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Animation.reverse

This is an experimental technology
Because this technology's specification has not stabilized, check the compatibility table for usage in various browsers. Also note that the syntax and behavior of an experimental technology is subject to change in future versions of browsers as the specification changes.

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

undefined

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

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 39.0 48 (48)[1] No support No support No support
Feature Android Android Webview Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile Chrome for Android
Basic support No support 39.0 48.0 (48)[1] No support No support No support 39.0

[1] The Web Animations API is only enabled by default in Firefox Developer Edition and Nightly builds. You can enable it in beta and release builds by setting the preference dom.animations-api.core.enabled to true, and can disable it in any Firefox version by setting this preference to false.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Animation/reverse