Animating SVG Shapes and Strokes

Techniques for bringing SVG to life — draw-on stroke effects, shape morphing, SMIL, and CSS or JavaScript-driven motion for icons and illustrations.

Content tagged svg-animation

• Snippet:SVG Circular Progress Ring with CSS Variables

  Build an SVG progress ring from one CSS variable.

  Build an accessible SVG circular progress ring: pathLength and a --progress variable set the arc, with a gradient variant and smooth value transitions.

• Snippet:SVG Marching Ants Border for Drop Zones and Selections

  Animate a marching dashed SVG border around any box.

  Build a marching ants border with an SVG rect and stroke-dashoffset: a seamless loop, a crisp overlay for any box size, and reduced-motion support.

• Snippet:SVG Three-Dot Loading Indicator with Staggered Delays

  Build a three-dot SVG loader with staggered delays.

  Build an accessible three-dot SVG loading indicator: three circles, one keyframes rule and negative animation-delay values, with reduced-motion support.

• Snippet:CSS & SVG Loading Spinner from One Circle

  Build an SVG loading spinner from one circle.

  Build an accessible SVG loading spinner from one circle: pathLength and stroke-dasharray draw the arc, CSS spins it, with reduced-motion support.

• Post:SVG Polygon vs Polyline: Differences, Fill Rules, and Use Cases

  Same points, open or closed: fill rules, miters, sparklines.

  The difference between SVG polygon and polyline: fill rules by ray-crossing, stroke-miterlimit, generated points, sparklines, animation and accessible charts.