Animation Basics in Angular
From the Angular cheat sheet · Animations · verified Jul 2026
Animation Basics
Creating animations with Angular animations API
typescript
// Basic animation
import { trigger, state, style, transition, animate } from '@angular/animations';
@Component({
selector: 'app-animated',
template: \`
<div [@slideIn]="isVisible" class="box">
Animated Content
</div>
<button (click)="toggle()">Toggle</button>
\`,
animations: [
trigger('slideIn', [
transition(':enter', [
style({ transform: 'translateX(-100%)' }),
animate('300ms ease-in', style({ transform: 'translateX(0%)' }))
]),
transition(':leave', [
animate('300ms ease-out', style({ transform: 'translateX(100%)' }))
])
])
]
})
export class AnimatedComponent {
isVisible = true;
toggle() { this.isVisible = !this.isVisible; }
}💡 Use :enter and :leave for elements being added/removed from DOM
⚡ Stagger animations for lists create smooth sequential effects
📌 Standalone apps enable animations with provideAnimations() (provideNoopAnimations() in tests)
🔥 @angular/animations is deprecated in Angular 22 (removed in v23); prefer native CSS animate.enter/animate.leave