requestAnimationFrame()
Widely available since 2018-01-29
The requestAnimationFrame() method schedules a function that runs before the next repaint. You can use it to animate content with JavaScript.
Learning resources on MDN
Browser support (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome 24 Released on 2013-01-10
- Chrome Android 25 Released on 2013-02-27
- Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
- Firefox 23 Released on 2013-08-06
- Firefox for Android 23 Released on 2013-08-06
- Safari 7 Released on 2013-10-22
- Safari on iOS 7 Released on 2013-09-18
Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~50.963% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.
Specifications
- HTML (#animation-frames), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).
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