AnimationEvent

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Table of contents

  1. 1. Method overview
  2. 2. Attributes
  3. 3. Methods
    1. 3.1. initAnimationEvent()
  4. 4. Animation event types
  5. 5. Specifications
  6. 6. See also
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AnimationEvent objects provide information about events that occur related to CSS animations.

Method overview

void initAnimationEvent(in DOMString typeArg, in boolean canBubbleArg, in boolean cancelableArg, in DOMString propertyNameArg, in float elapsedTimeArg);

Attributes

Attribute Type Description
animationName DOMString The name of the animation on which the animation event occurred.
elapsedTime float The amount of time, in seconds, the animation had been running at the time the event occurred.

Methods

initAnimationEvent()

Initializes the animation event.

void initAnimationEvent(
  in DOMString typeArg,
  in boolean canBubbleArg,
  in boolean cancelableArg,
  in DOMString propertyNameArg,
  in float elapsedTimeArg
);
Parameters
typeArg
A string identifying the specific type of animation event that occurred. See Animation event types below for details.
canBubbleArg
true of the event can bubble, otherwise false.
cancelableArg
true if the event's default action can be prevented; otherwise false.
animationNameArg
The name of the animation that generated the event; this is the same as the value of the animation-name property on the element that's animating.
elapsedTimeArg
The amount of time, in seconds, since the animation began, at which the event was created.

Animation event types

The following types of events can be fired by CSS animations; these strings are the possible values of the event.type value on the delivered event.

animationstart
Sent when the animation begins. The elapsedTime attribute's value will be 0.
animationend
Sent when the animation ends.
animationiteration
Sent at the end of each iteration of an animation for which animation-iteration-count is greater than one; this event isn't fired for animations with an iteration count of one.

All of these events can be canceled, and can bubble.

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