1# animateMotion 2 3 4> **NOTE** 5> 6> This component is supported since API version 7. Updates will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version. 7 8The **\<animateMotion>** component is used to define the animation along a path. 9 10## Required Permissions 11 12None. 13 14 15## Child Components 16 17Not supported 18 19 20## Attributes 21 22The **animate** attributes (**values** does not take effect) and the attributes in the following table are supported. 23 24| Name| Type| Default Value| Mandatory| Description| 25| -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | 26| keyPoints | string | - | Yes| Point position of a group of key frames. The value of each frame is the distance proportion of the object along the path. The function is the same as that of **values** in the **animate** attribute.| 27| path | string | - | Yes| Motion path. The syntax is the same as that of the **d** attribute of the **\<path>** component.| 28| rotate | [auto \| auto-reverse \| <number>] | auto | No| Rotation direction of an animation object.| 29 30 31## Example 32 33```html 34<!-- xxx.hml --> 35<div class="container"> 36 <svg fill="white" width="400" height="400"> 37 <path fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="3" d="m40,60 c0,-100 160,100 160,0 c0,-100 -160,100 -160,0 z"></path> 38 <path fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="3" d="m40,130 c0,-100 160,100 160,0 c0,-100 -160,100 -160,0 z"></path> 39 <path fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="3" d="m40,200 c0,-100 160,100 160,0 c0,-100 -160,100 -160,0 z"></path> 40 <path fill="red" d="M-5,-5 L10,0 L-5,5 L0,0 Z"> 41 <animateMotion dur="2000" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="auto" keyPoints="0;0.2;0.4;0.6;0.8;1" path="m40,60 c0,-100 160,100 160,0 c0,-100 -160,100 -160,0 z"> 42 </animateMotion> 43 </path> 44 <path fill="red" d="M-5,-5 L10,0 L-5,5 L0,0 Z"> 45 <animateMotion dur="2000" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="auto-reverse"path="m40,130 c0,-100 160,100 160,0 c0,-100,-160,100 -160,0 z"> 46 </animateMotion> 47 </path> 48 <path fill="red" d="M-5,-5 L10,0 L-5,5 L0,0 Z"> 49 <animateMotion dur="2000" repeatCount="indefinite" rotate="45"path="m40,200 c0,-100 160,100 160,0 c0,-100 -160,100 -160,0 z"></animateMotion> 50 </path> 51 </svg> 52</div> 53``` 54 55 56![2-11](figures/2-11.gif) 57