# GUI animation for string value **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/gui-animation-for-string-value/30813 "2022-05-28T16:01:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saba\_Mirzashvili](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/saba_mirzashvili/32/24283_2.png) [@Saba\_Mirzashvili](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Saba_Mirzashvili)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/gui-animation-for-string-value/30813/1 "2022-05-28T16:01:27Z")
> **[Babylon.js Playground](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#FN7WMR%235)** > > Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL 3D scenes I want to animate that rectangle by changing the string value in percent. It doesn’t work and I can realize that string value can not be incremental but how can I do it at this time? any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/blake/32/21509_2.png) [@Blake](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/gui-animation-for-string-value/30813/2 "2022-05-28T16:43:34Z")
One way is to create a float property _wrapper_ for the string property and then animate the float property, like this for example. 🙂 > **[Babylon.js Playground](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#RDV322%231)** > > Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL 3D scenes ---
**Author:** ![Saba\_Mirzashvili](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/saba_mirzashvili/32/24283_2.png) [@Saba\_Mirzashvili](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Saba_Mirzashvili)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/gui-animation-for-string-value/30813/3 "2022-05-28T18:44:13Z")
thanks for this useful tool