is an option to Animator and related functions that specifies the current time index for the animator.
AnimationTimeIndex
is an option to Animator and related functions that specifies the current time index for the animator.
Details
- AnimationTimeIndex runs from 0 to the duration of the animation, in seconds.
- AnimationTimeIndex is 0 at the animator's minimum value and duration at the maximum.
- The typical default setting of AnimationTimeIndex -> Automatic will calculate the appropriate value from the animation.
- While Animator [Dynamic [var],…] is running, changing var outside the animator will have no effect on AnimationTimeIndex .
- AnimationTimeIndex varies continuously, even for discrete animations.
- AnimationDirection has no impact on AnimationTimeIndex .
Examples
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With default option settings, AnimationTimeIndex runs from 0 to 5:
Changing the DefaultDuration will change the maximum time index:
Scope (1)
Interactively changing a paused animator will also change the value of AnimationTimeIndex :
Possible Issues (1)
To change a running animator programmatically, change the value of AnimationTimeIndex , not the animation variable:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), AnimationTimeIndex, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationTimeIndex.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "AnimationTimeIndex." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationTimeIndex.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). AnimationTimeIndex. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationTimeIndex.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_animationtimeindex, author="Wolfram Research", title="{AnimationTimeIndex}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationTimeIndex.html}", note=[Accessed: 19-November-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_animationtimeindex, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={AnimationTimeIndex}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/AnimationTimeIndex.html}, note=[Accessed: 19-November-2025]}