Web/API/Animation/effect

This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The Animation.effect property of the Web Animations API gets and sets the target effect of an animation. The target effect may be either an effect object of a type based on AnimationEffectReadOnly, such as KeyframeEffect, or null.

Syntax

var effect = Animation.effect;

Animation.effect = AnimationEffectReadOnly

Value

A AnimationEffectReadOnly object describing the target animation effect for the animation, or null to indicate no active effect.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Web AnimationsThe definition of 'Animation.effect' in that specification.	Working Draft	Editor's draft.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`effect` Experimental'	Chrome Full support 75	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 63 Full support 63 Full support 48 Notes' Disabled' Notes' This property is supported in Firefox 48 but is read-only. It became writable in Firefox 51. Disabled' From version 48: this feature is behind the `dom.animations-api.core.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 62	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 75	Chrome Android Full support 75	Firefox Android Full support 63 Full support 63 Full support 48 Notes' Disabled' Notes' This property is supported in Firefox 48 but is read-only. It became writable in Firefox 51. Disabled' From version 48: this feature is behind the `dom.animations-api.core.enabled` preference (needs to be set to `true`). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 54	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 11.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.': Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
See implementation notes.': See implementation notes.
User must explicitly enable this feature.': User must explicitly enable this feature.