How to switch between multiple images without changing the slide numbering using Touying?

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I’ve generated a sequence of drawio SVG files that are intended to serve as steps for an animation. My goal is to play these in succession to demonstrate the flow of each step. Currently, I’m using a rather basic workaround with Touying. I think the #pause command doesn’t replace the previous figure with a new one as needed.

I’m reaching out to inquire if there’s a more efficient or elegant solution for animating these series of figures. If the current workaround is the only available option, I’d like to know how I can fix the slide number ID so that it remains the same while multiple step-slides are being displayed.

Here’s a sample of my current workaround:

== TestTitle
#figure(image("step0.svg"))
== TestTitle
#figure(image("step1.svg"))
== TestTitle
#figure(image("step2.svg"))
2

Find a better solution in Touying having config: config-common(freeze-slide-counter: true):

== TestTitle
#figure(image("step0.svg"))

#slide(
  title: "TestTitle",
  config: config-common(freeze-slide-counter: true)
)[
#figure(image("step1.svg"))
]
3

Hey TTWLLL,

Touying has a neat #alternatives function (see the Touying-docs Complex Animations | Touying) which allows doing that:

#import "@preview/touying:0.6.1": *
#import themes.simple: *

#show: simple-theme.with(aspect-ratio: "16-9")
#set image(height: 80%)

#slide(repeat: 3, self => [
  #let (alternatives) = utils.methods(self)

  === Hello
  #alternatives[#image("cat1.jpg")][#image("cat2.jpg")][#image("cat3.jpg")]
])

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It might take some fiddling around with the sizing of the images, but this should do it. The page number also does not get incremented!

Hope this helps!

Also regarding posting in the Questions category: the title of the post need to be a question (How to post in the Questions category) and I can’t change your title, else I would have done that. So it would be great if you could change the title to something like “How to switch between multiple images without changing the slide numbering using Touying?” or something else.

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4

Thanks.
I found myself can not change the title and the first thread. I could only change my second reply to myself.

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I changed it for you ;)

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