SVG <animate> element
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:
<!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:
<!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
- Edge
- Firefox
- Safari
- Opera
