EffectTiming.iterationStart

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Web Animations API's EffectTiming dictionary's iterationStart property specifies the repetition number which repetition the animation begins at and its progress through it.

Element.animate(), KeyframeEffectReadOnly.KeyframeEffectReadOnly(), and KeyframeEffect.KeyframeEffect() all accept an object of timing properties including iterationStart. The value of iterationStart corresponds directly to AnimationEffectTimingReadOnly.iterationStart in timing objects returned by AnimationEffectReadOnly, KeyframeEffectReadOnly, and KeyframeEffect.

Syntax

var timingProperties = {
  iterationStart = iterationNumber
};

timingProperties.iterationStart = iterationNumber;

Value

A floating-point value whose value is at least 0 and is not +Infinity, indicating the offset into the number of iterations the animation sequence is to run at which to start animating. iterationStart represents the iteration index at which the animation effect begins as well as its progress through that iteration.

Usually you'll use a value between 0.0 and 1.0 to indicate an offset into the first run of the animation at which to begin the animation performance, but any positive, non-infinite value is allowed. Since all animations' iteration indexes start at 0, a value of 0.5 would start the animation halfway through its first iteration or loop. Meanwhile, a value of 1.2 means the animation will begin playback 20% of the way through its second iteration, and so forth.

It's currently undefined what happens if you specify a value of iterationStart which is greater than the value of AnimationEffectTimingProperties.iterations. See issue 170 in the Web Animations API specification's issue tracker for details and status of any changes to the specification in this regard.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Web Animations
The definition of 'iterationStart' in that specification.
Working Draft Editor's draft.

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
iterationStart
Experimental
Chrome Full support 52Edge Full support ≤79Firefox Full support 63IE No support NoOpera Full support YesSafari No support NoWebView Android Full support 52Chrome Android Full support 52Firefox Android Full support 63Opera Android No support NoSafari iOS No support NoSamsung Internet Android Full support Yes

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.

See also