animation

Shorthand property that sets the animations for an element.

Syntax

animation: <value>;

where <value> can be and of the following keywords:

• animation-fill-mode: forwards
• animation-delay: 2s
• animation-duration: 4s
• animation-iteration-count: infinite
• animation-direction: alternate
• animation-timing-function: linear
• animation-name: keyframes rule
• animation-play-state: running

Note: If you do not specify animation-duration property, the default value is 0s, resulting in the animation not being played. The order of time values is important. The first will be applied to animation-duration and the second to animation-delay.

Example 1

Set fadetowhite animation to run two seconds, loop infinitely, and alternate directions:

div {
  height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
  background-color: #000;
  animation: fadetowhite 2s infinite alternate;
}

@keyframes fadetowhite {
  from {
    background-color: #000;
  }
  to {
    background-color: #fff;
  }
}

The following gif runs as a loop to demonstrate the code block above:

Example 2

Set party animation to last for two seconds, delay one second, loop five times and run in reverse:

div {
  height: 100px;
  width: 100px;
  background-color: pink;
  animation: party 2s 1s 5 reverse;
}

@keyframes party {
  0% {
    background-color: red;
  }
  25% {
    background-color: green;
  }
  50% {
    background-color: blue;
  }
  75% {
    background-color: yellow;
  }
  100% {
    background-color: purple;
  }
}

The following gif runs as a loop to demonstrate the code block above: