animation-play-state

The animation-play-state CSS property sets whether an animation is running or paused.

Resuming a paused animation will start the animation from where it left off at the time it was paused, rather than starting over from the beginning of the animation sequence.

Syntax

/* Single animation */
animation-play-state: running;
animation-play-state: paused;

/* Multiple animations */
animation-play-state: paused, running, running;

/* Global values */
animation-play-state: inherit;
animation-play-state: initial;
animation-play-state: revert;
animation-play-state: unset;

Values

running

The animation is currently playing.

paused

The animation is currently paused.

Note: When you specify multiple comma-separated values on an animation-* property, they will be assigned to the animations specified in the animation-name property in different ways depending on how many there are. For more information, see Setting multiple animation property values.

Formal definition

Initial value running
Applies to all elements, ::before and ::after pseudo-elements
Inherited no
Computed value as specified
Animation type discrete

Formal syntax

<single-animation-play-state>#

where
<single-animation-play-state> = running | paused

Examples

The animation is paused

HTML

<div class="box"></div>

CSS

.box {
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
  border-radius: 10px;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  animation-name: rotate;
  animation-duration: 0.7s;
  animation-play-state: paused;
}

@keyframes rotate {
  0% {
    transform: rotate(0);
  }
  100% {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

See CSS animations for examples.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/animation-play-state