<animateMotion>

The SVG <animateMotion> element provides a way to define how an element moves along a motion path.

Note: To reuse an existing path, it will be necessary to use an <mpath> element inside the <animateMotion> element instead of the path attribute.

Example

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path fill="none" stroke="lightgrey"
    d="M20,50 C20,-50 180,150 180,50 C180-50 20,150 20,50 z" />

  <circle r="5" fill="red">
    <animateMotion dur="10s" repeatCount="indefinite"
      path="M20,50 C20,-50 180,150 180,50 C180-50 20,150 20,50 z" />
  </circle>
</svg>

Usage context

Categories Animation element
Permitted content Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Descriptive elements
<mpath>

Attributes

keyPoints

This attribute indicate, in the range [0,1], how far is the object along the path for each keyTimes associated values. Value type: <number>*; Default value: none; Animatable: no

path

This attribute defines the path of the motion, using the same syntax as the d attribute. Value type: <string>; Default value: none; Animatable: no

rotate

This attribute defines a rotation applied to the element animated along a path, usually to make it pointing in the direction of the animation. Value type: <number>|auto|auto-reverse; Default value: 0; Animatable: no

Note: For <animateMotion>, the default value for the calcMode attribute is paced.

Animation Attributes

Animation timing attributes
begin, dur, end, min, max, restart, repeatCount, repeatDur, fill
Animation value attributes
calcMode, values, keyTimes, keySplines, from, to, by
Other Animation attributes

Most notably: attributeName, additive, accumulate

Animation event attributes

Most notably: onbegin, onend, onrepeat

Global attributes

Core Attributes

Most notably: id

Styling Attributes
class, style
Event Attributes

Global event attributes, Document element event attributes

Usage notes

This element implements the SVGAnimateMotionElement interface.

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
animateMotion
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calcMode
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keyPoints
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origin
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path
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rotate
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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Element/animateMotion