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/*!
    \example loginui4
    \ingroup gstutorials

    \title Log In UI - Timeline
    \brief Illustrates how to use the timeline and states to animate UI
    components.
    \previouspage {Log In UI - States}

    \image loginui4.gif "Log In UI"

    \e{Log In UI - Timeline} is the fourth in a series of tutorials that build
    on each other to illustrate how to use \QDS to create a simple UI with
    some basic UI components, such as pages, buttons, and entry fields. The
    fourth part of the tutorial describes how to use the timeline and states
    to animate UI components.

    In \l {Log In UI - States}, you learned how to use states to simulate page
    changes in a UI and connections to provide user interaction with it. In
    this part, you will now learn another way of animating the UI by creating
    \l{Creating Timeline Animations}{timeline animations} that you bind
    to states.

    These instructions build on:

    \list
        \li \l {Log In UI - Components}
        \li \l {Log In UI - Positioning}
        \li \l {Log In UI - States}
    \endlist

    The \e {Learn More} sections provide additional information relevant to the
    task at hand.

    \section1 Animating UI Components

    In \l {Log In UI - States}, you changed the visibility property in different
    states to simulate changing pages. To make sure that those changes won't
    interfere with the changes to the opacity property you will make next, you
    will first remove the states.

    Then, you will add a timeline and insert keyframes for the opacity property
    to hide the \e {Retype Password} field on the login page and the
    \e {Create Account} button on the account creation page. Because we want the
    retype password field to appear to slide down from the password field, you
    will also need to insert a keyframe for its anchor margin property. To be
    able to animate the anchor, you also need to pull out the fields from the
    column component and anchor them to the rectangle and to each other instead.

    To preview the changes that you make to the UI while you make
    them, select the \inlineimage live_preview.png
    (\uicontrol {Show Live Preview}) button on the \uicontrol Design
    mode \l {Summary of Main Toolbar Actions}{toolbar} or press \key {Alt+P}.

    \section2 Replacing Columns with Anchors

    First, you will prepare the \e Screen01 component for adding animation:

    \list 1
        \li Double-click \e Screen01.ui.qml in \l Projects to open it
            in \l {Form Editor}.
        \li In the \l States view, select \e login, and then select
            \inlineimage close.png
            to remove the state. Repeat for the \e createAccount state.
        \li Select \e username in \l Navigator, and then select
            \inlineimage arrowleft.png
            to move it into the parent rectangle to prepare for
            deleting the \e fields column component instance.
        \li Select \inlineimage icons/navigator-arrowup.png
            to move \e username below \e tagLine in \uicontrol Navigator
            to preserve the \l{Arranging Components}{component hierarchy}.
        \li Repeat for \e password and \e repeatPassword.
        \li Select \e fields in \uicontrol Navigator and press \key Delete to
            delete it.
        \li Select \e username in \uicontrol Navigator to display its properties
            in \l Properties.
        \li Select \uicontrol Layout > \inlineimage icons/anchor-top.png
            to anchor the top of \e username to the bottom of \e tagLine in the
            \uicontrol Target field. \QDS will suggest an appropriate margin
            based on the current position of the field on the y axis, 170
            pixels.
        \li Select \inlineimage icons/anchor-center-horizontal.png
            to anchor \e username horizontally to its parent in the
            \uicontrol Target field.
        \li Select \e password in \uicontrol Navigator to display its properties
            in \uicontrol Properties.
        \li Select \uicontrol Layout > \inlineimage icons/anchor-top.png
            to anchor the top of \e password to the bottom of \e username in
            the \uicontrol Target field with a 20-pixel margin.
        \li Select \inlineimage icons/anchor-center-horizontal.png
            to anchor \e password horizontally to its parent in the
            \uicontrol Target field.
        \li Repeat the above steps to anchor the top of \e repeatPassword
            to the bottom of \e password with a 20-pixel margin and to
            anchor it horizontally to its parent.
        \li Select \uicontrol File > \uicontrol Save or press \key {Ctrl+S}
            to save your changes.
    \endlist

    You could also animate the y-position property of the repeat password
    field for a similar effect. In that case, you would need to use absolute
    positioning for the field. This is less flexible if you export your
    design from a design tool, such as Adobe Photoshop, and decide to change
    your design and export it again at some point. In that case, the margins
    would probably stay the same, even if the positions of the fields on the
    page would change.

