<animateMotion>

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 <animateMotion> SVG element provides a way to define how an element moves along a motion path.

Note: To reuse an existing path, it will be necessary to use an <mpath> element inside the <animateMotion> element instead of the path attribute.

Example

html
<svg viewBox="0 0 200 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path
    fill="none"
    stroke="lightgrey"
    d="M20,50 C20,-50 180,150 180,50 C180-50 20,150 20,50 z" />

  <circle r="5" fill="red">
    <animateMotion
      dur="10s"
      repeatCount="indefinite"
      path="M20,50 C20,-50 180,150 180,50 C180-50 20,150 20,50 z" />
  </circle>
</svg>

Usage context

CategoriesAnimation element
Permitted contentAny number of the following elements, in any order:
Descriptive elements
<mpath>

Attributes

keyPoints

This attribute indicate, in the range [0,1], how far is the object along the path for each keyTimes associated values. Value type: <number>*; Default value: none; Animatable: no

path

This attribute defines the path of the motion, using the same syntax as the d attribute. Value type: <string>; Default value: none; Animatable: no

rotate

This attribute defines a rotation applied to the element animated along a path, usually to make it pointing in the direction of the animation. Value type: <number>|auto|auto-reverse; Default value: 0; Animatable: no

Note: For <animateMotion>, the default value for the calcMode attribute is paced.

Animation Attributes

Usage notes

This element implements the SVGAnimateMotionElement interface.

Specifications

Specification
SVG Animations Level 2
# AnimateMotionElement

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
animateMotion
calcMode
fill
href
keyPoints
origin
path
rotate
systemLanguage

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See also