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CSS animation-direction Property

Last Updated : 02 Aug, 2023
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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 plays the animation forward. It is the default value.
  • reverse: This animation property plays the animation in the reverse direction.
  • alternate: This animation property plays the animation forwards first, and then backward.
  • alternate-reverse: This animation property play animation backwards first, and then forwards.
  • initial: This property is used to set the animation property to its default value.
  • inherit: This property is used to inherit the animation property from its parent element. 

Example: In this example, we are using animation-direction: normal property.

html




<!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:

p[ppqio

Example: In this example, we are using animation-direction: reverse property.

html




<!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: 

reverse

Example: In this example, we are using animation-direction: alternate property.

html




<!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

Example: In this example, we are using animation-direction: alternate-reverse property.

html




<!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>


Output:

ror

 Supported Browser: The browser supported by animation-direction properties is listed below:

  • Google Chrome 43.0 and above
  • Edge 12.0 and above
  • Firefox 16.0 and above
  • Opera 30.0 and above
  • Safari 9.0 and above


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