Appendix A. Animatable Properties

Following is a list of animatable properties as given in the CSS Transitions specification. Because this only lists the CSS 2.1 properties that are animatable, it is not complete, but it is illustrative for understanding which kinds of properties are animatable and in what ways, and which properties are not.

  Property name Interpolation
Color
  color as color
  opacity as number
columns
  column-width as length
  column-count as integer
  column-gap as length
  column-rule (see longhands)  
  column-rule-color: as color
  column-rule-style: no
  column-rule-width: as length
  break-before no
  break-after no
  break-inside no
  column-span no
  column-fill no
text
  hyphens no
  letter-spacing as length
  word-wrap no
  overflow-wrap no
  text-transform no
  tab-size as length
  text-align no
  text-align-last no
  text-indent as length, percentage, or calc();
  direction no
  white-space no
  word-break no
  word-spacing as length
  line-break no
Text decorations
  text-decoration-color: as color
  text-decoration-style: no
  text-decoration-line: no
  text-decoration-skip no
  text-shadow as shadow list
  text-underline-position no
Flexible boxes
  align-content no
  align-items no
  align-self no
 

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