Javascript DOM CSS Style animationName Property

Introduction

Changing the animationName property of a <div> element:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.animationName = "myNEWmove";

Click the button to change what keyframe to use in the animation:

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {// w  ww  .  j a va 2  s .c  o  m
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background: red;
  position: relative;
  animation: mymove 2s infinite;
}

@keyframes mymove {
  from {left: 0px;}
  to {left: 200px;}
}

@keyframes myNEWmove {
  from {width: 0px;}
  to {width: 500px; background: blue;}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<script>
function myFunction() {
  document.getElementById("myDIV").style.animationName = "myNEWmove";
}
</script>
<div id="myDIV"></div>

</body>
</html>

The animationName property sets or gets a name for the @keyframes animation.

Property Values

Value	Description
none	`Default`. no animation
keyframe-name	Sets the name of the keyframe
initial	Sets this property to its default value.
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element.

The animationName property returns a String representing the animation-name property of an element.

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