SVGAnimationElement: beginEvent event

The beginEvent event of the SVGAnimationElement interface is fired when the element local timeline begins to play. It will be raised each time the element begins the active duration (i.e., when it restarts, but not when it repeats).

It may be raised both in the course of normal (i.e. scheduled or interactive) timeline play, as well as in the case that the element was begun with a DOM method.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("beginEvent", (event) => {});

onbegin = (event) => {};

Event type

Event properties

TimeEvent.detail Read only

A long that specifies some detail information about the Event, depending on the type of the event. For this event type, indicates the repeat number for the animation.

TimeEvent.view Read only

A WindowProxy that identifies the Window from which the event was generated.

Examples

Animated circle

html
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="300px" height="100px">
  <title>SVG SMIL Animate with Path</title>
  <circle cx="0" cy="50" r="50" fill="blue" stroke="black" stroke-width="1">
    <animateMotion path="M 0 0 H 300 Z" dur="5s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
  </circle>
</svg>

<hr />

<ul></ul>
css
ul {
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid #ddd;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  padding: 10px 30px;
}
js
let svgElem = document.querySelector("svg");
let animateElem = document.querySelector("animateMotion");
let list = document.querySelector("ul");

animateElem.addEventListener("beginEvent", () => {
  let listItem = document.createElement("li");
  listItem.textContent = "beginEvent fired";
  list.appendChild(listItem);
});

animateElem.addEventListener("repeatEvent", (e) => {
  let listItem = document.createElement("li");
  let msg = "repeatEvent fired";
  if (e.detail) {
    msg += `; repeat number: ${e.detail}`;
  }
  listItem.textContent = msg;
  list.appendChild(listItem);
});

Event handler property equivalent

Note that you can also create an event listener for the begin event using the onbegin event handler property:

js
animateElem.onbegin = () => {
  console.log("beginEvent fired");
};

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# BeginEvent

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