view-timeline-name CSS property

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The view-timeline-name CSS property specifies the names of one or more named view progress timelines associated with the element.

Syntax

css
/* Keyword value */
view-timeline-name: none;

/* Custom identifier */
view-timeline-name: --custom_name_for_timeline;

/* Multiple identifiers */
view-timeline-name: --first_timeline_name, --another_timeline_name;

/* Global values */
view-timeline-name: inherit;
view-timeline-name: initial;
view-timeline-name: revert;
view-timeline-name: revert-layer;
view-timeline-name: unset;

Values

none

Indicates that the timeline has no name. This is the default value.

<dashed-ident>

Specifies a comma-separated list of <dashed-ident> custom name identifiers. All <dashed-ident> values must start with --, which helps avoid name clashes with standard CSS keywords.

Description

The view-timeline-name property is used to set the name of a view progress timeline. A view progress timeline is progressed through based on the change in visibility of an element, called the subject, inside a scrollable element, called the scroller. The view-timeline-name property is set on the subject. You can also set view-timeline-name by using the view-timeline shorthand property.

If the subject's named scroller element does not overflow its container in the axis dimension or if the overflow is hidden or clipped, no scroll progress timeline will be created.

Once created, the <dashed-ident> name values specified can be referenced in animation-timeline declarations to indicate the element that will be animated as the timeline progresses.

Formal definition

Initial valuenone
Applies toall elements
Inheritedno
Computed valuenone or an ordered list of identifiers
Animation typeNot animatable

Formal syntax

view-timeline-name = 
[ none | <dashed-ident> ]#

Examples

Creating a named view progress timeline

A view progress timeline named --subject-reveal is defined using the view-timeline-name property on a subject element with a class of animation. This is then set as the timeline for the same element using animation-timeline: --subject-reveal;. The result is that the subject element animates as it moves upwards through the document as it is scrolled.

HTML

The HTML for the example is shown below.

html
<div class="content">
  <h1>Content</h1>

  <p>
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
    tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Risus quis varius quam
    quisque id. Et ligula ullamcorper malesuada proin libero nunc consequat
    interdum varius. Elit ullamcorper dignissim cras tincidunt lobortis feugiat
    vivamus at augue.
  </p>

  <p>
    Dolor sed viverra ipsum nunc aliquet. Sed sed risus pretium quam vulputate
    dignissim. Tortor aliquam nulla facilisi cras. A erat nam at lectus urna
    duis convallis convallis. Nibh ipsum consequat nisl vel pretium lectus.
    Sagittis aliquam malesuada bibendum arcu vitae elementum. Malesuada bibendum
    arcu vitae elementum curabitur vitae nunc sed velit.
  </p>

  <div class="subject animation"></div>

  <p>
    Adipiscing enim eu turpis egestas pretium aenean pharetra magna ac. Arcu
    cursus vitae congue mauris rhoncus aenean vel. Sit amet cursus sit amet
    dictum. Augue neque gravida in fermentum et. Gravida rutrum quisque non
    tellus orci ac auctor augue mauris. Risus quis varius quam quisque id diam
    vel quam elementum. Nibh praesent tristique magna sit amet purus gravida
    quis. Duis ultricies lacus sed turpis tincidunt id aliquet. In egestas erat
    imperdiet sed euismod nisi. Eget egestas purus viverra accumsan in nisl nisi
    scelerisque. Netus et malesuada fames ac.
  </p>
</div>

CSS

The subject element and its containing content element are styled minimally, and the text content is given some basic font settings:

css
.subject {
  width: 300px;
  height: 200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  background-color: deeppink;
}

.content {
  width: 75%;
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

p,
h1 {
  font-family: "Helvetica", "Arial", sans-serif;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 3rem;
}

p {
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

The <div> with the class of subject is also given a class of animation — this is where view-timeline-name is set to define a named view progress timeline. It is also given an animation-timeline name with the same value to declare that this will be the element animated as the view progress timeline is progressed.

Last, an animation is specified on the element that animates its opacity and scale, causing it to fade in and size up as it moves up the scroller.

css
.animation {
  view-timeline-name: --subject-reveal;
  animation-timeline: --subject-reveal;

  animation-name: appear;
  animation-fill-mode: both;
  animation-duration: 1ms; /* Firefox requires this to apply the animation */
}

@keyframes appear {
  from {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: scaleX(0);
  }

  to {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scaleX(1);
  }
}

Result

Scroll to see the subject element being animated.

Specifications

Specification
Scroll-driven Animations
# view-timeline-name

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
view-timeline-name
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 115 (Release date: 2023-07-18)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 115 (Release date: 2023-07-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox 111 (Release date: 2023-03-14)
disabled
disabled From version 111 users must explicitly set the layout.css.scroll-driven-animations.enabled preference to true. To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.
Opera – Full support
Opera 101 (Release date: 2023-07-26)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 115 (Release date: 2023-07-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 77 (Release date: 2023-08-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 23 (Release date: 2023-10-18)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 115 (Release date: 2023-07-21)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15)
footnote Full support
none
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 115 (Release date: 2023-07-18)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 115 (Release date: 2023-07-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox – No support
Firefox
footnote No support
Opera – Full support
Opera 101 (Release date: 2023-07-26)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 115 (Release date: 2023-07-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 77 (Release date: 2023-08-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 23 (Release date: 2023-10-18)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 115 (Release date: 2023-07-21)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15)
footnote Full support

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See also