# CSS Animation Events | kirupa.com

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-animation-events-kirupa-com/352219>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-animation-events-kirupa-com/352219 "2014-11-23T02:20:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-animation-events-kirupa-com/352219/1 "2014-11-23T02:20:28Z")

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by [kirupa](http://www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | 14 April 2013

When your CSS animations are playing, what they do isn't just purely visual. Behind the scenes, they fire events at key points in their life. In this short tutorial, you will learn all about these events and how to listen to them in JavaScript.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/html5/css\_animation\_events.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/html5/css_animation_events.htm)