width: 50 height: 50 color: "lightsteelblue" YAnimator on y { from: 10; to: 0; duration: 1000 } }
Note: Animator types have no benefit when a non-threaded render loop is used.
Note: It is recommended that applications consider designs based on multi-threaded, asynchronous principles, rather than relying on Animators to show animated content while doing expensive, blocking work on the main (GUI) thread. Instead of long, blocking operations, prefer using WorkerScript and asynchronous image loading in QML, and worker threads, parallel algorithms, Qt Concurrent, and coroutines in C++, thus keeping the entire application and UI responsive all the time.
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