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SVG <animate> Element

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SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphic. It can be used to make graphics and animations like in HTML canvas.

The <animate> SVG element is used to animate an attribute or property of an element over time. It’s normally inserted inside the element which we want to animate.

Syntax:

<animate attributeName="" values="" dur="" repeatCount="" />

Attributes:

  • Animation Attributes: Attributes used to give animation effects, exp timing attributes, event attributes, and value attributes, etc.
  • Global Attributes: some global attributes used like core attributes and styling attributes, etc.

Below given are a few examples of the above element: 

Example 1: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<body>
    <svg viewBox="0 0 50 50">
        <rect width="10" height="10" fill="green">
            <animate attributeName="rx" values="0;20;0"
                dur="2s" repeatCount="10" />
        </rect>
    </svg>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

 

Example 2: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<body>
    <h1 style="color:green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </h1
    <h2>
        SVG animate element
    </h2
    <svg viewBox="0 0 50 50">
        <rect width="7" height="7" fill="green">
            <animate attributeType="CSS" attributeName="opacity"
           from="1" to="0" dur="4s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
        </rect>
    </svg>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

Browsers Supported: The following browsers are supported by this SVG element:

  • Chrome 2 and above
  • Edge 79 and above
  • Firefox 4 and above
  • Safari 4 and above
  • Opera 9 and above
  • Internet Explorer not supported


Last Updated : 16 Jun, 2022
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