Animation: reverse() method

Syntax

reverse()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

In the Growing/Shrinking Alice Game example, clicking or tapping the bottle causes Alice's growing animation (aliceChange) to play backwards, causing her to get smaller. It is done by setting aliceChange's Animation.playbackRate to -1 like so:

const shrinkAlice = () => {
  // play Alice's animation in reverse
  aliceChange.playbackRate = -1;
  aliceChange.play();

  // play the bottle's animation
  drinking.play();
};

But it could also have been done by calling reverse() on aliceChange like so:

const shrinkAlice = () => {
  // play Alice's animation in reverse
  aliceChange.reverse();

  // play the bottle's animation
  drinking.play();
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Web Animations API
• Animation for other methods and properties you can use to control web page animation.
• Animation.pause() to pause an animation.
• Animation.play() to move an animation forward.