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The AnimationEvent interface represents events providing information related to animations.

Properties

Also inherits properties from its parent Event.

AnimationEvent.animationName Read only
Is a DOMString containing the value of the animation-name CSS property associated with the transition.
AnimationEvent.elapsedTime Read only
Is a float giving 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, elapsedTime is 0.0 unless there was a negative value for animation-delay, in which case the event will be fired with elapsedTime containing  (-1 * delay).
AnimationEvent.pseudoElement Read 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: ''.

Constructor

AnimationEvent()
Creates an AnimationEvent event with the given parameters.

Methods

Also inherits methods from its parent Event.

AnimationEvent.initAnimationEvent()
Initializes a AnimationEvent created using the deprecated Document.createEvent("AnimationEvent") method.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Animations
The definition of 'AnimationEvent' in that specification.
Working Draft Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support

1.0 webkit

43.0

6.0 (6.0) 10.0 12 o
12.10
15.0 webkit
4.0 webkit
AnimationEvent() constructor

43.0

23.0 (23.0) Not supported Not supported Not supported
initAnimationEvent() 1.0 6.0 (6.0)
Removed in 23.0 (23.0)
10.0 12 4.0
pseudoelement Not supported 23.0 (23.0) Not supported Not supported Not supported
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
Basic support (Yes)webkit 6.0 (6.0) 10.0 12 o
12.10
15.0 webkit
(Yes)webkit 43.0
AnimationEvent() constructor Not supported 23.0 (23.0) Not supported Not supported Not supported 43.0
initAnimationEvent() (Yes) 6.0 (6.0)
Removed in 23.0 (23.0)
10.0 (Yes) (Yes) Not supported
pseudoelement Not supported 23.0 (23.0) Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported

See also

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