CSS animation-delay Property

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CSS animation-delay Property

CSS animation-delay property specifies the duration to wait before an animation starts.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ width: 100px; height: 100px; border: 1px solid #000; line-height: 6; text-align: center; animation: myAnimation 1s infinite; -webkit-animation: myAnimation 1s infinite; /* Safari 4.0 - 8.0 */ animation-delay: 2s; -webkit-animation-delay: 2s; /* Safari 4.0 - 8.0 */ } @-webkit-keyframes myAnimation { from {border-radius: 0%;} to {border-radius: 50%;} } @keyframes myAnimation { from {border-radius: 0%;} to {border-radius: 50%;} } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS animation-delay Property</h1> <div> Div </div> </body> </html>

Syntax

Using CSS

element{ animation-delay: 2s; }

Using Javascript

object.style.animationDelay="2s";

Animatable

No, animation-delay property is not animatable. CSS Animatable Properties Reference.

Default Value

Default value for CSS animation-delay property is 0s.

Property Value

The following table provides a list of values for CSS animation-delay property.

ValueExplanation
timeSpecifies a number of seconds or milliseconds to be delayed.

Using JavaScript

In the following example, we will demonstrate how to change the CSS animation-delay property of an element using JavaScript.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <style> div{ width: 100px; height: 100px; border: 1px solid #000; line-height: 6; text-align: center; margin-bottom: 20px; } @-webkit-keyframes myAnimation { from {border-radius: 0%;} to {border-radius: 50%;} } @keyframes myAnimation { from {border-radius: 0%;} to {border-radius: 50%;} } </style> </head> <body> <h1>CSS animation-delay Property</h1> <div> Div </div> <button onclick="myFunction()">Click Me</button> <script> var x = document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0]; function myFunction(){ x.style.animation = "myAnimation 1s infinite"; x.style.WebkitAnimation = "myAnimation 1s infinite"; x.style.animationDelay = "2s"; x.style.WebkitAnimationDelay = "2s"; } </script> </body> </html>

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