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Animation: cancel event

The cancel event of the Animation interface is fired when the Animation.cancel() method is called or when the animation enters the "idle" play state from another state, such as when the animation is removed from an element before it finishes playing.

Note: Creating a new animation that is initially idle does not trigger a cancel event on the new animation.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js

addEventListener("cancel", (event) => { })
oncancel = (event) => { }

Event type

Event properties

In addition to the properties listed below, properties from the parent interface, Event, are available.

AnimationPlaybackEvent.currentTime Read only

The current time of the animation that generated the event.

AnimationPlaybackEvent.timelineTime Read only

The time value of the timeline of the animation that generated the event.

Examples

If this animation is canceled, remove its element.

js

animation.oncancel = (event) => {
  animation.effect.target.remove();
};

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
cancel_event 75 79 48 No 62 13.1 75 75 48 54 13.4 11.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Animation/cancel_event