Animation: id property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2020.

The Animation.id property of the Web Animations API returns or sets a string used to identify the animation.

Value

A string which can be used to identify the animation, or null if the animation has no id.

Examples

In the Red Queen's Race Game example, you can assign the redQueenAlice an id like so:

js
redQueenAlice.id = "redQueenAlice";

Specifications

Specification
Web Animations
# dom-animation-id

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
id
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 75 (Release date: 2019-06-04)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 48 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 62 (Release date: 2019-06-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 13.1 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 75 (Release date: 2019-06-04)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 48 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 54 (Release date: 2019-10-18)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 11 (Release date: 2019-12-05)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 75 (Release date: 2019-06-04)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 13.4 (Release date: 2020-03-24)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support

See also