SVGAnimationElement: beginElement() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The SVGAnimationElement method beginElement() creates a begin instance time for the current time. The new instance time is added to the begin instance times list. The behavior of this method is equivalent to beginElementAt(0).

Syntax

js
beginElement()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None

Examples

This example demonstrates how to use beginElement() to start an animation element:

js
const animationElement = document.querySelector("animate");
animationElement.beginElement();
console.log("Animation has started.");

Specifications

Specification
SVG Animations Level 2
# __svg__SVGAnimationElement__beginElement

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
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Opera
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Chrome Android
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Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
beginElement

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