Strengthen subtle animations: pin scale-pops, window slide-in/out with overshoot, panel slides, zButton cascade, zBar springy stagger

api/hunterbook.lua

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ local function MTH_BOOK_FadeInWindow(frame)
 	-- Slide the whole window up into place while fading in. Position and alpha are
 	-- the only safe properties on a complex frame: the built-in "scale" tween
 	-- resizes width/height, which the child widgets do NOT follow (they clip), so
-	-- a slide + fade is the strongest effect that keeps the layout intact.
-	Sauce:SlideIn(frame, "UP", 60, 0.4, "outCubic")
+	-- a slide + fade is the strongest effect that keeps the layout intact. A
+	-- bigger travel + springy "outBack" overshoot makes the entrance pop.
+	Sauce:SlideIn(frame, "UP", 110, 0.5, "outBack")
 end
 
 -- Fade the results list back in when switching Hunter's Book tabs, unless disabled.
@@ -26,7 +27,9 @@ local function MTH_BOOK_AnimateTabSwitch()
 	local list = getglobal("MTH_BOOK_ListBackdrop")
 	if not list then return end
 	if type(list.SetAlpha) == "function" then list:SetAlpha(0) end
-	Sauce:FadeIn(list, 0.25)
+	-- Slide the list in from the right while fading so the tab change reads as
+	-- motion rather than a faint brightness bump.
+	Sauce:SlideIn(list, "RIGHT", 55, 0.3, "outCubic")
 end
 
 -- Fade the book window out before hiding it, unless disabled (shares the
@@ -39,10 +42,17 @@ local function MTH_BOOK_FadeOutWindow(frame)
 		frame:Hide()
 		return
 	end
-	Sauce:FadeOut(frame, 0.22, "inQuad", {
+	-- Capture the resting anchor so SlideOut's downward displacement can be
+	-- restored once the window is hidden (otherwise the next open is offset).
+	local p, rel, rp, x, y = frame:GetPoint(1)
+	Sauce:SlideOut(frame, "DOWN", 90, 0.26, "inCubic", {
 		onFinish = function()
 			frame:Hide()
 			if type(frame.SetAlpha) == "function" then frame:SetAlpha(1) end
+			if p then
+				frame:ClearAllPoints()
+				frame:SetPoint(p, rel, rp, x, y)
+			end
 		end,
 	})
 end
@@ -54,7 +64,8 @@ local function MTH_BOOK_AnimateSearchResults()
 	local list = getglobal("MTH_BOOK_ListBackdrop")
 	if not list then return end
 	if type(list.SetAlpha) == "function" then list:SetAlpha(0) end
-	Sauce:FadeIn(list, 0.22)
+	-- Slide the refreshed list in from the right so a search visibly refreshes.
+	Sauce:SlideIn(list, "RIGHT", 45, 0.26, "outCubic")
 end
 
 MTH_HUNTERBOOK_LOADED = true