SVGAnimationElement: beginElement() method
        
        
          
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      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 | 
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| SVG Animations Level 2> # __svg__SVGAnimationElement__beginElement>  | 
            
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