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requestAnimationFrame

The AnimationFrameAPI allows websites to request frames from a script-based animation in a much more efficient way than using timeouts to manually control the framerate.

Last updated on : 2023-03-20

Browser Versions

Edge

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

5.5 - 9

10 - 11

12 - 111

2 - 3

4 - 10

11 - 113

4 - 9

10 - 21

22 - 114

3.2 - 5

6 - 16.4

9.5 - 12.1

15 - 95

Fully Supported

Partially

No Support

Specifications

HTML Standard # dom-animationframeprovider-requestanimationframe

Syntax

window.requestAnimationFrame(callback);

Browser Compatibility

requestAnimationFrame on IE is fully supported on 10-11, and not supported on 5.5-9 IE versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Edge is fully supported on all Edge versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Firefox is fully supported on 11-113, partially supported on 4-10, and not supported on 2-3 Firefox versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Chrome is fully supported on 22-114, partially supported on 10-21, and not supported on 4-9 Chrome versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Safari is fully supported on 6-16.4, and not supported on 3.2-5 Safari versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Opera is fully supported on 15-95, and not supported on 9.5-12.1 Opera versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Safari on iOS is fully supported on 6-16.4, and not supported on 3.2-5 Safari on iOS versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Android Browser is fully supported on 4.4-111, and not supported on 2.1-4 Android Browser versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Opera Mobile is fully supported on 64-73, and not supported on 10-12 Opera Mobile versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Chrome for Android is fully supported on all Chrome for Android versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Firefox for Android is fully supported on all Firefox for Android versions.

requestAnimationFrame on Samsung Internet is fully supported on all Samsung Internet versions.

Browser Support for requestAnimationFrame

requestAnimationFrame on Chrome

requestAnimationFrame on Safari

requestAnimationFrame on Firefox

requestAnimationFrame on Internet Explorer

requestAnimationFrame on Opera

requestAnimationFrame on Edge

References

Data sourced from

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Overall Browser Compatibility Score

Note:requestAnimationFrame shows a browser compatibility score of 97. This is a collective score out of 100 to represent browser support of a web technology. The higher this score is, the greater is the browser compatibility. The browser compatibility score is not a 100% reflection for every browser and the web technology support. However, it does give you an estimate on how much you should rely on a particular web technology in terms of browser compatibility.

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