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Using the ScrollTimeline API for scroll-linked animations

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  • Introduction to scroll-linked animations: This article discusses how to implement scroll-linked animations using CSS properties and the Web Animations API. Scroll timelines use an element's scroll position to determine animation progress.
  • Building a scroll progress indicator with the Web Animations API: The article explains how to create an animated progress bar that tracks reading progress on a page. It provides CSS styles, HTML markup, and JavaScript code to set up the scroll-linked animation.
  • Creating a scroll-linked animation using CSS: This section covers how to create a scroll-linked animation using CSS. It provides code for defining keyframes and applying the scroll-linked animation properties to the progress bar element.
  • Named timelines with the scroll-timeline property: This part explains how to use the scroll-timeline property to link an animation to the scroll progress of any element on the page, not just the root element.
  • Using Chrome DevTools to debug scroll-linked animations: The article introduces how to use Chrome DevTools to debug scroll-linked animations. It explains how to select the progress bar element, view the animation inspector, and see the scroll progress in the viewport indicator.