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.

{{InteractiveExample("CSS Demo: animation-play-state")}}

animation-play-state: paused;

animation-play-state: running;

<section class="flex-column" id="default-example">
  <div class="animating" id="example-element"></div>
</section>

#example-element {
  background-color: #1766aa;
  color: white;
  margin: auto;
  margin-left: 0;
  border: 5px solid #333333;
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.animating {
  animation-name: slide;
  animation-duration: 3s;
  animation-timing-function: ease-in;
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  animation-direction: alternate;
}

@keyframes slide {
  from {
    background-color: orange;
    color: black;
    margin-left: 0;
  }
  to {
    background-color: orange;
    color: black;
    margin-left: 80%;
  }
}

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: revert-layer;
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 are applied to the animations in the order in which the {{cssxref("animation-name")}}s appear. For situations where the number of animations and animation-* property values do not match, see Setting multiple animation property values.

Formal definition

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Formal syntax

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Examples

Pausing an animation

This animation is paused, but runs when you hover over it.

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-iteration-count: infinite;
  animation-play-state: paused;
}

.box:hover {
  animation-play-state: running;
}

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

Result

Hover over the rectangle to play the animation.

{{EmbedLiveSample("Pausing an animation","100%","250")}}

See CSS animations for examples.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Using CSS animations
• JavaScript {{domxref("AnimationEvent")}} API
• Other related animation properties: {{cssxref("animation")}}, {{cssxref("animation-composition")}}, {{cssxref("animation-delay")}}, {{cssxref("animation-direction")}}, {{cssxref("animation-duration")}}, {{cssxref("animation-fill-mode")}}, {{cssxref("animation-iteration-count")}}, {{cssxref("animation-name")}}, {{cssxref("animation-timeline")}}, {{cssxref("animation-timing-function")}}