Creates a new Animation object whose animation target is the object on which the method is called, and calls the play method of the AnimationTimeline object of the document timeline of the node document [DOM4] of the element, passing the newly created Animation as the argument to the method.
Method of apis/web_animations/Animatableapis/web_animations/Animatable
Syntaxvar myAnimationPlayer = myAnimationPlayer.animate();
Return Value
Returns an object of type
Returns the AnimationPlayer object returned by the play method of the AnimationTimeline.
ExamplesThis example creates an instance of the AnimationPlayer that animates an object horizontally and vertically using computed values, and runs for 1500ms (1.5 seconds).
var player = snowFlake.animate([
{transform: 'translate(' + snowLeft + 'px, -100%)'},
{transform: 'translate(' + snowLeft + 'px, ' + window.innerHeight + 'px)'}
], 1500);
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