animation-play-state

The animation-play-state CSS property specifies whether an animation is running or paused. In JavaScript, this can be queried to determine whether or not the animation is currently running. In addition, you can use JavaScript to set its value to pause or resume playback of an animation.

/* Single animation */
animation-play-state: running;
animation-play-state: paused;
/* Multiple animations */
animation-play-state: paused, running, running;
/* Global values */
animation-play-state: inherit;
animation-play-state: initial;
animation-play-state: unset;

Resuming a paused animation will start the animation from where it left off at the time it was paused, rather than starting over from the beginning of the animation sequence.

Initial value	`running`
Applies to	all elements, `::before` and `::after` pseudo-elements
Inherited	no
Media	visual
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Values

running: The animation is currently playing.
paused: The animation is currently paused.

Note: When you specify multiple comma-separated values on an animation-* property, they will be assigned to the animations specified in the animation-name property in different ways depending on how many there are. For more information, see Setting multiple animation property values.

Formal syntax

<single-animation-play-state>#where 
<single-animation-play-state> = running | paused

Examples

See CSS animations for examples.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Animations The definition of 'animation-play-state' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari (WebKit)
Basic support	(Yes)-webkit 43.0	(Yes)-webkit (Yes)	5.0 (5.0)-moz 16.0 (16.0)^[1]	10	12 -o 12.10	(Yes)-webkit

Feature	Android	Chrome	Edge	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Phone	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile	Chrome for Android
Basic support	?	?	(Yes)-webkit (Yes)	?	?	?	?	?

[1] In addition to the unprefixed support, Gecko 44.0 (Firefox 44.0 / Thunderbird 44.0 / SeaMonkey 2.41) added support for a -webkit- prefixed version of the property for web compatibility reasons behind the preference layout.css.prefixes.webkit, defaulting to false. Since Gecko 49.0 (Firefox 49.0 / Thunderbird 49.0 / SeaMonkey 2.46) the preference defaults to true.