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The Animation.reverse()
method of the Animation
Interface reverses the playback direction, meaning the animation ends at its beginning. If called on an unplayed animation, the whole animation is played backwards. If called on a paused animation, the animation will continue in reverse.
Syntax
animation.reverse();
Parameters
None.
Return value
Example
In the Growing/Shrinking Alice Game example, clicking or tapping the bottle causes Alice's growing animation (aliceChange
) to play backwards, causing her to get smaller. It is done by setting aliceChange
's Animation.playbackRate
to -1
like so:
var shrinkAlice = function() {
// play Alice's animation in reverse
aliceChange.playbackRate = -1;
aliceChange.play();
// play the bottle's animation
drinking.play()
}
But it could also have been done by calling reverse()
on aliceChange
like so:
var shrinkAlice = function() {
// play Alice's animation in reverse
aliceChange.reverse();
// play the bottle's animation
drinking.play()
}
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
Web AnimationsThe definition of 'reverse()' in that specification. | Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome
Full support 39 |
Edge
Full support 79 |
Firefox Full support 48 Full support 48 No support 46 — 48 Disabled' From version 46 until version 48 (exclusive): this feature is behind the |
IE
No support No |
Opera
Full support 26 |
Safari
No support No |
WebView Android
Full support 39 |
Chrome Android
Full support 39 |
Firefox Android Full support 48 Full support 48 No support 46 — 48 Disabled' From version 46 until version 48 (exclusive): this feature is behind the |
Opera Android
Full support 26 |
Safari iOS
No support No |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 4.0 |
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.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.'
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
See also
- Web Animations API
Animation
for other methods and properties you can use to control web page animation.Animation.pause()
to pause an animation.Animation.play()
to move an animation forward.
Animation.reverse() by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.