Start Animation

 Starts the automated animation of sliders
 
If a slider has the property "animated" (the checkbox "Animated" under "Style" in the dialogue  object properties is checked), the animation can be started. All sliders marked as "animated" are set in motion.

  or   respectively appears in the statusbar. Using these starts or stops the animation.

If the construction is displayed in a browser without symbol bars, both symbols can be found in the bottom right corner.

    Slider on a straight line1

    The slider moves between both points defining the straight line1. Its direction and the number of steps taken between the two points can be changed in  object properties.

    A slider whose carrier object is a polygon can be moved on all of the polygon's line segments. This ability has to be activated in the dialogue  object properties though.

    Circle slider

    A circle slider moves along the circle. Its direction and its steplength can be changed in the dialogue  object properties.

    Graph slider

    The x-value of the graph slider runs through the visible area of the board. the direction can be changed in  object properties.

 Stop animation stops the animation of all sliders.

 
1straight line, ray or line segment
 
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