CSS | animation-direction Property

Last Updated : 06 Aug, 2019

The animation-direction property in CSS is used to define the direction of the animation. The direction of animation should be forwards, backward or in alternate cycles.

Syntax:

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

Property Value: The animation-direction property are listed below:
normal: This animation property play the animation forward. It is the default value.

Syntax:
```
animation-direction: normal; 
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>
            CSS | animation-direction Property
        </title>
        <style> 
            body {
                text-align:center;
            }
            h1 {
                color:green;
            }
            h3 { 
                width: 100%; 
                animation-name: text; 
                animation-duration: 2s; 
                animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
            } 
            #one { 
                animation-direction: normal; 
            } 
            @keyframes text { 
                from { 
                    margin-left: 60%; 
                } 
                to { 
                    margin-left: 0%; 
                } 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h2>animation-direction property</h2> 
        <h3 id="one">This text is normal.</h3> 
    </body> 
</html>                                     

Output:

reverse: This animation property play the animation in the reverse direction.

Syntax:
```
animation-direction: reverse;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>
            CSS | animation-direction Property
        </title>
        <style> 
            body {
                text-align:center;
            }
            h1 {
                color:green;
            }
            h3 { 
                width: 100%; 
                animation-name: text; 
                animation-duration: 2s; 
                animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
            } 
            #one { 
                animation-direction: reverse; 
            } 
            @keyframes text { 
                from { 
                    margin-left: 60%; 
                } 
                to { 
                    margin-left: 0%; 
                } 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h2>animation-direction property</h2> 
        <h3 id="one">This text is reverse.</h3> 
    </body> 
</html>                                     

Output:

alternate: This animation property plays the animation forwards first, and then backward.

Syntax:
```
animation-direction: alternate; 
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>
            CSS | animation-direction Property
        </title>
        <style> 
            body {
                text-align:center;
            }
            h1 {
                color:green;
            }
            h3 { 
                width: 100%; 
                animation-name: text; 
                animation-duration: 2s; 
                animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
            } 
            #one { 
                animation-direction: alternate; 
            } 
            @keyframes text { 
                from { 
                    margin-left: 60%; 
                } 
                to { 
                    margin-left: 0%; 
                } 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h2>animation-direction property</h2> 
        <h3 id="one">This text is alternate.</h3> 
    </body> 
</html>                                     

Output:

alternate-reverse: This animation property play animation backwards first, and then forwards.

Syntax:
```
animation-direction: alternate-reverse;
```

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
    <head> 
        <title>
            CSS | animation-direction Property
        </title>
        <style> 
            body {
                text-align:center;
            }
            h1 {
                color:green;
            }
            h3 { 
                width: 100%; 
                animation-name: text; 
                animation-duration: 2s; 
                animation-iteration-count: infinite; 
            } 
            #one { 
                animation-direction: alternate-reverse;
            } 
            @keyframes text { 
                from { 
                    margin-left: 60%; 
                } 
                to { 
                    margin-left: 0%; 
                } 
            } 
        </style> 
    </head> 
    <body> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
        <h2>animation-direction property</h2> 
        <h3 id="one">This text is alternate-reverse.</h3> 
    </body> 
</html>                                     