    \e Screen01 should not display visible changes in \uicontrol {Form Editor}:

    \image loginui3-base-state.jpg "UI with all the buttons and fields in the Design mode"

    \section2 Adding a Timeline and Animation Settings

    You are now ready to add the \l{Creating Timeline Animations}{timeline}.

    To add a timeline with settings for running the animation:

    \list 1
            \li Select \uicontrol View > \uicontrol Views >
            \uicontrol Timeline to open the \l Timeline view.
        \li In \uicontrol Timeline, select \inlineimage plus.png
            to add a 1000-frame timeline and settings for running the animation.
            \image loginui4-timeline-settings.png
        \li In the \uicontrol {Animation ID} field, enter
            \e toCreateAccountState.
        \li Deselect the \uicontrol {Running in base state} check box because
            you want the animation to run only after the user clicks the
            \uicontrol {Create Account} button. You can use the default settings
            for the other fields.
        \li Select \uicontrol Close in the \uicontrol {Timeline Settings} view
            to save the timeline and the animation settings.
    \endlist

    Next, you will record the animation in \uicontrol Timeline.

    \section2 Inserting Keyframes

    You will now insert keyframes and record property changes in
    \uicontrol Timeline:

    \list 1
        \li Select \e repeatPassword in \uicontrol Navigator to display its
            properties in \uicontrol Properties.
        \li In \uicontrol Visibility > \uicontrol Opacity, select
            \inlineimage icons/action-icon.png
            > \uicontrol {Insert Keyframe} to insert a keyframe for the
            opacity property of the component.
            \image loginui4-keyframe-opacity.png "Inserting keyframe for opacity property"
        \li In \uicontrol Timeline, check that the playhead is in
            frame 0, and select the \inlineimage recordfill.png
            (\uicontrol {Per Property Recording}) button for the
            \uicontrol opacity property of \e repeatPassword to start
            recording property changes.
            \image loginui4-timeline-opacity.png "Record button for the opacity property"
        \li In the field next to the opacity property name on that same line,
            type 0 to hide the button, and press \key Enter to save the value.
        \li Move the playhead to frame 1000 and change the opacity value to 1
            to show the button.

            To fine-tune the value of a keyframe, you can also right-click the
            keyframe marker \inlineimage keyframe_linear_inactive.png
            , and select \uicontrol {Edit Keyframe}.
        \li Select the record button again to stop recording property changes.
            If you forget this, all the following changes will be recorded, and
            the results will be unpredictable.
        \li Select \e createAccount in \uicontrol Navigator, and repeat
            the above steps to insert a keyframe for the \uicontrol Opacity
            property of the button and to record changes for it. However, this
            time the opacity value needs to be 1 in frame 0 and 0 in frame 1000.
        \li Select \uicontrol File > \uicontrol Save or press \key {Ctrl+S}
            to save your changes.
    \endlist

    When you move the playhead along the timeline, you can see how the login
    button fades out while the repeat password field fades in.

    You will now animate the top anchor margin of the repeat password field
    to make it appear to slide down from the password field.

    \section2 Animating Anchors

    To animate the top anchor margin of the repeat password field:

    \list 1
        \li Select \e repeatPassword in \uicontrol Navigator to display its
            properties in \uicontrol Properties.
        \li In \uicontrol Layout > \uicontrol Margin (under
            \inlineimage icons/anchor-top.png
            ), select \inlineimage icons/action-icon.png
            > \uicontrol {Insert Keyframe} to insert a keyframe for the top
            anchor margin of \e repeatPassword.
            \image loginui4-keyframe-top-anchor-margin.png "Inserting keyframe for top anchor margin"
        \li In \uicontrol Timeline, check that the playhead is in
            frame 0, and select the record button for the \e anchors.topMargin
            property of \e repeatPassword.
        \li In the field next to the property, set a negative value for the
            top anchor margin, -40, to place \e repeatPassword on top of
            \e password.
        \li Move the playhead to frame 1000 and change the top anchor margin
            to 20, so that, combined with the change in the \uicontrol Opacity
            value, \e repeatPassword appears to slide down and settle below
            \e password.
        \li Select the record button again to stop recording property changes.
        \li Select \uicontrol File > \uicontrol Save or press \key {Ctrl+S}
            to save your changes.
    \endlist

