Web/API/SVGAnimationElement

The SVGAnimationElement interface is the base interface for all of the animation element interfaces: SVGAnimateElement, SVGSetElement, SVGAnimateColorElement, SVGAnimateMotionElement and SVGAnimateTransformElement.

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Properties

This interface also inherits properties from its parent, SVGElement.

SVGAnimationElement.targetElement Read only: An SVGElement representing the element which is being animated. If no target element is being animated (for example, because the href specifies an unknown element) the value returned is null.

Methods

This interface also inherits methods from its parent, SVGElement.

SVGAnimationElement.getStartTime(): Returns a float representing the begin time, in seconds, for this animation element's current interval, if it exists, regardless of whether the interval has begun yet. If there is no current interval, then a DOMException with code INVALID_STATE_ERR is thrown.
SVGAnimationElement.getCurrentTime(): Returns a float representing the current time in seconds relative to time zero for the given time container.
SVGAnimationElement.getSimpleDuration(): Returns a float representing the number of seconds for the simple duration for this animation. If the simple duration is undefined (e.g., the end time is indefinite), then a DOMException with code NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR is raised.
SVGAnimationElement.beginElement() ': Creates a begin instance time for the current time. The new instance time is added to the begin instance times list. The behavior of this method is equivalent to beginElementAt(0).
SVGAnimationElement.beginElementAt() ': Creates a begin instance time for the current time plus the specified offset. The new instance time is added to the begin instance times list.
SVGAnimationElement.endElement() ': Creates an end instance time for the current time. The new instance time is added to the end instance times list. The behavior of this method is equivalent to endElementAt(0).
SVGAnimationElement.endElementAt() ': Creates a end instance time for the current time plus the specified offset. The new instance time is added to the end instance times list.

Events

Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the on... handler property of this interface.

beginEvent: Fired when the element local timeline begins to play. Also available via the onbegin property.
endEvent: Fired when at the active end of the animation is reached. Also available via the onend property.
repeatEvent: Fired when the element's local timeline repeats. It will be fired each time the element repeats, after the first iteration. Also available via the onrepeat property.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
SVG Animations Level 2The definition of 'SVGAnimationElement' in that specification.	Editor's Draft
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)The definition of 'SVGAnimationElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	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
`SVGAnimationElement`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`beginEvent` event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`endEvent` event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`onbegin`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`onend`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`onrepeat`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`repeatEvent` event	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
`targetElement`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support Yes	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown

SVGAnimationElement by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.