Provides an abstract base class for animations. More...

Inheritance diagram for QVariantAnimation:

Public Typedefs
using	ValuePair = QPair< double, QVariant >

Public Signals
void	valueChanged (const QVariant &value)

Public Signals inherited from QAbstractAnimation
void	currentLoopChanged (int currentLoop)

void	directionChanged (QAbstractAnimation::Direction newDirection)

void	finished ()

void	stateChanged (QAbstractAnimation::State newState, QAbstractAnimation::State oldState)

Public Signals inherited from QObject
void	destroyed (QObject *obj=nullptr)

void	objectNameChanged (const QString &objectName)

Public Methods
	QVariantAnimation (QObject *parent=nullptr)

	~QVariantAnimation ()

QVariant	currentValue () const

int	duration () const override

QEasingCurve	easingCurve () const

QVariant	endValue () const

QVariant	keyValueAt (double step) const

QVector< QVariantAnimation::ValuePair >	keyValues () const

void	setDuration (int msecs)

void	setEasingCurve (const QEasingCurve &easing)

void	setEndValue (const QVariant &value)

void	setKeyValueAt (double step, const QVariant &value)

void	setKeyValues (const QVector< QVariantAnimation::ValuePair > &keyValues)

void	setStartValue (const QVariant &value)

QVariant	startValue () const

Public Methods inherited from QAbstractAnimation
	QAbstractAnimation (QObject *parent=nullptr)

virtual	~QAbstractAnimation ()

int	currentLoop () const

int	currentLoopTime () const

int	currentTime () const

Direction	direction () const

QAnimationGroup *	group () const

int	loopCount () const

void	setDirection (Direction direction)

void	setLoopCount (int loopCount)

State	state () const

int	totalDuration () const

Public Methods inherited from QObject
	QObject (QObject *parent=nullptr)

	~QObject ()

bool	blockSignals (bool block)

const QList< QObject * > &	children () const

bool	connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

bool	connect (const QObject *sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

bool	disconnect (const QObject *receiver, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const

bool	disconnect (const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject *receiver=nullptr, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const

bool	disconnect (const QString &signalMethod=QString (), const QObject *receiver=nullptr, const QString &slotMethod=QString ()) const

void	dumpObjectInfo ()

void	dumpObjectTree ()

QList< QString >	dynamicPropertyNames () const

virtual bool	eventFilter (QObject watched, QEvent event)

template<typename T >
T	findChild (const QString &childName=QString ()) const

template<class T >
QList< T >	findChildren (const QRegularExpression &regExp, Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const

template<class T >
QList< T >	findChildren (const QString &childName=QString (), Qt::FindChildOptions options=Qt::FindChildrenRecursively) const

bool	inherits (const QString &className) const

void	installEventFilter (QObject *filterObj)

bool	isWidgetType () const

bool	isWindowType () const

void	killTimer (int id)

const QMetaObject *	metaObject () const

void	moveToThread (QThread *targetThread)

QString	objectName () const

QObject *	parent () const

template<class T = QVariant>
T	property (const QString &name) const

void	removeEventFilter (QObject *obj)

void	setObjectName (const QString &name)

void	setParent (QObject *parent)

bool	setProperty (const QString &name, const QVariant &value)

bool	signalsBlocked () const

int	startTimer (int interval, Qt::TimerType timerType=Qt::CoarseTimer)

QThread *	thread () const

Protected Methods
bool	event (QEvent *event) override

virtual QVariant	interpolated (const QVariant &from, const QVariant &to, double progress) const

void	updateCurrentTime (int) override

virtual void	updateCurrentValue (const QVariant &value) = 0

void	updateState (QAbstractAnimation::State newState, QAbstractAnimation::State oldState) override

Protected Methods inherited from QAbstractAnimation
virtual void	updateDirection (QAbstractAnimation::Direction direction)

Protected Methods inherited from QObject
virtual void	childEvent (QChildEvent *event)

virtual void	connectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const

virtual void	customEvent (QEvent *event)

virtual void	disconnectNotify (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const

bool	isSignalConnected (const QMetaMethod &signalMethod) const

int	receivers (const QString &signal) const

QObject *	sender () const

int	senderSignalIndex () const

virtual void	timerEvent (QTimerEvent *event)

Properties
	currentValue

	duration

	easingCurve

	endValue

	startValue

Properties inherited from QAbstractAnimation
	currentLoop

	currentTime

	direction

	duration

	loopCount

	state

Properties inherited from QObject
	objectName

Related Functions
These are not member functions
void	qRegisterAnimationInterpolator (QVariant (*)(const T &from, const T &to, qreal progress) func)

Related Functions inherited from QObject
T	qobject_cast (QObject *object)

	QObjectList

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from QAbstractAnimation
enum	DeletionPolicy

enum	Direction

enum	State

Public Slots inherited from QAbstractAnimation
void	pause ()

void	resume ()

void	setCurrentTime (int msecs)

void	setPaused (bool paused)

void	start (QAbstractAnimation::DeletionPolicy policy=KeepWhenStopped)

void	stop ()

