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An accessible, language-inclusive programming language and IDE for creating interactive typography on the web.
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Unclear when animations are disabled, leading to confusion about scene playback #488

Closed thesmolcoder closed 1 day ago

thesmolcoder commented 1 week ago

Expected behavior

When an animated scene is created, the stage should show the scene that was created in the phrase order.

Actual behavior

The stage is partially showing a part of the first phrase and then jumping to the last phrase skipping the phrases in between.

  1. Click on a project with an animated scene and open the stage
  2. Let it run
  3. See error

Screenshots

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Environment

Desktop

Cause

The cause of this turned out to be that animations were disabled in @thesmolcoder's settings. This is confusing; we probably need some indicator that animations are disabled on stage.

Remedy

Add an indicator on stage that makes it clear that animations are disabled. The indicator should use the same icon as the setting, but also be highlighted in some way, and only visible during edit mode.

amyjko commented 1 week ago

@thesmolcoder Can you give a link to the project, or include it's code in this report? I'll need the program to be able to reproduce and investigate the issue.

thesmolcoder commented 1 week ago

@amyjko I just found what the issue was. My Wordplay animation settings were at stop. Everything is working correctly now.

amyjko commented 1 week ago

Oh! That's a good catch. But I'm going to reopen and rename this issue, because that seems like a major usability problem. There should be a stronger indicator that animations are turned off.