Animating an SVG on hover

Question

I'm trying to animate an SVG file on hover. by default it animates great with svg functions like:

  <animateTransform attributeType="xml"
                attributeName="transform"
                type="rotate"
                from="0 16 30"
                to="360 16 30"
                dur="3s"
                repeatCount="indefinite"/>

but now i want to transform it only on hover.

here's the pen: https://jsfiddle.net/g1todrkg/

Answer 1

This can also be accomplished with CSS. With the impending deprecation of SMIL animations, using CSS will be more future-proof.

1. Give the paths for the small and large cog their own IDs.
2. Apply a CSS animation to the cogs, with an initial animation-play-state of paused.
3. On :hover of the svg element, change the animation-play-state to running.

The demo below uses only the non-prefixed animation properties. To make it work consistently cross-browser the browser prefixes should be added.

#cogSmall,
#cogBig {
  animation-name: spin;
  animation-duration: 4000ms;
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  animation-timing-function: linear;
  transform-origin:15.887px 29.88px;
  animation-play-state: paused;
}
#cogSmall {
  animation-duration: 3000ms;
  transform-origin: 24.691px 35.778px;
  animation-direction: reverse;
}

svg:hover #cogBig,
svg:hover #cogSmall {
  animation-play-state: running;
}

@keyframes spin {
  from {
    transform: rotate(0deg);
  }
  to {
    transform: rotate(360deg);
  }
}

<svg version="1.1" id="team" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="60px" height="60px" viewBox="0 0 60 60" enable-background="new 0 0 60 60" xml:space="preserve">

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        2

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Answer 2

      <animateTransform attributeType="xml"
                attributeName="transform"
                type="rotate"
                from="360 24.69 35.778"
                to="0 24.69 35.778"
                dur="2s"
                begin="team.mouseover" 
                end="team.mouseout"
                repeatCount="indefinite"/>

use mouseover on begin and mouseout on end