Animation.reverse()
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The Animation.reverse()
method of the Animation
Interface reverses the playback direction, meaning the animation ends at its beginning. If called on an unplayed animation, the whole animation is played backwards. If called on a paused animation, the animation will continue in reverse.
Syntax
animation.reverse();
Parameters
None.
Return value
undefined
Example
In the Growing/Shrinking Alice Game example, clicking or tapping the bottle causes Alice's growing animation (aliceChange
) to play backwards, causing her to get smaller. It is done by setting aliceChange
's Animation.playbackRate
to -1
like so:
var shrinkAlice = function() {
// play Alice's animation in reverse
aliceChange.playbackRate = -1;
aliceChange.play();
// play the bottle's animation
drinking.play()
}
But it could also have been done by calling reverse()
on aliceChange
like so:
var shrinkAlice = function() {
// play Alice's animation in reverse
aliceChange.reverse();
// play the bottle's animation
drinking.play()
}
Specifications
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
reverse |
39 |
79 |
48 |
No |
26 |
13.1 |
39 |
39 |
48 |
26 |
13.4 |
4.0 |
See also
- Web Animations API
-
Animation
for other methods and properties you can use to control web page animation. -
Animation.pause()
to pause an animation. -
Animation.play()
to move an animation forward.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Animation/reverse