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The AnimationEvent interface represents events providing information related to animations.
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Constructor
AnimationEvent()- Creates an
AnimationEventevent with the given parameters.
Properties
Also inherits properties from its parent Event.
AnimationEvent.animationNameRead only- Is a
DOMStringcontaining the value of theanimation-nameCSS property associated with the transition. AnimationEvent.elapsedTimeRead only- Is a
floatgiving the amount of time the animation has been running, in seconds, when this event fired, excluding any time the animation was paused. For an"animationstart"event,elapsedTimeis0.0unless there was a negative value foranimation-delay, in which case the event will be fired withelapsedTimecontaining(-1 *delay). AnimationEvent.pseudoElementRead only- Is a
DOMString, starting with'::', containing the name of the pseudo-element the animation runs on. If the animation doesn't run on a pseudo-element but on the element, an empty string:''.
Methods
Also inherits methods from its parent Event.
AnimationEvent.initAnimationEvent()- Initializes a
AnimationEventcreated using the deprecatedDocument.createEvent("AnimationEvent")method.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Animations The definition of 'AnimationEvent' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support |
1.0 webkit 43.0 |
(Yes) | 6.0 (6.0) | 10.0 | 12 o 12.10 15.0 webkit |
4.0 webkit |
AnimationEvent() constructor |
43.0 |
(Yes) | 23.0 (23.0) | No support | No support | No support |
initAnimationEvent() |
1.0 | (Yes) | 6.0 (6.0) Removed in 23.0 (23.0) |
10.0 | 12 | 4.0 |
pseudoelement |
No support | No support | 23.0 (23.0) | No support | No support | No support |
| Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile | Chrome for Android |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | (Yes)webkit | (Yes) | 6.0 (6.0) | 10.0 | 12 o 12.10 15.0 webkit |
(Yes)webkit | 43.0 |
AnimationEvent() constructor |
No support | (Yes) | 23.0 (23.0) | No support | No support | No support | 43.0 |
initAnimationEvent() |
(Yes) | (Yes) | 6.0 (6.0) Removed in 23.0 (23.0) |
10.0 | (Yes) | (Yes) | No support |
pseudoelement |
No support | No support | 23.0 (23.0) | No support | No support | No support | No support |
See also
- Using CSS animations
- Animation-related CSS properties and at-rules:
animation,animation-delay,animation-direction,animation-duration,animation-fill-mode,animation-iteration-count,animation-name,animation-play-state,animation-timing-function,@keyframes.