Window: transitionstart event

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The transitionstart event is fired when a CSS transition has actually started, i.e., after any transition-delay has ended.

Bubbles Yes
Cancelable No
Interface TransitionEvent
Event handler property GlobalEventHandlers.ontransitionstart

The original target for this event is the Element that had the transition applied. You can listen for this event on the Window interface to handle it in the capture or bubbling phases. For full details on this event please see the page on HTMLElement: transitionstart.

Examples

This code adds a listener to the transitionstart event:

window.addEventListener('transitionstart', () => {
  console.log('Started transitioning');
});

The same, but using the ontransitionstart property instead of addEventListener():

window.ontransitionrun = () => {
  console.log('Started transitioning');
};

See a live example of this event.

Specifications

Specification
CSS Transitions Level 2
# transitionstart

Browser compatibility

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See also