{
  "id": "api/animations/animateChild",
  "title": "animateChild",
  "contents": "\n\n<article>\n  <div class=\"breadcrumb-container\">\n    <div class=\"breadcrumb\">\n      <script type=\"application/ld+json\">\n        {\n          \"@context\": \"http://schema.org\",\n          \"@type\": \"BreadcrumbList\",\n          \"itemListElement\": [\n            { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 1, \"item\": { \"@id\": \"https://angular.io//api\", \"name\": \"API\" } },\n            { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 2, \"item\": { \"@id\": \"https://angular.io/api/animations\", \"name\": \"@angular/animations\" } },\n            { \"@type\": \"ListItem\", \"position\": 3, \"item\": { \"@id\": \"https://angular.io/api/animations/animateChild\", \"name\": \"animateChild\" } }\n          ]\n        }\n      </script>\n        <a href=\"/api\">API</a> > <a href=\"api/animations\">@angular/animations</a>\n    </div>\n    <div class=\"github-links\">\n  <a href=\"https://github.com/angular/angular/edit/master/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts?message=docs(animations)%3A%20describe%20your%20change...#L1099-L1122\" aria-label=\"Suggest Edits\" title=\"Suggest Edits\"><i class=\"material-icons\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\">mode_edit</i></a>\n  <a href=\"https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/12.0.0-next.7/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts#L1099-L1122\" aria-label=\"View Source\" title=\"View Source\"><i class=\"material-icons\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\">code</i></a>\n</div>\n  </div>\n  \n  <header class=\"api-header\">\n    <h1 id=\"animatechild\">animateChild<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/animations/animateChild#animatechild\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h1>\n    \n    <label class=\"api-type-label function\">function</label>\n    \n    \n    \n  </header>\n  \n  <aio-toc class=\"embedded\"></aio-toc>\n\n  <div class=\"api-body\">\n    \n  <section class=\"short-description\">\n    <p>Executes a queried inner animation element within an animation sequence.</p>\n\n    \n  </section>\n  \n  \n  \n\n  <div class=\"overload-info\">\n  \n\n  <code-example language=\"ts\" hidecopy=\"true\" class=\"no-box api-heading\"> <span class=\"member-name\"><a href=\"api/animations/animateChild\" class=\"code-anchor\">animateChild</a></span>(options: <a href=\"api/animations/AnimateChildOptions\" class=\"code-anchor\">AnimateChildOptions</a> = null): <a href=\"api/animations/AnimationAnimateChildMetadata\" class=\"code-anchor\">AnimationAnimateChildMetadata</a></code-example>\n\n  \n\n  <h6 class=\"no-anchor\" id=\"parameters\">Parameters</h6>\n  <table class=\"is-full-width list-table parameters-table function-overload-parameters\">\n  <tbody>\n  \n    <tr class=\"function-overload-parameter\">\n      <td class=\"param-name\">\n        <a id=\"\"></a>\n        <code>options</code>\n      </td>\n      <td class=\"param-type\"><code><a href=\"api/animations/AnimateChildOptions\" class=\"code-anchor\">AnimateChildOptions</a></code></td>\n      <td class=\"param-description\">\n      <p>An options object that can contain a delay value for the start of the\nanimation, and additional override values for developer-defined parameters.</p>\n<p>      Optional. Default is <code>null</code>.</p>\n\n      </td>\n    </tr>\n  </tbody>\n</table>\n\n  \n  <h6 class=\"no-anchor\" id=\"returns\">Returns</h6>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 <p><code><a href=\"api/animations/AnimationAnimateChildMetadata\" class=\"code-anchor\">AnimationAnimateChildMetadata</a></code>: An object that encapsulates the child animation data.</p>\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               \n  \n\n\n  \n\n  \n</div>\n\n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n<section class=\"usage-notes\">\n  <h2 id=\"usage-notes\">Usage notes<a title=\"Link to this heading\" class=\"header-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"api/animations/animateChild#usage-notes\"><i class=\"material-icons\">link</i></a></h2>\n  <p>Each time an animation is triggered in Angular, the parent animation\nhas priority and any child animations are blocked. In order\nfor a child animation to run, the parent animation must query each of the elements\ncontaining child animations, and run them using this function.</p>\n<p>Note that this feature is designed to be used with <code><a href=\"api/animations/query\" class=\"code-anchor\">query</a>()</code> and it will only work\nwith animations that are assigned using the Angular animation library. CSS keyframes\nand transitions are not handled by this API.</p>\n\n</section>\n\n\n\n  </div>\n</article>\n\n<!-- links to this doc:\n - api/animations\n - api/animations/AnimateChildOptions\n - api/animations/AnimationAnimateChildMetadata\n - api/animations/AnimationMetadataType\n - api/animations/AnimationOptions\n - api/animations/trigger\n - guide/animations\n - guide/reusable-animations\n - guide/route-animations\n - guide/router-tutorial-toh\n - guide/transition-and-triggers\n-->\n<!-- links from this doc:\n - /api\n - api/animations\n - api/animations/AnimateChildOptions\n - api/animations/AnimationAnimateChildMetadata\n - api/animations/animateChild#animatechild\n - api/animations/animateChild#usage-notes\n - api/animations/query\n - https://github.com/angular/angular/edit/master/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts?message=docs(animations)%3A%20describe%20your%20change...#L1099-L1122\n - https://github.com/angular/angular/tree/12.0.0-next.7/packages/animations/src/animation_metadata.ts#L1099-L1122\n-->"
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