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Cheat Sheet

Use this Cheat Sheet to find the most common code snippets.

Pause animation​

On the desired frame, create an action with the code:

Action code
this.pause();

Loop animation​

On the last frame of the loop, create an action with the code:

Action code
this.goToAndPlay(FIRST_FRAME_OF_THE_LOOP);

Append text to dynamic Text element content​

In Composition Action, add this middleware code:

Composition Action middleware
loopic.useOnUpdate("_key", (key, value, next) => {
  const element = this.findElementByKey(key);
  const TEXT_TO_APPEND = "APPENDED: ";
  element.setContent(TEXT_TO_APPEND + value);
});

Bold the first word in the Text element​

In Composition Action, add this middleware code:

Composition Action middleware
loopic.useOnUpdate("_name", (key, value, next) => {
  const splitted = value.split(" ");
  const firstName = splitted[0];
  const lastName = splitted[1];
  const element = this.findElementByKey(key);
  element.setContent(`${firstName} <b>${lastName}</b>`);
});

Play in reverse on stop​

In Composition Action, add this middleware code:

Composition Action middleware
loopic.useOnUpdate((next) => {
  this.play({ reverse: true });
});