This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The Animation()
constructor of the Web Animations API returns a new Animation
object instance.
var animation = new Animation([effect][, timeline]);
effect
Optional
AnimationEffectReadOnly
interface, to assign to the animation. Although in the future other effects such as SequenceEffect
s or GroupEffect
s might be possible, the only kind of effect currently available is KeyframeEffect
. This can be null
(which is the default) to indicate that there should be no effect applied.timeline
Optional
timeline
with which to associate the animation, as an object of a type based on the AnimationTimeline
interface. Currently the only timeline type available is DocumentTimeline
, but in the future there my be timelines associated with gestures or scrolling, for example. The default value is Document.timeline
, but this can be set to null
as well.In the Follow the White Rabbit example, the Animation()
constructor is used to create an Animation
for the rabbitDownKeyframes
using the document's timeline
:
var rabbitDownAnimation = new Animation(rabbitDownKeyframes, document.timeline);
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Animations The definition of 'Animation()' in that specification. | Working Draft | Editor's draft. |
Desktop | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
Basic support | 61 | ? | 48
|
No | ? | No |
Mobile | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
Basic support | 61 | 61 | ? | 48
|
? | No | No |
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