Animation: play() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2020.
The play()
method of the Web Animations API's Animation
Interface starts or resumes playing of an animation. If the animation is finished, calling play()
restarts the animation, playing it from the beginning.
Syntax
js
play()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined
).
Examples
In the Growing/Shrinking Alice Game example, clicking or tapping the cake causes Alice's growing animation (aliceChange
) to play forward, causing her to get bigger, as well as triggering the cake's animation. Two Animation.play()
s, one EventListener
:
js
// The cake has its own animation:
const nommingCake = document
.getElementById("eat-me_sprite")
.animate(
[{ transform: "translateY(0)" }, { transform: "translateY(-80%)" }],
{
fill: "forwards",
easing: "steps(4, end)",
duration: aliceChange.effect.timing.duration / 2,
},
);
// Pause the cake's animation so it doesn't play immediately.
nommingCake.pause();
// This function will play when ever a user clicks or taps
const growAlice = () => {
// Play Alice's animation.
aliceChange.play();
// Play the cake's animation.
nommingCake.play();
};
// When a user holds their mouse down or taps, call growAlice to make all the animations play.
cake.addEventListener("mousedown", growAlice, false);
cake.addEventListener("touchstart", growAlice, false);
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Web Animations # dom-animation-play |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
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.reverse()
to play an animation backwards.Animation.finish()
to finish an animation.Animation.cancel()
to cancel an animation.