is an option to Animator and related functions that indicates how long the animation has been continuously running.
AnimationRunTime
is an option to Animator and related functions that indicates how long the animation has been continuously running.
Details
- AnimationRunTime is the absolute number of seconds of real time that have elapsed since the animation was started.
- AnimationRunTime is reset to 0 whenever an animation is begun.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (1)
Track how long an animation has been running:
Properties & Relations (2)
The time since the animation started may be less than the time index:
The time since the animation started may be much greater than the time index:
Interactive Examples (1)
Display a brief indicator whenever an animation is started or restarted:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), AnimationRunTime, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationRunTime.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "AnimationRunTime." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationRunTime.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). AnimationRunTime. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationRunTime.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_animationruntime, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AnimationRunTime}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationRunTime.html}", note=[Accessed: 18-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_animationruntime, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AnimationRunTime}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationRunTime.html}, note=[Accessed: 18-November-2025]}