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Summary
The transition-delay
CSS property specifies the amount of time to wait between a change being requested to a property that is to be transitioned and the start of the transition effect .
A value of 0s
, or 0ms
, indicates that the property will begin to animate its transition immediately when the value changes; positive values will delay the start of the transition effect for the corresponding number of seconds. Negative values cause the transition to begin immediately, but to cause the transition to seem to begin partway through the animation effect.
You may specify multiple delays; each delay will be applied to the corresponding property as specified by the transition-property
property, which acts as a master list. If there are fewer delays specified than in the master list, missing values are set to the initial value (0s
). If there are more delays, the list is simply truncated to the right size. In both case the CSS declaration stays valid.
Syntax
/* <time> values */
transition-delay: 3s;
transition-delay: 2s, 4ms;
/* Global values */
transition-delay: inherit;
transition-delay: initial;
transition-delay: unset;
Values
<time>
Is a <time>
denoting the amount of time to wait between a property's value changing and the start of the animation effect.
<time> #
Examples
transition-delay: 0.5s
<div class="parent">
<div class="box">Lorem</div>
</div>
.parent { width: 250px; height:125px;}
.box {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
font-size: 20px;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:0.5s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:0.5s;
transition-timing-function: linear;
}
.box1{
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: blue;
color: yellow;
font-size: 18px;
left: 150px;
top:25px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:0.5s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:0.5s;
transition-timing-function: linear;
}
function updateTransition() {
var el = document.querySelector("div.box");
if (el) {
el.className = "box1";
} else {
el = document.querySelector("div.box1");
el.className = "box";
}
return el;
}
var intervalID = window.setInterval(updateTransition, 7000);
transition-delay: 1s
<div class="parent">
<div class="box">Lorem</div>
</div>
.parent { width: 250px; height:125px;}
.box {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
font-size: 20px;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:1s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:1s;
transition-timing-function: linear;
}
.box1{
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: blue;
color: yellow;
font-size: 18px;
left: 150px;
top:25px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:1s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:1s;
transition-timing-function: linear;
}
function updateTransition() {
var el = document.querySelector("div.box");
if (el) {
el.className = "box1";
} else {
el = document.querySelector("div.box1");
el.className = "box";
}
return el;
}
var intervalID = window.setInterval(updateTransition, 7000);
transition-delay: 2s
<div class="parent">
<div class="box">Lorem</div>
</div>
.parent { width: 250px; height:125px;}
.box {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
font-size: 20px;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:2s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:2s;
transition-timing-function: linear;
}
.box1{
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: blue;
color: yellow;
font-size: 18px;
left: 150px;
top:25px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:2s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: linear;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:2s;
transition-timing-function: linear;
}
function updateTransition() {
var el = document.querySelector("div.box");
if (el) {
el.className = "box1";
} else {
el = document.querySelector("div.box1");
el.className = "box";
}
return el;
}
var intervalID = window.setInterval(updateTransition, 7000);
transition-delay: 4s
<div class="parent">
<div class="box">Lorem</div>
</div>
.parent { width: 250px; height:125px;}
.box {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
font-size: 20px;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:4s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:4s;
transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
}
.box1{
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: blue;
color: yellow;
font-size: 18px;
left: 150px;
top:25px;
position:absolute;
-webkit-transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
-webkit-transition-duration:2s;
-webkit-transition-delay:4s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
transition-property: width height background-color font-size left top color;
transition-duration:2s;
transition-delay:4s;
transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
}
function updateTransition() {
var el = document.querySelector("div.box");
if (el) {
el.className = "box1";
} else {
el = document.querySelector("div.box1");
el.className = "box";
}
return el;
}
var intervalID = window.setInterval(updateTransition, 7000);
Specifications
Browser compatibility
Feature
Chrome
Firefox (Gecko)
Internet Explorer
Opera
Safari
Basic support
1.0 -webkit
4.0 (2.0) -moz
16.0 (16.0)
10.0
11.6 -o
12.10
3.0 -webkit
Feature
Android
Firefox Mobile (Gecko)
IE Mobile
Opera Mobile
Safari Mobile
Basic support
2.1 -webkit
4.0 (2.0) -moz
16.0 (16.0)
?
10.0 -o
12.10[1]
3.2 -webkit
[1] See blog post about Opera 12.50 .
See also
Document Tags and Contributors
Contributors to this page:
mrstork ,
Sebastianz ,
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teoli ,
tregagnon ,
kscarfone ,
Sheppy ,
ethertank ,
CutenessOverload ,
yyss ,
Bzbarsky
Last updated by:
mrstork ,
Jan 31, 2016, 5:39:11 PM