    \section2 Adding Easing Curves

    You will now add an \l{Editing Easing Curves}{easing curve} to the anchor
    margin animation that will make the transition seem smoother:

    \list 1
        \li Click the keyframe marker \inlineimage keyframe_linear_inactive.png
            for the \e anchors.topMargin property at frame 1000 on the
            timeline to select it.
            \image loginui4-easing-curve-top-anchor-margin.png "Top anchor margin keyframe marker"
        \li Right-click the keyframe marker to open a context menu, and
            select \uicontrol {Edit Easing Curve} to add an easing curve
            to the animation.
        \li In \uicontrol {Easing Curve Editor}, select \e easeOutSine.
            \image loginui4-easing-curve.png
        \li Select \uicontrol OK to close the editor.
    \endlist

    When you attach easing curves to keyframes, the shape of the keyframe
    marker changes from \inlineimage keyframe_linear_inactive.png
    to \inlineimage keyframe_manualbezier_inactive.png
    .

    Your timeline should now look something like this:

    \image loginui4-timeline.png "Timeline view with the recorded property changes"

    Next, you'll create states for the login and account creation pages and bind
    them to the animation settings.

    \section1 Binding Animation to States

    You will now bring back the \l{Adding States}{states} in the
    \uicontrol States view and bind them to the animation settings
    in \uicontrol Timeline:

    \list 1
        \li In \uicontrol States, select \uicontrol {Create New State} twice to
            add two states called \e login and \e createAccount. You don't
            need to make any property changes this time because you'll bind the
            states to property animations.
       \li In \uicontrol States, select \inlineimage icons/action-icon.png
            for \e login to open the \uicontrol Actions menu, and then
            select \uicontrol {Set as Default} to determine that the \e login
            state is applied when the application starts.
        \li In \uicontrol Timeline, select the \inlineimage animation.png
            (\uicontrol {Timeline Settings (S)}) button on the toolbar (or press
            \key S) to open the \uicontrol {Timeline Settings} dialog.
            \image loginui4-timeline-settings-states.png
        \li Double-click the cell in the \uicontrol Timeline column on the
            \e createAccount row, and select \e timeline in the list.
        \li Double-click the cell in the \uicontrol Animation column on the
            \e createAccount row, and select \e toCreateAccountState.
        \li Click \uicontrol Close to save the timeline settings.
        \li Select \uicontrol File > \uicontrol Save or press \key {Ctrl+S}
            to save your changes.
    \endlist

    In the live preview, you can now click the \uicontrol {Create Account}
    button to go to the account creation page.

    \image loginui4.gif "Moving between login page and account creation page"

    \section2 Learn More - Timeline

    The Qt Quick Timeline module provides components to use timelines and
    keyframes to animate component properties in UIs. Animating properties
    enables their values to move through intermediate values instead of
    immediately changing to the target value.

    The Keyframe component specifies the value of a keyframe on a timeline. \QDS
    automatically adds keyframes between two keyframes, and sets their values
    evenly to create an appearance of movement or transformation.

    An easing curve can be attached to the keyframe to change the appearance
    of the animation. For more information about easing curve types, see the
    documentation for \l [QML] {PropertyAnimation}{easing curves}.

    To be able to use the functionality of Timeline components, \QDS adds
    the following \e import statement to the UI files where it uses the
    components:

    \quotefromfile loginui4/Screen01.ui.qml
    \skipto QtQuick.Timeline
    \printuntil 1.0

    All the properties and functions of the components from this module are
    available in the \uicontrol Design mode, and therefore it is enough to
    learn how to use \uicontrol Timeline, as described in
    \l {Creating Timeline Animations}.

    \section1 Next Steps

    For more examples about using timelines, see \l{Examples}.
*/
