Animated Image

Animated Image animated image link

Full documentation: https://webawesome.com/docs/components/animated-image

<wa-animated-image> Stable Since 2.0

Animated images display GIFs and WEBPs with controls to play and pause them on demand. Use them when you want motion but need to give users control over when it plays.

<wa-animated-image
  src="https://shoelace.style/assets/images/walk.gif"
  alt="Animation of untied shoes walking on pavement"
></wa-animated-image>

This component uses <canvas> to draw freeze frames, so images are subject to cross-origin restrictions.

Examples examples link

WEBP Images webp images link

Both GIF and WEBP images are supported.

<wa-animated-image
  src="https://shoelace.style/assets/images/tie.webp"
  alt="Animation of a shoe being tied"
></wa-animated-image>

Setting a Width and Height setting a width and height link

To set a custom size, apply a width and/or height to the host element.

<wa-animated-image
  src="https://shoelace.style/assets/images/walk.gif"
  alt="Animation of untied shoes walking on pavement"
  style="width: 150px; height: 200px;"
>
</wa-animated-image>

Customizing the Control Box customizing the control box link

You can change the appearance and location of the control box by targeting the control-box part in your styles.

<wa-animated-image
  src="https://shoelace.style/assets/images/walk.gif"
  alt="Animation of untied shoes walking on pavement"
  class="animated-image-custom-control-box"
></wa-animated-image>

<style>
  .animated-image-custom-control-box::part(control-box) {
    top: auto;
    right: auto;
    bottom: 1rem;
    left: 1rem;
    background-color: deeppink;
    border: none;
    color: pink;
  }
</style>

Importing importing link

If you’re using the autoloader or a hosted project, components load on demand — no manual import needed. To cherry-pick a component manually, use one of the following snippets.

**CDN**

Import this component directly from the CDN:

import 'https://ka-f.webawesome.com/webawesome@3.7.0/components/animated-image/animated-image.js';

**npm**

After installing Web Awesome via npm, import this component:

import '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/components/animated-image/animated-image.js';

**Self-Hosted**

If you’re self-hosting Web Awesome, import this component from your server:

import './webawesome/dist/components/animated-image/animated-image.js';

**React**

To import this component for React 18 or below, use the following code:

import WaAnimatedImage from '@awesome.me/webawesome/dist/react/animated-image/index.js';

Slots slots link

Learn more about using slots.

Name	Description
`pause-icon`	`` Optional play icon to use instead of the default. Works best with .

Attributes & Properties attributes properties link

Learn more about attributes and properties.

Name	Description	Reflects
`alt` alt	`string` A description of the image used by assistive devices. Type
`css`	`CSSResultGroup \\| undefined` One or more CSSResultGroup to include in the component’s shadow root. Host styles are automatically prepended. Type Default styles
`play` play	`boolean` Plays the animation. When this attribute is remove, the animation will pause. Type
`src` src	`string` The path to the image to load. Type

Events events link

Learn more about events.

Name	Description
`wa-error`	Emitted when the image fails to load.
`wa-load`	Emitted when the image loads successfully.

CSS custom properties css custom properties link

Learn more about CSS custom properties.

Name	Description
`–control-box-size`	The size of the icon box.
`–icon-size`	The size of the play/pause icons.

CSS parts css parts link

Learn more about CSS parts.

Name	Description	CSS selector
`control-box`	The container that surrounds the pause/play icons and provides their background.	`::part(control-box)`

Dependencies dependencies link

This component automatically imports the following elements. Sub-dependencies, if any exist, will also be included in this list.

<wa-icon>

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