SVG animate Element
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Definition and Usage
The SVG animate element is used to animate an attribute or property over time.
Example 1
This example creates a rectangle that repeatedly fade away over 5 seconds.
Copy the following code into Notepad and save
the file as "animate_1.svg". Place the file in your Web directory:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="100%" height="100%" version="1.1"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<rect x="20" y="20" width="250" height="250" style="fill:blue">
<animate attributeType="CSS" attributeName="opacity"
from="1" to="0" dur="5s" repeatCount="indefinite" />
</rect>
</svg>
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Example 2
This example animates the x, y, width, and height attributes of a rectangle
for a period of 6 seconds (making the rectangle "grow"). It will also change the
color of the rectangle with the animateColor element.
Copy the following code into Notepad and save
the file as "animate_2.svg". Place the file in your Web directory:
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="100%" height="100%" version="1.1"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<rect id="rec" x="300" y="100" width="300"
height="100" style="fill:lime">
<animate attributeName="x" attributeType="XML"
begin="0s" dur="6s" fill="freeze" from="300" to="0"/>
<animate attributeName="y" attributeType="XML"
begin="0s" dur="6s" fill="freeze" from="100" to="0"/>
<animate attributeName="width" attributeType="XML"
begin="0s" dur="6s" fill="freeze" from="300" to="800"/>
<animate attributeName="height" attributeType="XML"
begin="0s" dur="6s" fill="freeze" from="100" to="300"/>
<animateColor attributeName="fill" attributeType="CSS"
from="lime" to="red" begin="2s" dur="4s" fill="freeze"/>
</rect>
</svg>
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