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Animations

Updated on Sep 15, 2025

The RadSvgImage control has a built-in support for animations.

Applying Animations

To apply an animation to the displayed SVG image, you can utilize the animate, animateMotion, and animateTransform elements inside the SVG's XML.

To learn more about the above-mentioned elements, check the animate, animateMotion, and animateTransform articles.

Sample SVG file with animations

XML
    <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="256" height="256" viewBox="-128 -128 345 345" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
        <defs>
            <clipPath id="circle">
                <circle r="50" stroke-width="0"/>
            </clipPath>
            <clipPath id="circle2">
                <circle r="40" stroke-width="1"/>
            </clipPath>
            <g id="minuteHand" clip-path="url(#circle)">
                <path d="M0.5,0.5 L333.5,0.5 L333.5,3.5 L0.5,3.5 z" fill="#228BCB" />
            </g>
            <g id="hourHand" clip-path="url(#circle2)">
                <path d="M0.5,0.5 L333.5,0.5 L333.5,3.5 L0.5,3.5 z" fill="#228BCB"/>
            </g>
            <g id="dot" clip-path="url(#circle2)">
                <circle r="7" fill="white" stroke="#383838" />
            </g>
        </defs>
        <circle r="64" fill="white" stroke="#383838"/>
        <g transform="translate(-150, -150)">
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="95" cx="150"/>
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="115" cx="187"/>
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="148" cx="205"/>
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="185" cx="193"/>
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="205" cx="150"/>
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="185" cx="109"/>
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="148" cx="95"/>
            <circle fill="#383838" r="1.5" cy="115" cx="108"/>
        </g>

        <g fill="white" stroke-width="5">
            <path data="M0,22 L4,22 L4,26 L0,26 z M48,22 L52,22 L52,26 L48,26 z M23,0 L27,0 L27,4 L23,4 z M24,47 L28,47 L28,51 L24,51 z M9,8 L13,8 L13,12 L9,12 z M9,39 L13,39 L13,43 L9,43 z M41,8 L45,8 L45,12    L41,12 z M41,39 L45,39 L45,43 L41,43 z" fill="black" />
        </g>
        <g>
            <animateTransform attributeName="transform" attributeType="XML" type="rotate" from="0" to="360" begin="0s" dur="12s" repeatCount="indefinite"/>
            <use xlink:href="#minuteHand" />
        </g>
        <g>
            <use xlink:href="#hourHand" />
        </g>
        <g>
            <animateTransform attributeName="transform" attributeType="XML" type="rotate" from="0" to="360" begin="0s" dur="5s" />
            <use xlink:href="#dot" />
        </g>
    </svg>

RadSvgImage instance using an SVG file with animations

XAML
    <telerik:RadSvgImage Width="256" Height="256" UriSource="MySvgWithAnimations.svg"/>

RadSvgImage displaying an SVG file with animations

WPF RadSvgImage displaying an SVG file with animations

See Also

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