Public Slots inherited from QObject
void	deleteLater ()

Static Public Methods inherited from QObject
static bool	connect (const QObject sender, const QMetaMethod &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QMetaMethod &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

static bool	connect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection, const QString &location=QString ())

static bool	connect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class SlotClass , class... SlotArgs, class SlotReturn >
static bool	connect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver receiver, SlotReturn (SlotClass::slotMethod)(SlotArgs...), Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class T >
static bool	connect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, T slotLambda, Qt::ConnectionType type=Qt::AutoConnection)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const QMetaMethod &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QMetaMethod &slotMethod)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, const QString &signalMethod, const QString &location, const QObject receiver, const QString &slotMethod)

static bool	disconnect (const QObject sender, std::nullptr_t, const QObject receiver, std::nullptr_t)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class SlotClass , class... SlotArgs, class SlotReturn >
static bool	disconnect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver receiver, SlotReturn (SlotClass::slotMethod)(SlotArgs...))

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver >
static bool	disconnect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, std::nullptr_t slotMethod=nullptr)

template<class Sender , class SignalClass , class... SignalArgs, class Receiver , class T >
static bool	disconnect (const Sender sender, void (SignalClass::signalMethod)(SignalArgs...), const Receiver *receiver, T slotMethod)

static QMetaObject &	staticMetaObject ()

static QString	tr (const char text, const char comment=nullptr, std::optional< int > numArg=std::optional< int >())

Detailed Description

This class is part of the Animation System. It serves as a base class for property and item animations with methods for shared functionality.

QVariantAnimation can not be used directly since it is an abstract class. The class performs interpolation over QVariants, but leaves using the interpolated values to its subclasses. Refer to the QPropertyAnimation class description for more information about animations.

You can then set start and end values for the property by calling setStartValue() and setEndValue(), and finally call start() to start the animation. QVariantAnimation will interpolate the property of the target object and emit valueChanged(). To react to a change in the current value you have to reimplement the updateCurrentValue() virtual function.

It is also possible to set values at specified steps situated between the start and end value. The interpolation will then touch these points at the specified steps. The start and end values are defined as the key values at 0.0 and 1.0.

There are two ways to affect how QVariantAnimation interpolates the values. You can set an easing curve by calling setEasingCurve(), and configure the duration by calling setDuration(). You can change how the QVariants are interpolated by creating a subclass of QVariantAnimation, and reimplementing the virtual interpolated() function.

Subclassing QVariantAnimation can be an alternative if you have QVariants that you do not wish to declare as properties. Note, however, that you in most cases will be better off declaring your QVariant as a property.

Not all of the QVariant types are supported. The list below shows the currently supported QVariant types in the Animation System.

Int
UInt
Double
Float
QLine
QLineF
QPoint
QPointF
QSize
QSizeF
QRect
QRectF
QColor

If you need to interpolate other variant types, including custom types, you have to implement interpolation for these yourself. To do this, you can register an interpolator function for a given type. This function takes 3 parameters: the start value, the end value and the current progress.

QVariant myColorInterpolator(const QColor &start, const QColor &end, qreal progress) {
    ...
    return QColor(...);
}
...
qRegisterAnimationInterpolator<QColor>(myColorInterpolator);

Another option is to reimplement interpolated(), which returns interpolation values for the value being interpolated.

See also: QPropertyAnimation, QAbstractAnimation, Animation Technology

Member Typedef Documentation

QVariantAnimation::ValuePair

This is a typedef for QPair<double, QVariant>.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QVariantAnimation::QVariantAnimation ( QObject * parent = nullptr )

Construct a QVariantAnimation object. The parent object is passed to the QAbstractAnimation constructor.

QVariantAnimation::~QVariantAnimation ( )

Destroys the animation.

Method Documentation

QVariant QVariantAnimation::currentValue ( ) const

Returns the value of the property currentvalue.

int QVariantAnimation::duration ( ) const

overridevirtual

Returns the value of the Duration property.

Implements QAbstractAnimation::duration()

QEasingCurve QVariantAnimation::easingCurve ( ) const

Returns the value of the easingCurve property.

QVariant QVariantAnimation::endValue ( ) const

Returns the value of the endValue property.

bool QVariantAnimation::event ( QEvent * event )

overrideprotectedvirtual

Reimplemented from QAbstractAnimation::event()

QVariant QVariantAnimation::interpolated	(	const QVariant &	from,
		const QVariant &	to,
		double	progress
	)		const

protectedvirtual

This virtual function returns the linear interpolation between variants from and to, at progress, usually a value between 0 and 1. You can reimplement this function in a subclass of QVariantAnimation to provide your own interpolation algorithm.

