animation-play-state.md

Animation Play State

Utilities for controlling the play state of CSS animations.

Class	Properties
running	animation-play-state: running;
paused	animation-play-state: paused;

Basic Usage

Changing animation play state

Use the running and paused utilities to control an element’s animation-play-state.

<button class="animate-bounce running ...">Button B</button>
<button class="animate-bounce paused ...">Button A</button>

Applying Conditionally

Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:running to only apply the running utility on hover.

<div class="animate-bounce paused hover:running">
	<!-- ... -->
</div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:running to apply the running utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="animate-bounce paused md:running">
	<!-- ... -->
</div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.