SVGSVGElement: pauseAnimations() 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 pauseAnimations() method of the SVGSVGElement interface suspends (i.e., pauses) all currently running animations that are defined within the SVG document fragment corresponding to this <svg> element, causing the animation clock corresponding to this document fragment to stand still until it is unpaused.

Syntax

js
pauseAnimations()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

Pausing Animations

html
<svg id="exampleSVG" width="200" height="100">
  <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="30" fill="blue">
    <animate
      attributeName="cx"
      from="50"
      to="150"
      dur="2s"
      repeatCount="indefinite" />
  </circle>
</svg>

<button id="pauseBtn">Pause Animations</button>
<pre id="status"></pre>
js
const svgElement = document.getElementById("exampleSVG");
const pauseButton = document.getElementById("pauseBtn");
const statusDisplay = document.getElementById("status");

pauseButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  svgElement.pauseAnimations();
  statusDisplay.textContent = "Animations paused.";
});

Specifications

Specification
SVG Animations Level 2
# __svg__SVGSVGElement__pauseAnimations

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
pauseAnimations

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Full support
Full support

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