---
title: Using CSS Animations
---
## Using CSS Animations

CSS animations change elements from one CSS style to another.<br>
There are no limits to how many CSS propreties you can change. <br>

## @Keyframes

CSS animations work by using keyframes, which define what style the element has at any given time.

```css

/* Using from/to */

@keyframes animationName {
    from {opacity: 1;}
    to {opacity: 0;}
}

/* Using Values */

@keyframes animationName {
    0% {opacity: 1;}
    50% {opacity: 0;}
    100% {opacity: 1;}
}
```

To create a CSS animation sequence, we have different sub-properties in the `animation` property in CSS :
- `animation-delay`
- `animation-direction`
- `animation-duration`
- `animation-iteration-count`
- `animation-name`
- `animation-play-state`
- `animation-timing-function`
- `animation-fill-mode`

### Sample CSS animation sequence for move text across the screen

In the HTML part we will have a `div` with class `container` and a `h3` with the text `Hello World`:

```html
<div class="container">
    <h3> Hello World ! </h3>
</div>
```
For the CSS part :

```css
.container {
    /* We will define the width, height and padding of the container */
    /* The text-align to center */
    width: 400px;
    height: 60px;
    padding: 32px;
    text-align: center;

    /* Use the animation `blink` to repeat infinitely for a time period of 2.5s*/
    animation-duration: 2.5s;           
    animation-iteration-count: infinite;
    animation-direction: normal;        
    animation-name: blink;              
    
    /* The same can be written shorthand as     */
    /* --------------------------------------   */
    /* animation: 2.5s infinite normal blink;   */
}
@keyframes blink {
    0%, 100% {              /* Defines the properties at these frames */
        background: #333;
        color: white;
    }

    50% {                   /* Defines the properties at these frames */
        background: #ccc;
        color: black;
        border-radius: 48px;
    }
}
```
![Imgur](https://cdn-media-1.freecodecamp.org/imgr/sczZjwm.gif)


#### More Information:
- [Mozilla Developer Network Docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Animations/Using_CSS_animations)
- [CSS Animations - 3d Transforms](https://3dtransforms.desandro.com/)