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animation-name

The animation-name CSS property specifies the names of one or more @keyframes at-rules that describe the animation to apply to an element. Multiple @keyframe at-rules are specified as a comma-separated list of names. If the specified name does not match any @keyframe at-rule, no properties are animated.

Try it

It is often convenient to use the shorthand property animation to set all animation properties at once.

Syntax

/* Single animation */
animation-name: none;
animation-name: test_05;
animation-name: -specific;
animation-name: sliding-vertically;

/* Multiple animations */
animation-name: test1, animation4;
animation-name: none, -moz-specific, sliding;

/* Global values */
animation-name: inherit;
animation-name: initial;
animation-name: revert;
animation-name: revert-layer;
animation-name: unset;

Values

none

A special keyword denoting no keyframes. It can be used to deactivate an animation without changing the ordering of the other identifiers, or to deactivate animations coming from the cascade.

<custom-ident>

A name identifying the animation. This identifier is composed of a combination of case-sensitive letters a to z, numbers 0 to 9, underscores (_), and/or dashes (-). The first non-dash character must be a letter. Also, two dashes are forbidden at the beginning of the identifier. Furthermore, the identifier can't be none, unset, initial, or inherit.

Note: When you specify multiple comma-separated values on an animation-* property, they are applied to the animations in the order in which the animation-names appear. For situations where the number of animations and animation-* property values do not match, see Setting multiple animation property values.

Formal definition

Initial value none
Applies to all elements, ::before and ::after pseudo-elements
Inherited no
Computed value as specified
Animation type Not animatable

Formal syntax

animation-name = 
[ none | <keyframes-name> ]#

<keyframes-name> =
<custom-ident> |
<string>

Examples

Naming an animation

This animation has an animation-name of rotate.

HTML

<div class="box"></div>

CSS

.box {
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
  border-radius: 10px;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
}

.box:hover {
  animation-name: rotate;
  animation-duration: 0.7s;
}

@keyframes rotate {
  0% {
    transform: rotate(0);
  }
  100% {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

Result

Hover over the rectangle to start the animation.

See CSS animations for examples.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
animation-name 433 1212 49165 10 301512.1–1512–15 94 43≤37 4318 49165 301412.1–1412–14 93.2 4.01.0

See also

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