CSS | transition-duration Property

The transition-duration property in CSS is used to specify the length of time (in seconds or milliseconds) to complete the transition effect.

Syntax:

transition-duration: time|initial|inherit;

Property Values:

  • time: It is used to specify the length of time (in seconds or milliseconds) to complete transition animation.

    Syntax:

    transition-duration: time;

    Example:



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    <!DOCTYPE html> 
    <html> 
        <head> 
            <title> 
                CSS transition-duration Property 
            </title> 
              
            <style> 
                div { 
                    width: 100px; 
                    height: 70px; 
                    background: green; 
                    transition-property: width;
                    transition-duration: 5s;
                      
                    /* For Firefox browser */
                    -webkit-transition-property: width;
                    -webkit-transition-duration: 5s;
                    transition-delay: .2s; 
                    display: inline-block; 
                } 
                  
                div:hover { 
                    width: 300px; 
                } 
            </style> 
        </head> 
          
        <body style = "text-align:center;"> 
              
            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
              
            <h2>Transition Property</h2> 
              
            <div> 
                <p>transition-duration: 5s</p> 
            </div> 
        </body> 
    </html>                                   

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  • initial: It is used to set transition-duration property to its default value. The default value of transition-duration is 0.

    Syntax:
    

    transition-duration: initial;
    

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    <!DOCTYPE html>  
    

    <html>  
    

        <head>  
    

            <title>  
    

                CSS transition-duration Property  
    

            </title>  
    

              
    

            <style>  
    

                div {  
    

                    width: 100px;  
    

                    height: 80px;  
    

                    background: green;  
    

                    transition-property: width; 
    

                    transition-duration: initial; 
    

                      
    

                    /* For Firefox browser */ 
    

                    -webkit-transition-property: width; 
    

                    -webkit-transition-duration: initial; 
    

                    transition-delay: .2s;  
    

                    display: inline-block;  
    

                }  
    

                  
    

                div:hover {  
    

                    width: 300px;  
    

                }  
    

            </style>  
    

        </head>  
    

          
    

        <body style = "text-align:center;">  
    

              
    

            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>  
    

              
    

            <h2>Transition Property</h2>  
    

              
    

            <div>  
    

                <p>transition-duration: initial;</p>  
    

            </div>  
    

        </body>  
    

    </html>                                 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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  • inherit: The value of transition-duration property set from its parent.

    Syntax:
    

    transition-duration: inherit;
    

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    <!DOCTYPE html>  
    

    <html>  
    

        <head>  
    

            <title>  
    

                CSS transition-duration Property  
    

            </title>  
    

              
    

            <style>  
    

                div {  
    

                    width: 100px;  
    

                    height: 270px;  
    

                    background: green;  
    

                    transition-property: width; 
    

                    transition-duration: inherit; 
    

                    transition-timing-function: ease-in; 
    

                                    transition-delay: .2s;  
    

                    display: inline-block;  
    

                }  
    

                  
    

                div:hover {  
    

                    width: 500px;  
    

                }  
    

            </style>  
    

        </head>  
    

          
    

        <body style = "text-align:center;">  
    

              
    

            <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>  
    

              
    

            <h2>Transition Property</h2>  
    

              
    

            <div>  
    

                <p>transition-duration: inherit</p>  
    

            </div>  
    

        </body>  
    

    </html>                     
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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Supported Browsers: The browser supported by transition-duration property are listed below:


    

  • Chrome 26.0, 4.0 -webkit-
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  • Edge 10.0
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  • Firefox 16.0, 4.0 -moz-
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  • Safari 6.1, 3.1 -webkit-
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  • Opera 12.1, 10.5 -o-
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