@keyframes
Structure
@keyframes name-of-animation { keyframes-selector {css-styles;} }
Description
With @keyframes we define animations in CSS which we then can include with animation:;. The animations simply switch from one set of CSS-styles to another.
@keyframe selectors
0% defines CSS rules for the beginning of an animation, 100% defines CSS rules for the end. Instead of 0% and 100% the keywords from and to can be used. You can also specify styles for other parts of the animation - we can use 0-100%. For example 50% would add styles when half the animation is done.
Defining styles
Inside the @keyframe selectors we can add any styles we want. It works like "normal" CSS.
Prefixes
We need @-o-keyframes for Opera, @-moz-keyframes for Firefox and @-webkit-keyframes for Webkit browsers like Safari and Chrome.
Examples
Now we can use our @keyframes for animations
Compatibility
| Chrome | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0+ | 5.0+ | 10.0+ | 12.0+ | 4.0+ |
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