HTML DOM Style animationDirection Property

# Style animationDirection Property

Style Object

## Example

Changing the animationDirection property of a <div> element:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.animationDirection = "reverse";
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## Definition and Usage

The animationDirection property sets or returns whether or not the animation should play in reverse on alternate cycles.

Note: If the animation is set to play only once, this property will have no effect.

## Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Numbers followed by Moz specify the first version that worked with a prefix.

Property |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
animationDirection | Not supported | Not supported | 16.0 5.0 Moz | Not supported | Not supported

## Syntax

Return the animationDirection property:

object.style.animationDirection

Set the animationDirection property:

object.style.animationDirection="normal|reverse|alternate|alternate-reverse|initial|inherit"

## Property Values

Value | Description
--- | ---
normal | Default value. The animation should be played as normal
reverse | The animation should play in reverse direction
alternate | The animation will be played as normal every odd time (1,3,5,etc..) and in reverse direction every even time (2,4,6,etc...)
alternate-reverse | The animation will be played in reverse direction every odd time (1,3,5,etc..) and in a normal direction every even time (2,4,6,etc...)
initial | Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit | Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

## Technical Details

Default Value: | normal
Return Value: | A String, representing the animation-direction property of an element
CSS Version | CSS3

## Related Pages

CSS reference: animation-direction property

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