detecting animations

[paulstreats]

Does anybody know wether it is possible to detect wether a gif animation has finished playing or is still playing?

[glenngv]

I think animated gifs always trigger the image onload event whenever the animation starts.

try this simple test:

<img src="animated.gif" onload="window.status++">

observe the status bar and see if the number increments whenever the animation starts.

With that behavior, you can do something like this:

var loopFlag = false;
function checkStatus(){
if (loopFlag){
//do something
}
loopFlag = true;
}
...
<img src="animated.gif" onload="checkStatus()">