Delay Animation with CSS only

Question

I've got the following code which rotates words with a CSS animation. I'm trying to figure out how to pause the animation on each word, before moving to the next word. I've tried using animation-delay, but that only applies to the start of the animation rather than each item.

How can I pause the animation FOR EACH WORD?

.im {
  float: left;
  margin-right: 0.3em;
}

.im-wrapper {
  display: flex;
  height: 1.1em;
}

.im-items {
  overflow: hidden;
}

.im-item {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
  color: $primary;
  animation: move 10s infinite;
  animation-delay: 1s;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

@keyframes move {
  0% {
    transform: translateY(0%);
  }

  20% {
    transform: translateY(-100%);
  }

  40% {
    transform: translateY(-200%);
  }

  60% {
    transform: translateY(-300%);
  }

  80% {
    transform: translateY(-400%);
  }

  100% {
    transform: translateY(0%);
  }
}

<div class="hero-top-title">
    <div style="display: inline-block;">
        <div>Hi</div>
    </div>, I'm
    <div style="display: inline-block;">
        <div>A Person</div>
    </div>.
    <br>
    <div class="im">Am I a</div>
    <div class="im-wrapper">
        <div class="im-items">
            <div class="im-item im-item1">Father</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item2">Mother</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item3">Brother</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item4">Sister</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item5">Grandma</div>
        </div>
        <div>?</div>
    </div>
</div>

How can I pause the animation FOR EACH WORD?

Does this answer your question? [CSS animation delay in repeating](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13887889/css-animation-delay-in-repeating) — Mahozad, May 08 '22 at 09:28

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 24 '21 at 04:23

Need to keep the same transform of couple of moment then trigger next. Please follow the code below and you will understand what I mean.

.im {
  float: left;
  margin-right: 0.3em;
}

.im-wrapper {
  display: flex;
  height: 1.1em;
}

.im-items {
  overflow: hidden;
}

.im-item {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
  color: $primary;
  animation: move 10s infinite;
  animation-delay: 1s;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

/* Here is the different */
@keyframes move {
  0% {
    transform: translateY(0%);
  }
  10% {
    transform: translateY(-100%);
  }
  20% {
    transform: translateY(-100%);
  }
  30% {
    transform: translateY(-200%);
  }
  40% {
    transform: translateY(-200%);
  }
  50% {
    transform: translateY(-300%);
  }
  60% {
    transform: translateY(-300%);
  }
  70% {
    transform: translateY(-400%);
  }
  80% {
    transform: translateY(-400%);
  }
  90% {
    transform: translateY(0%);
  }
  100% {
    transform: translateY(0%);
  }
}

<div class="hero-top-title">
    <div style="display: inline-block;">
        <div>Hi</div>
    </div>, I'm
    <div style="display: inline-block;">
        <div>A Person</div>
    </div>.
    <br>
    <div class="im">Am I a</div>
    <div class="im-wrapper">
        <div class="im-items">
            <div class="im-item im-item1">Father</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item2">Mother</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item3">Brother</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item4">Sister</div>
            <div class="im-item im-item5">Grandma</div>
        </div>
        <div>?</div>
    </div>
</div>

Thanks, so if I want to add an even longer delay/pause, do I just keep adding more keyframe points? — anthonyjdella, Nov 24 '21 at 04:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 24 '21 at 07:23

Delay works only once at the start. So doesn't work with multiple iterations. You need to add blank frames like Feroz suggestd.
Here is a thread about the same topic: CSS animation delay in repeating

What you are trying is some sort of vertical carousel. Look for CSS only carousels. Following is an example, you can repurpose it to slide your text. You need to adjust animation slideMe to change pause time. Click on 'Full page' to see it better.

A codepen demo:

<iframe height="400px" style="width: 100%;" scrolling="no" title="CSS only - A scalable auto sliding carousel -vertical" src="https://codepen.io/onkarruikar/embed/RwZzrMp?default-tab=result&theme-id=dark" frameborder="no" loading="lazy" allowtransparency="true"
  allowfullscreen="true">
  See the Pen <a href="https://codepen.io/onkarruikar/pen/RwZzrMp">
  CSS only - A scalable auto sliding carousel -vertical</a> by OnkarRuikar (<a href="https://codepen.io/onkarruikar">@onkarruikar</a>)
  on <a href="https://codepen.io">CodePen</a>.
</iframe>

Delay Animation with CSS only

How can I pause the animation FOR EACH WORD?

How can I pause the animation FOR EACH WORD?

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