The deleteRule() method of the CSSKeyframeRule interface deletes the CSSKeyFrameRule that matches the specified keyframe selector.
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CSSKeyframesRule: deleteRule() method
Syntax
js
deleteRule(select)
Parameters
-
select -
A string which contains the keyframe selector of the rule to be deleted, which must be:
- a comma-separated list of percentage values between 0% and 100%;
- or, the keywords
fromorto
Note that the number and order of the values in the specified keyframe selector must match those of the targeted keyframe rule(s). White-space is disregarded.
Return value
None (undefined).
Examples
The CSS includes a keyframes at-rule. This will be the first CSSRule returned by document.styleSheets[0].cssRules. myRules[0] returns a CSSKeyframesRule object. Returning the cssRules property would return a CSSRuleList containing two rules.
After deleting a rule with deleteRule() the cssRules property returns a CSSRuleList containing one rule.
css
@keyframes slidein {
from {
transform: translateX(0%);
}
to {
transform: translateX(100%);
}
}
js
let myRules = document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;
let keyframes = myRules[0]; // a CSSKeyframesRule
keyframes.deleteRule("to");
console.log(keyframes.cssRules); // a CSSRuleList object with one rule
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Animations Level 1 # dom-csskeyframesrule-deleterule |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
deleteRule |
1 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4.4 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CSSKeyframesRule/deleteRule