SVGSVGElement: pauseAnimations() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The pauseAnimations() method of the SVGSVGElement interface suspends (i.e., pauses) all currently running animations that are defined within the SVG document fragment corresponding to this <svg> element, causing the animation clock corresponding to this document fragment to stand still until it is unpaused.
Syntax
js
pauseAnimations()
Parameters
None.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
Pausing Animations
html
<svg id="exampleSVG" width="200" height="100">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="30" fill="blue">
<animate
attributeName="cx"
from="50"
to="150"
dur="2s"
repeatCount="indefinite" />
</circle>
</svg>
<button id="pauseBtn">Pause Animations</button>
<pre id="status"></pre>
js
const svgElement = document.getElementById("exampleSVG");
const pauseButton = document.getElementById("pauseBtn");
const statusDisplay = document.getElementById("status");
pauseButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
svgElement.pauseAnimations();
statusDisplay.textContent = "Animations paused.";
});
Specifications
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