# `Events['animation:started']`

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Property of [`Events`](Events.md) · stable · since 2.0.0

```ts
'animation:started': ClipRef;
```

A clip that was neither playing nor paused started playing; a play that takes over a playing
clip, or resumes a paused one, fires nothing. Each run fires one 'animation:started' and then
one 'animation:stopped' or 'animation:finished', so started minus (stopped + finished) counts
the clips playing or paused; a Play/Pause control reads [`ClipInfo.playing`](ClipInfo.playing.md).

## Generic-API test (spec 3.1)

| Rule | Result |
| --- | --- |
| 1. Neutral name | pass: `animation:started` names no product |
| 2. A precedent | not recorded: no ledger row (coverage.json) names this member or its owner |
| 3. Two apps, or labs | pass: 21 apps (fleet cross-check: app-04c2774145, app-0c773a4ee3, app-37356bf09f, app-378d190f1b, app-4762caacdc, app-4fd23bc869, app-822bb9d6aa, app-8675b3225c and 13 more) |
| 4. The cheaper fix first | not recorded per member (Appendix B decides it per need) |