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The CSS scroll-driven animations module provides functionality that builds on the CSS animations module and Web Animations API. It allows you to animate property values along a scroll-based timeline rather than the default time-based document timeline. This means that you can animate an element by scrolling the element, its scroll container, or its root element, rather than just by the passing of time.

Scroll-driven animations in action ​

You can define the scroller that controls the animation either by naming the animation or with the scroll function.

html
<main>
  <div></div>
</main>
css
main {
  scroll-timeline: --main-timeline;
}

div {
  animation: background-animation linear;
  animation-timeline: scroll(nearest inline);
}

div::after {
  animation: shape-animation linear;
  animation-timeline: --main-timeline;
}
css
@layer animations {
  @keyframes background-animation {
    0% {
      background-color: palegoldenrod;
    }
    100% {
      background-color: magenta;
    }
  }
  @keyframes shape-animation {
    0% {
      left: 0;
      top: 0;
      background-color: black;
    }
    50% {
      top: calc(100% - var(--elSize));
      left: calc(50% - var(--elSize));
      background-color: red;
    }
    100% {
      left: calc(100vw - var(--elSize));
      top: 0;
      rotate: 1800deg;
      background-color: white;
    }
  }
}

@layer page-setup {
  :root {
    --elSize: 50px;
  }
  main {
    height: 90vh;
    overflow: scroll;
    border: 1px solid;
    margin: 5vh auto;
  }
  div {
    height: 400vh;
    width: 400vw;
  }
  div::after {
    content: "";
    border: 1px solid red;
    height: var(--elSize);
    width: var(--elSize);
    position: absolute;
    border-radius: 20px;
    corner-shape: superellipse(-4);
  }
}

@layer no-support {
  @supports not (scroll-timeline: --main-timeline) {
    body::before {
      content: "Your browser doesn't support scroll-driven animations.";
      background-color: wheat;
      display: block;
      text-align: center;
    }
  }
}

Scroll the element in the inline direction to see its background color change. Scroll it vertically to see the generated content move, spin, and change colors.

Reference ​

Properties ​

  • animation-range shorthand
    • animation-range-end
    • animation-range-start
  • scroll-timeline shorthand
    • scroll-timeline-axis
    • scroll-timeline-name
  • timeline-scope
  • view-timeline shorthand
    • view-timeline-axis
    • view-timeline-inset
    • view-timeline-name

Data types and values ​

  • axis
  • timeline-range-name

Functions ​

  • scroll()
  • view()

Interfaces ​

  • ScrollTimeline
  • ViewTimeline

Guides ​

Specifications ​

See also ​

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