anime_playback: Configure animation playback

In animejs: R Bindings to the 'Anime.js' Animation Library

Configure animation playback

Description

Sets autoplay, looping, direction, speed, and optional controls UI on an anime_timeline or anime_animation. Arguments left as NULL keep the settings already stored on the object.

Usage

anime_playback(
  x,
  autoplay = NULL,
  loop = NULL,
  loop_delay = NULL,
  playback_rate = NULL,
  reversed = NULL,
  alternate = NULL,
  controls = NULL
)

Arguments

x	An anime_timeline or anime_animation object.
autoplay	Logical. Start playing immediately on load.
loop	Logical or positive integer. FALSE for no looping, TRUE for infinite looping, or a fixed number of iterations.
loop_delay	Numeric. Delay in milliseconds between iterations.
playback_rate	Numeric. Playback speed multiplier (1 is normal speed).
reversed	Logical. Play in reverse from the end.
alternate	Logical. Alternate direction on each iteration (requires loop to be TRUE or a positive integer to have any visible effect).
controls	Logical. Inject a play/pause/seek control bar into the widget container.

Value

The modified anime_timeline or anime_animation object.

Examples

anime_timeline() |>
  anime_playback(loop = TRUE, alternate = TRUE, controls = TRUE)

animejs documentation built on Aug. 21, 2026, 5:17 p.m.