SelectionAnimate[notebook]
animates graphics in the current selection in a notebook.
SelectionAnimate[notebook,t]
animates graphics for t seconds.


SelectionAnimate
SelectionAnimate[notebook]
animates graphics in the current selection in a notebook.
SelectionAnimate[notebook,t]
animates graphics for t seconds.
Details and Options

- The first argument of SelectionAnimate is a NotebookObject.
- The current selection for SelectionAnimate will typically be a cell group.
- SelectionAnimate stops the animation as soon as you do any interactive operation in the front end, such as pressing a key or clicking the mouse.
- The timing in SelectionAnimate does not count setup or initial rendering of frames.
See Also
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), SelectionAnimate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "SelectionAnimate." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). SelectionAnimate. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_selectionanimate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SelectionAnimate}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html}", note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_selectionanimate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SelectionAnimate}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html}, note=[Accessed: 14-August-2025]}