So I just discovered that for some reason the Weather Icon complication has no opacity field so in order to have it in my current project I’d need an alternate way to animate it when it appears and disappears. I suppose the best way would be to make it grow up to X size, and then shrink to nothing; this must happen on “tap” (when a variable is increased/toggled).
I have tried to play around with this for a while now but I can never manage to make it stay a certain size until I click the variable again, it either keeps growing/shrinking, or kind of “breathing”/pulsing…
If anyone has any other better ideas to make the weather icon appear and disappear similar to opacity, I’m all ears! Otherwise thanks a ton in advance to anyone who might be able to help me out with this expression!
This is a basic version of what you are looking for but if you only what to be on then off remember you can use the x and y coordinate to place the image off screen at say -900 and return to its proper place when viewed
Tested it, and it seems perfect!
Could I bother you with an explanation as to what is happening in there? I want to be able to manipulate the time it takes to grow/shrink, as well as (and most importantly) the size of 100% shrinked and 100% grown, but not really sure what to mess with, without breaking it xD
$(DNOW#-VAR_1_T#)<2000 = The time taken to complete the task
(x+y*(1-VAR_1#)-(1-2*VAR_1#) X Starting position Y Total amount to move each time so 0 + 100 would be starting at 0 and growing to 100 then waiting till next press and reversing 100 shrinking to 0
Personally I’m using it in the width and height fields of an element (copy paste of the string). I haven’t tried using it in the position fields but I imagine it could work too?
This formula is very powerful and variable when used wisely. With some modified values you can move, rotate and/or resize items or control transparency. It should be combined with a toggle var. I already used it for some very impressive user controlled animations.
Oh, that‘s a good example. It was, after a test project, the first one where i used a couple of variation. All animations are only done with one VAR-Toggle.
so in order to have it in my current project I’d need an alternate way to animate it when it appears and disappears. I suppose the best way would be to make it grow up to X size, and then shrink to nothing; this must happen on “tap” (when a variable is increased/toggled).
