Style animationDirection Property

Changing the animationDirection property of a <div> element:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.animationDirection = "reverse";

Description

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.

Return the animationDirection property:

object.style.animationDirection

Set the animationDirection property:

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

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

animationDirection is a CSS3 (1999) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11