Animation.ready

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

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
ready
Experimental
Chrome No support NoEdge No support NoFirefox Full support 63
Full support 63
Full support 46
Disabled
Disabled From version 46: this feature is behind the dom.animations-api.core.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.
IE No support NoOpera No support NoSafari No support NoWebView Android No support NoChrome Android No support NoFirefox Android Full support 63
Full support 63
Full support 46
Disabled
Disabled From version 46: this feature is behind the dom.animations-api.core.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.
Opera Android No support NoSafari iOS No support NoSamsung 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.

See also