In order for the interpolation to work with a QEasingCurve that return a value smaller than 0 or larger than 1 (such as QEasingCurve::InBack) you should make sure that it can extrapolate. If the semantic of the datatype does not allow extrapolation this function should handle that gracefully.

You should call the QVariantAnimation implementation of this function if you want your class to handle the types already supported by CopperSpice (see class QVariantAnimation description for a list of supported types).

See also: QEasingCurve

QVariant QVariantAnimation::keyValueAt ( double step ) const

Returns the key frame value for the given step. The given step must be in the range 0 to 1. If there is no KeyValue for step it returns an invalid QVariant.

See also: keyValues(), setKeyValueAt()

QVector< QVariantAnimation::ValuePair > QVariantAnimation::keyValues ( ) const

Returns the key frames of this animation.

See also: keyValueAt(), setKeyValues()

void QVariantAnimation::setDuration ( int msecs )

Sets the value of the property to msecs.

void QVariantAnimation::setEasingCurve ( const QEasingCurve & easing )

Sets the value of the property to easing.

void QVariantAnimation::setEndValue ( const QVariant & value )

Sets the value of the property to value.

void QVariantAnimation::setKeyValueAt	(	double	step,
		const QVariant &	value
	)

Creates a key frame at the given step with the given value. The given step must be in the range 0 to 1.

See also: setKeyValues(), keyValueAt()

void QVariantAnimation::setKeyValues ( const QVector< QVariantAnimation::ValuePair > & keyValues )

Replaces the current set of key frames with the given keyValues. the step of the key frames must be in the range 0 to 1.

See also: keyValues(), keyValueAt()

void QVariantAnimation::setStartValue ( const QVariant & value )

Sets the value of the property to value.

QVariant QVariantAnimation::startValue ( ) const

Returns the value of the startValue property.

void QVariantAnimation::updateCurrentTime ( int )

overrideprotectedvirtual

Implements QAbstractAnimation::updateCurrentTime()

void QVariantAnimation::updateCurrentValue ( const QVariant & value )

protectedpure virtual

This method is called every time the animation's current value changes. The value argument is the new current value.

See also: currentValue

Implemented in QPropertyAnimation::updateCurrentValue()

void QVariantAnimation::updateState	(	QAbstractAnimation::State	newState,
		QAbstractAnimation::State	oldState
	)

overrideprotectedvirtual

Reimplemented from QAbstractAnimation::updateState()

void QVariantAnimation::valueChanged ( const QVariant & value )

signal

QVariantAnimation emits this signal whenever the current value changes.

See also: currentValue, startValue, endValue

Friends And Related Function Documentation

void qRegisterAnimationInterpolator ( QVariant (*)(const T &from, const T &to, qreal progress) func )

Registers a custom interpolator func for the template type T. The interpolator has to be registered before the animation is constructed. To unregister (and use the default interpolator) set func to 0.

This method is thread-safe.

Property Documentation

QVariantAnimation::currentValue

This property holds the current value of the animation. The current value is an interpolated value starting at the start value and proceeding towards the end value. The value itself is obtained from interpolated(), which is called repeatedly as the animation is running.

QVariantAnimation calls updateCurrentValue() when the current value changes. This is particularly useful for subclasses that need to track updates. For example, QPropertyAnimation uses this function to animate CopperSpice properties.

See also: startValue, endValue

Properties	Class Methods
read	currentValue
notify	valueChanged

QVariantAnimation::duration

This property holds the duration of the animation and describes the duration in milliseconds of the animation. The default duration is 250 milliseconds.

See also: QAbstractAnimation::duration()

Properties	Class Methods
read	duration
write	setDuration

QVariantAnimation::easingCurve

This property holds the easing curve of the animation. By default, a linear easing curve is used, resulting in linear interpolation. Other curves are provided, for instance, QEasingCurve::InCirc, which provides a circular entry curve. Another example is QEasingCurve::InOutElastic, which provides an elastic effect on the values of the interpolated variant.

QVariantAnimation will use the QEasingCurve::valueForProgress() to transform the "normalized progress" (currentTime / totalDuration) of the animation into the effective progress actually used by the animation. It is this effective progress that will be the progress when interpolated() is called. Also, the steps in the keyValues are referring to this effective progress.

The easing curve is used with the interpolator, the interpolated() virtual function, the animation's duration, and iterationCount, to control how the current value changes as the animation progresses.

Properties	Class Methods
read	easingCurve
write	setEasingCurve

QVariantAnimation::endValue

This property holds the end value of the animation.

See also: startValue

Properties	Class Methods
read	endValue
write	setEndValue

QVariantAnimation::startValue

This property holds the optional start value of the animation. If omitted, or if a null QVariant is assigned as the start value, the animation will use the current position of the end when the animation is started.

See also: endValue

Properties	Class Methods
read	startValue
write	setStartValue

Public Typedefs

Public Signals

Public Methods

Protected Methods

Properties

Related Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Member Typedef Documentation

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

Method Documentation

Friends And Related Function Documentation

Property Documentation