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CSSKeyframesRule: name property

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 name property of the CSSKeyframeRule interface gets and sets the name of the animation as used by the animation-name property.

Value

A string.

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, with the name set to "slide-in".

@keyframes slide-in {
  from {
    transform: translateX(0%);
  }

  to {
    transform: translateX(100%);
  }
}
let myRules = document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;
let keyframes = myRules[0]; // a CSSKeyframesRule
console.log(keyframes.name); // "slide-in"

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
name 1 12 5 12 4 18 5 12 3.2 1.0 4.4 3.2

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