CSS animation-direction Property

CSS animation-direction Property

CSS animation-direction Property


The CSS animation-direction property sets how animation should be played: forwards, backward or in alternate cycles. The default value is normal. Each time you run the animation, it will reset to the beginning state and start over.

When multiple comma-separated values are specified for any animation property, they will be attached to the animations that are defined in animation-name differently.

The animation-direction property is one of the CSS3 properties.

Initial Valuenormal
Applies toAll elements, It also applies to ::before and ::after pseudo-elements.
InheritedNo.
AnimatableNo.
VersionCSS3
DOM Syntaxobject.style.animationDirection = "reverse"

Syntax

animation-direction: normal | reverse | alternate | alternate-reverse | initial | inherit;

Example of the animation-direction property: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      div {
        width: 120px;
        height: 120px;
        background: #ccc;
        position: relative;
        animation: myfirst 5s 1;
        animation-direction: normal;
      }
      @keyframes myfirst {
        0% {
          background: #8DC3CF;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        25% {
          background: #1c87c9;
          left: 200px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        50% {
          background: #030E10;
          left: 200px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        75% {
          background: #666;
          left: 0px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        100% {
          background: #8ebf42;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Animation-direction example</h2>
    <p>Here the animation plays backwards.</p>
    <div></div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the animation-direction property with the "reverse" value: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      div {
        width: 100px;
        height: 100px;
        background: #ccc;
        position: relative;
        animation: myfirst 5s 1;
        animation-direction: reverse;
      }
      @keyframes myfirst {
        0% {
          background: #8DC3CF;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        25% {
          background: #1c87c9;
          left: 200px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        50% {
          background: #030E10;
          left: 200px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        75% {
          background: #666;
          left: 0px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        100% {
          background: #8ebf42;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Animation-direction example</h2>
    <p>In this example the animation plays as reverse.</p>
    <div></div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the animation-direction property with the "alternate" value: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      div {
        width: 100px;
        height: 100px;
        background: #ccc;
        position: relative;
        animation: myfirst 5s 2;
        animation-direction: alternate;
      }
      @keyframes myfirst {
        0% {
          background: #8DC3CF;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        25% {
          background: #1c87c9;
          left: 200px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        50% {
          background: #030E10;
          left: 200px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        75% {
          background: #666;
          left: 0px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        100% {
          background: #8ebf42;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Animation-direction example</h2>
    <p>Here the animation plays first forwards, then backwards.</p>
    <div></div>
  </body>
</html>

Example of the animation-direction property with the "alternate-reverse" value:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      div {
        width: 100px;
        height: 100px;
        background: #ccc;
        position: relative;
        animation: myfirst 5s 1;
        animation-direction: alternate-reverse;
      }
      @keyframes myfirst {
        0% {
          background: #8DC3CF;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        25% {
          background: #1c87c9;
          left: 200px;
          top: 0px;
        }
        50% {
          background: #030E10;
          left: 200px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        75% {
          background: #666;
          left: 0px;
          top: 200px;
        }
        100% {
          background: #8ebf42;
          left: 0px;
          top: 0px;
        }
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Animation-direction example</h2>
    <p>Here the animation plays backwards, then forwards.</p>
    <div></div>
  </body>
</html>

Values

ValueDescription
normalIt is the default value, the animation plays forwards. Each time you run the animation, it will reset to the beginning state and start over.
reverseThe animation plays backwards. Each time you run the animation, it will reset to the end and start over. Timing function is also reversed.
alternateAt first the animation moves forwards, then backwards.
alternate-reverseAt first the animation moves backwards, then forwards.
initialSets the property to its default value.
inheritInherits the property from its parent element.
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