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title: AnimationEvent
slug: Web/API/AnimationEvent
tags:
  - API
  - Experimental
  - Expérimental(2)
  - Interface
  - NeedsTranslation
  - Reference
  - Référence(2)
  - TopicStub
  - Web Animations
translation_of: Web/API/AnimationEvent
---
<p>{{SeeCompatTable}}{{APIRef("Web Animations API")}}</p>

<p>The <strong><code>AnimationEvent</code></strong> interface represents events providing information related to <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/CSS/Using_CSS_animations">animations</a>.</p>

<p>{{InheritanceDiagram}}</p>

<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>

<p><em>Also inherits properties from its parent {{domxref("Event")}}</em>.</p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AnimationEvent.animationName")}} {{readonlyInline}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}} containing the value of the {{cssxref("animation-name")}} CSS property associated with the transition.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("AnimationEvent.elapsedTime")}} {{readonlyInline}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a <code>float</code> giving the amount of time the animation has been running, in seconds, when this event fired, excluding any time the animation was paused. For an <code>"animationstart"</code> event, <code>elapsedTime</code> is <code>0.0</code> unless there was a negative value for {{cssxref("animation-delay")}}, in which case the event will be fired with <code>elapsedTime</code> containing  <code>(-1 * </code><em>delay</em><code>)</code>.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("AnimationEvent.pseudoElement")}} {{readonlyInline}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}}, starting with <code>'::'</code>, containing the name of the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-elements" title="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-elements">pseudo-element</a> the animation runs on. If the animation doesn't run on a pseudo-element but on the element, an empty string: <code>''</code><code>.</code></dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Constructor">Constructor</h2>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AnimationEvent.AnimationEvent", "AnimationEvent()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Creates an <code>AnimationEvent</code> event with the given parameters.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<p><em>Also inherits methods from its parent {{domxref("Event")}}</em>.</p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("AnimationEvent.initAnimationEvent()")}} {{non-standard_inline}}{{deprecated_inline}}</dt>
 <dd>Initializes a <code>AnimationEvent</code> created using the deprecated {{domxref("Document.createEvent()", "Document.createEvent(\"AnimationEvent\")")}} method.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

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 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{ SpecName('CSS3 Animations', '#AnimationEvent-interface', 'AnimationEvent') }}</td>
   <td>{{ Spec2('CSS3 Animations') }}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

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   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>
    <p>1.0 {{ property_prefix("webkit") }}</p>

    <p>{{CompatChrome(43.0)}}</p>
   </td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoDesktop("6.0") }}</td>
   <td>10.0</td>
   <td>12 {{ property_prefix("o") }}<br>
    12.10<br>
    15.0 {{ property_prefix("webkit") }}</td>
   <td>4.0 {{ property_prefix("webkit") }}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>AnimationEvent()</code> constructor</td>
   <td>
    <p>{{CompatChrome(43.0)}}</p>
   </td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoDesktop("23.0") }}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>initAnimationEvent()</code> {{non-standard_inline}}{{deprecated_inline}}</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoDesktop("6.0") }}<br>
    Removed in {{ CompatGeckoDesktop("23.0") }}</td>
   <td>10.0</td>
   <td>12</td>
   <td>4.0</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>pseudoelement</code></td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoDesktop("23.0") }}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
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 </tbody>
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<table class="compat-table">
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   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   <th>Chrome for Android</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}{{ property_prefix("webkit") }}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoMobile("6.0") }}</td>
   <td>10.0</td>
   <td>12 {{ property_prefix("o") }}<br>
    12.10<br>
    15.0 {{ property_prefix("webkit") }}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}{{ property_prefix("webkit") }}</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(43.0)}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>AnimationEvent()</code> constructor</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoMobile("23.0") }}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatChrome(43.0)}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>initAnimationEvent()</code> {{non-standard_inline}}{{deprecated_inline}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoMobile("6.0") }}<br>
    Removed in {{ CompatGeckoMobile("23.0") }}</td>
   <td>10.0</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td><code>pseudoelement</code></td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoMobile("23.0") }}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/CSS/Using_CSS_animations">Using CSS animations</a></li>
 <li>Animation-related CSS properties and at-rules: {{cssxref("animation")}}, {{cssxref("animation-delay")}}, {{cssxref("animation-direction")}}, {{cssxref("animation-duration")}}, {{cssxref("animation-fill-mode")}}, {{cssxref("animation-iteration-count")}}, {{cssxref("animation-name")}}, {{cssxref("animation-play-state")}}, {{cssxref("animation-timing-function")}}, {{cssxref("@keyframes")}}.</li>
</ul>