This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The Animation.reverse()
method of the Animation
Interface reverses the playback direction, meaning the animation ends at its beginning. If called on an unplayed animation, the whole animation is played backwards. If called on a paused animation, the animation will continue in reverse.
Syntax
animation.reverse();
Parameters
None.
Return value
Example
In the Growing/Shrinking Alice Game example, clicking or tapping the bottle causes Alice's growing animation (aliceChange
) to play backwards, causing her to get smaller. It is done by setting aliceChange
's Animation.playbackRate
to -1
like so:
var shrinkAlice = function() { // play Alice's animation in reverse aliceChange.playbackRate = -1; aliceChange.play(); // play the bottle's animation drinking.play() }
But it could also have been done by calling reverse()
on aliceChange
like so:
var shrinkAlice = function() { // play Alice's animation in reverse aliceChange.reverse(); // play the bottle's animation drinking.play() }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Web Animations The definition of 'reverse()' in that specification. |
Working Draft |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
reverse | Chrome Full support 39 | Edge Full support ≤79 | Firefox
Full support
48
| IE No support No | Opera Full support 26 | Safari No support No | WebView Android Full support 39 | Chrome Android Full support 39 | Firefox Android
Full support
48
| Opera Android Full support 26 | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android Full support 4.0 |
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
- Web Animations API
Animation
for other methods and properties you can use to control web page animation.Animation.pause()
to pause an animation.Animation.play()
to move an animation forward.