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How TO - Animate Icons


Learn how to use icons to make an animated effect.


Battery Charging


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Step 1) Add HTML:

Example

<div id="charging" class="fa"></div>
Step 2) Include the Font Awesome Icon Library:

Example

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">

Read more about Font Awesome in our Font Awesome Tutorial.

Step 3) Add a JavaScript:

Example

<script>
function chargebattery() {
  var a;
  a = document.getElementById("charging");
  a.innerHTML = "&#xf244;";
  setTimeout(function () {
    a.innerHTML = "&#xf243;";
  }, 1000);
  setTimeout(function () {
    a.innerHTML = "&#xf242;";
  }, 2000);
  setTimeout(function () {
    a.innerHTML = "&#xf241;";
  }, 3000);
  setTimeout(function () {
    a.innerHTML = "&#xf240;";
  }, 4000);
}
chargebattery();
setInterval(chargebattery, 5000);
</script>
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Example Explained

The example gives an impression of a battery getting charged, but instead it is five different icons being displayed.

A function called chargebattery() does all the replacing and displaying of icons.

The function starts by displaying an empty battery icon:

After one second, the icon is replaced by a new icon:

The icon is replaced by a new icon each second, until "the battery is fully charged":



This process is repeated every 5 second, making it seems like the battery is charging.


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