Animation: id property

Baseline 2022

Newly available

Since September 2022, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The Animation.id property of the Web Animations API returns or sets a string used to identify the animation.

Value

A string which can be used to identify the animation, or null if the animation has no id.

Examples

In the Follow the White Rabbit example, you can assign the rabbitDownAnimation an id like so:

js
rabbitDownAnimation.id = "rabbitGo";

Specifications

Specification
Web Animations
# dom-animation-id

Browser compatibility

desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
id

See also