Style animationDelay Property

Changing the animationDelay property of a <div> element:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.animationDelay = "1s";

Description

The animationDelay property defines when the animation will start.

The animationDelay value is defined in seconds (s) or milliseconds (ms).

Tip: Negative values are allowed, -2s makes the animation start at once, but starts 2 seconds into the animation.

Return the animationDelay property:

object.style.animationDelay

Set the animationDelay property:

object.style.animationDelay = "time|initial|inherit"

Value	Description
time	Optional. Defines the number of seconds or milliseconds to wait before the animation will start. Default value is 0
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Default Value:	0
Return Value:	A String, representing the animation-delay property of an element
CSS Version	CSS3

animationDelay is a CSS3 (1999) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	11