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SVGAnimationElement: beginElement() method

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The SVGAnimationElement method beginElement() creates a begin instance time for the current time. The new instance time is added to the begin instance times list. The behavior of this method is equivalent to beginElementAt(0).

Syntax

beginElement()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None

Examples

This example demonstrates how to use beginElement() to start an animation element:

const animationElement = document.querySelector("animate");
animationElement.beginElement();
console.log("Animation has started.");

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.