This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The read-only Animation.ready property of the Web Animations API returns a Promise which resolves when the animation is ready to play. A new promise is created every time the animation enters the "pending" play state as well as when the animation is canceled, since in both of those scenarios, the animation is ready to be started again.
Since the same Promise is used for both pending play and pending pause requests, authors are advised to check the state of the animation when the promise is resolved.
Syntax
var readyPromise = Animation.ready;
Value
A Promise which resolves when the animation is ready to be played. You'll typically use a construct similar to this when using the ready promise:
animation.ready.then(function() {
// Do whatever needs to be done when
// the animation is ready to run
});
Example
In the following example, the state of the animation will be running when the current ready Promise is resolved because the animation does not leave the pending play state in between the calls to pause and play and hence the current ready Promise does not change.
animation.pause();
animation.ready.then(function() {
// Displays 'running'
alert(animation.playState);
});
animation.play();
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Web Animations The definition of 'Animation.ready' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Editor's draft. |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ready | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox
Full support
63
| IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android
Full support
63
| Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
