<animate>

The animate element is put inside a shape element and defines how an attribute of an element changes over the animation. The attribute will change from the initial value to the end value in the duration specified.

Usage context

Categories	Animation element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Descriptive elements

Attributes

Global attributes

• Conditional processing attributes »
• Core attributes »
• Animation event attributes »
• Xlink attributes »
• Animation attribute target attributes »
• Animation timing attributes »
• Animation value attributes »
• Animation addition attributes »
• externalResourcesRequired

Specific attributes

• attributeName
• attributeType
• from
• to
• dur
• repeatCount

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGAnimateElement interface.

Example

SVG

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<svg width="120" height="120" viewPort="0 0 120 120" version="1.1"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  
  <rect x="10" y="10" width="100" height="100">
    <animate attributeType="XML" attributeName="x" from="-100" to="120"
        dur="10s" repeatCount="indefinite"/>
  </rect>
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
SVG Animations Level 2 The definition of '<animate>' in that specification.	Editor's Draft	No change
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<animate>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

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