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CSSKeyframesRule: appendRule() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨August 2016⁩.

The appendRule() method of the CSSKeyframeRule interface appends a CSSKeyFrameRule to the end of the rules.

Syntax

appendRule(rule)

Parameters

rule

A string containing a keyframe rule.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

The CSS includes a keyframes at-rule. This will be the first CSSRule returned by document.styleSheets[0].cssRules. myRules[0] returns a CSSKeyframesRule object. Returning the cssRules property would return a CSSRuleList containing one rule.

After appending another rule with appendRule the cssRules property returns a CSSRuleList containing two rules.

@keyframes slide-in {
  from {
    transform: translateX(0%);
  }
}
let myRules = document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;
let keyframes = myRules[0]; // a CSSKeyframesRule
keyframes.appendRule("to {transform: translateX(100%);}");
console.log(keyframes.cssRules); // a CSSRuleList object with two rules

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
appendRule 411–45 12 215–21 2815–3112–15 9.14 4118–45 215–21 2814–3212–14 9.33.2 4.01.0–5.0 414.4–45 9.33.2

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSKeyframesRule/appendRule