SVGAnimationElement

SVG Animation DOM interface

The SVGAnimationElement interface is the base interface for all of the animation element interfaces: SVGAnimateElement, SVGSetElement, SVGAnimateColorElement, SVGAnimateMotionElement and SVGAnimateTransformElement.

Interface overview

Also implement	SVGElement, SVGTests, SVGExternalResourcesRequired, ElementTimeControl
Methods	float getStartTime() float getCurrentTime() float getSimpleDuration()
Properties	readonly SVGElement targetElement
Normative document	SVG 1.1 (2nd Edition)

Properties

Name	Type	Description
targetElement	SVGElement	The element which is being animated.

Methods

Name & Arguments	Return	Description
getStartTime()	float	Returns the begin time, in seconds, for this animation element's current interval, if it exists, regardless of whether the interval has begun yet. If there is no current interval, then a DOMException with code INVALID_STATE_ERR is thrown.
getCurrentTime()	float	Returns the current time in seconds relative to time zero for the given time container.
getSimpleDuration()	float	Returns the number of seconds for the simple duration for this animation. If the simple duration is undefined (e.g., the end time is indefinite), then a DOMException with code NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR is raised.

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