VERY IMPORTANT FEATURE TO ADD!: playTo(); or playRange(); for scrollTo() style animation

I wrote a timeout/ interval  function where you can pass the symbol, the start time and end time and it will keep calling itself and advancing the timeline until it reaches the end time.  It's only 12 lines. 

function timerFunction(startms,  targetms, addinc, asymbol) {

      //startms is the timeline starting point, usually where it is at the beginningof all this

      //targetms is the desired timeline position

     //addinc is the milliseconds you want the settimeout to wait, I use 500

     // asymbol is the function with the timeline you want to control.  Note: it is being passed around here be reference, not copies which is good.

    //so call it like this:  timerFunction(freqsym.getPosition(), 1800, 100, freqsym)

       var ms;

      //console.log(" startms: " + startms + ", targetms: " + targetms +", addinc: " + addinc );

    if ( addinc < Math.abs(startms - targetms ) ) {

        ms = startms + addinc;

         asymbol.stop(ms);

        //500 = 1/2 second = the delay the time interval will wait:

        setTimeout( timerFunction, 500, ms, targetms, addinc, asymbol);

      } else {

          //finished

          ms = targetms;

           asymbol.stop(ms);

      }

}

The variable addinc is the amount you want to increment the timeline by.  I guess I said in the notes that is was the set time out, but that is wrong (sorry!). Example: if you are at the timeline point of 1500 ms and you add 100 then it will move the playhead to 1600 ms. You want to move in small steps so it isn't jumpy.

It will work in reverse, because the formula if ( addinc < Math.abs(startms - targetms)) uses an absolute value, it doesn't care if it is positive or negative, only that it is within that interval, then it will proceed.  If the increment will take it outside the interval, it will stop running.

I agree that it would be nice if you could 'playto' a certain point, like on the old Flash timelines.  I absolutely HAD to have the ability, so I had to write this little function to do it.

Actually I realize I did not answer your question but I had to step away from my desk earlier.PlayTo() a label does not exist and would be a great addition.

Depending on what you are doing there are work arounds. I  have some samples to accomplish that but I will have to dig around later to find them.

You might want to add this to a feature request. If you can't, I will post that request myself.

On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 3:50 PM, Marie Goodwyn <mariegoodwyn@gmail.com>

Here is a sample for scrollTo with GreenSock

https://app.box.com/s/y0ih2sydi53hberd7ipw

I wonder if someone on the dev team could see if they could add this feature to EA since it is possible with GreenSock.

The other feature requested about are

playTo('lable')

or

play a range

All these would be awesome especially if we want to avoid using plugins.