Window: cancelAnimationFrame() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The window.cancelAnimationFrame() method cancels an animation frame request previously scheduled through a call to window.requestAnimationFrame().
Syntax
js
cancelAnimationFrame(requestID) Parameters
requestID-
The ID value returned by the call to
window.requestAnimationFrame()that requested the callback.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
js
const start = document.timeline.currentTime; let myReq; function step(timestamp) { const progress = timestamp - start; d.style.left = `${Math.min(progress / 10, 200)}px`; if (progress < 2000) { // it's important to update the requestId each time you're calling requestAnimationFrame myReq = requestAnimationFrame(step); } } myReq = requestAnimationFrame(step); // the cancellation uses the last requestId cancelAnimationFrame(myReq); Specifications
| Specification |
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| HTML # animationframeprovider-cancelanimationframe |
Browser compatibility
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