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SelectionAnimate

As of Version 6.0, SelectionAnimate has been succeeded by ListAnimate.

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SelectionAnimate[notebook]

animates graphics in the current selection in a notebook.

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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.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)Summary of the most common use cases

Create a series of graphics and animate them:

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Wolfram Research (1996), SelectionAnimate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html.
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Wolfram Research (1996), SelectionAnimate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), SelectionAnimate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html.

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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.

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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

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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: 02-June-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_selectionanimate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SelectionAnimate}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html}", note=[Accessed: 02-June-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: 02-June-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_selectionanimate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SelectionAnimate}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionAnimate.html}, note=[Accessed: 02-June-2025 ]}