KeyframeEffect: target property

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 target property of a KeyframeEffect interface represents the element or pseudo-element being animated. It may be null for animations that do not target a specific element. It performs as both a getter and a setter, except with animations and transitions generated by CSS.

Value

An Element or null.

Examples

In the following example, emoji has been set as the target element to be animated:

js
const emoji = document.querySelector("div"); // element to animate

const rollingKeyframes = new KeyframeEffect(
  emoji,
  [
    { transform: "translateX(0) rotate(0)" }, // keyframe
    { transform: "translateX(200px) rotate(1.3turn)" }, // keyframe
  ],
  {
    // keyframe options
    duration: 2000,
    direction: "alternate",
    easing: "ease-in-out",
    iterations: "Infinity",
  },
);

const rollingAnimation = new Animation(rollingKeyframes, document.timeline);
rollingAnimation.play();

// logs "<div>🤣</div>"
console.log(rollingKeyframes.target);
html
<div>🤣</div>

Specifications

Specification
Web Animations
# dom-keyframeeffect-target

Browser compatibility

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WebView Android
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