CSS Motion Path Sample

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Background

CSS Motion Paths allow web pages to animate graphical objects along paths, specified using CSS.

It introduces the following new CSS properties: motion-offset, motion-path, and motion-rotation.

HTML Snippet

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
     width="700"
     height="450"
     viewBox="350 0 1400 900">
  <rect x="595"
        y="423"
        width="610"
        height="377"
        fill="blue" />
  <polygon points="506,423 900,190 1294,423"
           fill="yellow" />
  <polygon points="993,245 993,190 1086,190 1086,300"
           fill="red" />
  <path d="M900,190 L993,245 V201 A11,11 0 0,1 1004,190 H1075 A11,11 0 0,1 1086,201 V300 L1294,423 H1216 A11,11 0 0,0 1205,434 V789 A11,11 0 0,1 1194,800 H606 A11,11 0 0,1 595,789 V434 A11,11 0 0,0 584,423 H506 L900,190"
        fill="none"
        stroke="black"
        stroke-width="13"
        stroke-linejoin="round"
        stroke-linecap="round" />
  <path id="firstScissorHalf"
        d="M30,0 H-10 A10,10 0 0,0 -20,10 A20,20 0 1,1 -40,-10 H20 A10,10 0 0,1 30,0 M-40,20 A10,10 1 0,0 -40,0 A10,10 1 0,0 -40,20 M0,0"
        transform="translate(0,0)"
        fill="green"
        stroke="black"
        stroke-width="5"
        stroke-linejoin="round"
        stroke-linecap="round"
        fill-rule="evenodd" />
  <path id="secondScissorHalf"
        d="M30,0 H-10 A10,10 0 0,1 -20,-10 A20,20 0 1,0 -40,10 H20 A10,10 0 0,0 30,0 M-40,-20 A10,10 1 0,0 -40,0 A10,10 1 0,0 -40,-20 M0,0"
        transform="translate(0,0)"
        fill="forestgreen"
        stroke="black"
        stroke-width="5"
        stroke-linejoin="round"
        stroke-linecap="round"
        fill-rule="evenodd" />
</svg>

CSS Snippet

#firstScissorHalf {
  motion-path: path('M900,190  L993,245 V201  A11,11 0 0,1 1004,190  H1075  A11,11 0 0,1 1086,201  V300  L1294,423 H1216  A11,11 0 0,0 1205,434  V789  A11,11 0 0,1 1194,800  H606  A11,11 0 0,1 595,789  V434  A11,11 0 0,0 584,423  H506 L900,190');
}

#secondScissorHalf {
  motion-path: path('M900,190  L993,245 V201  A11,11 0 0,1 1004,190  H1075  A11,11 0 0,1 1086,201  V300  L1294,423 H1216  A11,11 0 0,0 1205,434  V789  A11,11 0 0,1 1194,800  H606  A11,11 0 0,1 595,789  V434  A11,11 0 0,0 584,423  H506 L900,190');
}

JavaScript Snippet

var firstScissorHalf = document.querySelector('#firstScissorHalf');
var secondScissorHalf = document.querySelector('#secondScissorHalf');

var positionKeyframes = [{motionOffset: '0%'}, {motionOffset: '100%'}];
var positionTiming = {duration: 12000, iterations: Infinity};
firstScissorHalf.animate(positionKeyframes, positionTiming);
secondScissorHalf.animate(positionKeyframes, positionTiming);

var firstRotationKeyframes = [
  {motionRotation: 'auto 0deg'},
  {motionRotation: 'auto -45deg'},
  {motionRotation: 'auto 0deg'}
];
var secondRotationKeyframes = [
  {motionRotation: 'auto 0deg'},
  {motionRotation: 'auto 45deg'},
  {motionRotation: 'auto 0deg'}
];
var rotationTiming = {duration: 1000, iterations: Infinity};
firstScissorHalf.animate(firstRotationKeyframes, rotationTiming);
secondScissorHalf.animate(secondRotationKeyframes, rotationTiming);