The timeline function

Creates a Timeline when passed one or more Shape or array.

timeline(shapeOrArray1, shapeOrArray2, ..., options)
    

Arguments

shapeOrArray1, shapeOrArray2, ...

A list of one or more Shape or array.

If passed an array instead of a Shape it should take the following form.

[ shape, options ]
    

Where:

• shape is a Shape.
• options is an object, where:
  • name (optional) is a string or number.
  • queue (optional) is an object, where:
    • offset (optional) is the offset in milliseconds to adjust the queuing of this shape.
    • at (optional) is the name of the Shape to queue at (in parallel).
    • after (optional) is the name of the Shape to queue after (in sequence).

options (optional)

An object holding playback options, events and middleware, where:

• alternate (optional) defines if the next iteration should reverse current direction?
• duration (optional) is the number of milliseconds that each iteration lasts.
• initialIterations (optional) is the starting number of iterations.
• iterations (optional) is the number of playback interations (additional to initialIterations).
• reverse (optional) defines if the the first iteration should start in a reverse direction?
• started (optional) is the UNIX timestamp of playback start.
• events (optional) is an array of events, where each event is iteself an array, where:
  • 0 is the event name.
  • 1 is the callback function.
• middleware (optional) is an array of Middleware.

Return value

A Timeline.