restart

The restart attribute specifies whether or not an animation can restart.

Five elements are using this attribute: <animate>, <animateColor>, <animateMotion>, <animateTransform>, and <set>

html, body, svg {
  height: 100%;
}

a {
  fill: blue;
  text-decoration: underline;
  cursor: pointer;
}

<svg viewBox="0 0 220 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <rect y="30" width="100" height="100">
    <animate attributeType="XML" attributeName="y" from="30" to="100"
        dur="5s" repeatCount="1" restart="always" />
  </rect>
  <rect x="120" y="30" width="100" height="100">
    <animate attributeType="XML" attributeName="y" from="30" to="100"
        dur="5s" repeatCount="1" restart="whenNotActive"/>
  </rect>
  <a id="restart"><text y="20">Restart animation</text></a>
</svg>

document.getElementById("restart").addEventListener("click", evt => {
  document.querySelectorAll("animate").forEach(element => {
    element.beginElement();
  });
});

Usage notes

always

This value indicates that the animation can be restarted at any time.

whenNotActive

This value indicates that the animation can only be restarted when it is not active (i.e. after the active end). Attempts to restart the animation during its active duration are ignored.

never

This value indicates that the animation cannot be restarted for the time the document is loaded.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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