An animation is triggered when the contents of a [keyed each block](docs#Each_blocks) are re-ordered. Animations do not run when an element is removed, only when the each block's data is reordered. Animate directives must be on an element that is an *immediate* child of a keyed each block.
Animations can be used with Svelte's [built-in animation functions](docs#svelte_animate) or [custom animation functions](docs#Custom_animation_functions).
```html
<!-- When `list` is reordered the animation will run-->
{#each list as item, index (item)}
<lianimate:flip>{item}</li>
{/each}
```
#### Animation Parameters
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As with actions and transitions, animations can have parameters.
(The double `{{curlies}}` aren't a special syntax; this is an object literal inside an expression tag.)
```html
{#each list as item, index (item)}
<lianimate:flip="{{ delay: 500 }}">{item}</li>
{/each}
```
#### Custom animation functions
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Animations can use custom functions that provide the `node`, an `animation` object and any `paramaters` as arguments. The `animation` parameter is an object containing `from` and `to` properties each containing a [DOMRect](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMRect#Properties) describing the geometry of the element in its `start` and `end` positions. The `from` property is the DOMRect of the element in its starting position, the `to` property is the DOMRect of the element in its final position after the list has been reordered and the DOM updated.
If the returned object has a `css` method, Svelte will create a CSS animation that plays on the element.
The `t` argument passed to `css` is a value that goes from `0` and `1` after the `easing` function has been applied. The `u` argument is equal to `1 - t`.
The function is called repeatedly *before* the animation begins, with different `t` and `u` arguments.