AnimationEvent

The AnimationEvent interface represents events providing information related to animations.

Constructor

AnimationEvent()

Creates an AnimationEvent event with the given parameters.

Properties

Also inherits properties from its parent Event.

AnimationEvent.animationName Read only

Is a DOMString containing the value of the animation-name that generated the animation.

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: ''.

Methods

Inherits methods from its parent, Event.

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
AnimationEvent	43 1-70	12	6	10	30 15-57 12.1-15 12-15	9.1 4	43 ≤37-70	43 18-70	6	30 14-49 12.1-14 12-14	9.3 3.2	4.0 1.0-10.0
AnimationEvent	43	14	23	No	No	9.1 6	43	43	23	No	9.3 6	4.0
animationName	43	12	6	10	30	9	43	43	6	30	9	4.0
elapsedTime	43	12	6	10	30	9	43	43	6	30	9	4.0
pseudoElement	68	79	23	No	No	13.1	68	68	23	No	13.4	10.0

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.