CSS animation-play-state Property

Definition and Usage

animation-play-state This property specifies whether the animation is running or paused.

Note:You can use this property in JavaScript to pause the animation during playback.

See also:

CSS3 Tutorial:CSS Animation

HTML DOM Reference Manual:animationPlayState Property

Example

Pause animation:

div
{
animation-play-state:paused;
}

Try it yourself

CSS Syntax

animation-play-state: paused|running;
Value Description Test
paused Specifies that the animation has been paused. Test
running Specifies that the animation is playing. Test

Technical Details

Default Value: running
Inheritance: no
Version: CSS3
JavaScript Syntax: object.style.animationPlayState="paused"

Browser Support

The numbers in the table indicate the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Numbers with -webkit-, -moz-, or -o- prefixes indicate the first version using the prefix.

Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera
Chrome Edge Firefox Safari Opera
43.0
4.0 -webkit-		 10.0 16.0
5.0 -moz-		 9.0
4.0 -webkit-		 30.0
15.0 -webkit-
12.0 -o-