Animation just doesn't play when building ad!

[Adam Abrams]

Hi all! I'm in an awful bind, I'm building a web ad for a client and using GWD for the first time (though I have oodles of experiences with building simple timeline-based animations). Everything has been smooth sailing so far - until now, when I'm actually animating my first ad.

I've added a bunch of graphics, and set "visible" or "hidden" properties on them at various times in the timeline so they should appear and disappear when I want them to. But...

NOTHING HAPPENS WHEN I HIT THE YELLOW "PLAY" BUTTON.

The timeline turns grey and nothing. Happens.

Ack! Am I missing something basic here? Probably, but I can't imagine what it is.

Hope someone can help.  I've included a screen shot of where I'm at.

Thanks!

Adam

[Google Web Designer beta]

Hi Adam,

The play button is only for in-app stage preview which does not run javascript events.

Could you try to preview on a browser (there is Preview button at the bottom) and see if that works, instead?

Thanks,

Mariko - Google Web Designer team

[Adam Abrams]

OMG, thanks Mariko. I hadn't seen that info anywhere in the documentation... *WHEW*. Gotta run but will confirm this works a bit later (I'm sure it does!)... THANK YOU!

[vinyl...@gmail.com]

Just a heads-up. with my animation, the on-screen stage preview was shakey, especially at the start. So try looping it, it may just be that the stage can't catch up on the first animation.

marc