# animation-trigger

DevFeed: [animation-trigger](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/animation-trigger-4255.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/a/animation-trigger/>)

Author: Saleh Mubashar

Published: 2026-08-26T15:38:41Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [CSS-Tricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/css-tricks.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [css animation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css-animation.md>), [scroll-triggered animations](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scroll-triggered-animations.md>), [Playback](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/playback.md>), [Document Object Model (DOM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dom.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>)

Tags: [animation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/animation.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concepts.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [css-animation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css-animation.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [playback](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/playback.md>), [scroll-triggered-animations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scroll-triggered-animations.md>)

## AI overview

An overview of the CSS animation-trigger property, which starts, pauses, reverses, or resets CSS animations in response to named timeline- or event-based triggers. The article explains its syntax, trigger scope, animation actions, and distinction from scroll-driven animations.

## Source excerpt

The CSS animation-trigger property allows you to delay the start of a CSS animation until a specific trigger occurs. animation-trigger originally handwritten and published with love on CSS-Tricks. You should really get the newsletter as well.