Overview
Brave is built on Chromium, which means it shares many under-the-hood features with Google Chrome—including experimental flags, developer tools and support for Chrome extensions. While Brave doesn’t offer a direct “animation speed” slider in its normal settings, you can still customize or disable animations in three primary ways: via experimental flags, via browser extensions, or via manual overrides in DevTools.
Method 1: Using Experimental Flags
Chromium browsers include an “Animation Policy” flag that lets you disable or limit animations globally. It doesn’t let you set a precise speed multiplier, but it’s a quick way to reduce motion or turn off animations entirely.
Step-by-Step Guide
- In Brave’s address bar, type
brave://flags and press Enter. - Search the page for
Animation Policy or simplyanimation . - In the drop-down menu next to
Animation Policy , choose one of the following:Enabled (Disables all animations) Enabled — Prefers-reduced-motion (Respects website “reduce motion” requests)Disabled (Default behavior)
- Click
Relaunch at the bottom to restart Brave with the new setting.
Notes
- This flag globally reduces or disables animations—it does not offer granular speed control.
- You may need to experiment with “Prefers-reduced-motion” to see how websites react.
Method 2: Installing a Chrome Extension
If you need finer control—such as speeding up or slowing down CSS animations and transitions—you can install a dedicated extension from the Chrome Web Store. Brave supports most Chrome extensions out of the box.
Popular Extensions
- Animation Speed Control – adds a slider to adjust
animation-duration andtransition-duration on any page. - Easy Animation Controller – simple buttons to step through frames or change playback rate.
How to Install
- Visit the Chrome Web Store page for the chosen extension.
- Click
Add to Brave (orAdd to Chrome ). - Confirm by selecting
Add extension . - After installation, look for the extension icon next to the address bar.
- Open any website, click the icon, and adjust the speed slider as needed.
Method 3: Manual Overrides in DevTools
For site-specific tweaks or one-off tests, you can use Brave’s Developer Tools to override CSS animation properties directly.
Steps to Override Animation Speed
- Open the page you want to customize.
- Press
Ctrl Shift I (Windows/Linux) orCmd Option I (macOS) to open DevTools. - In the
Elements panel, locate the element whose animation you wish to adjust. - In the
Styles sidebar, look for rules containinganimation-duration ortransition-duration . - Double-click the duration value (e.g., “0.5s”) and change it to your desired speed (e.g., “0.2s” to speed up, “2s” to slow down).
- Press Enter—the change applies instantly so you can preview the effect.
Pro Tip
You can also add a new rule at the bottom of the Styles pane:
selector { animation-duration: 1s !important transition-duration: 1s !important }
Summary of Options
Approach | Control Level | Ease of Use |
---|---|---|
Experimental Flags | On/Off or reduced motion | Quick, but no granular speed |
Browser Extension | Fine-grained playback rate | Easy install, dedicated UI |
DevTools Overrides | Per-site, per-element | Manual, best for testing |
Final Considerations
While Brave doesn’t bundle a built-in animation-speed slider in its standard settings, these three methods give you everything from broad on/off control to precision tuning on a per-element basis. Choose the approach that best matches your goals—whether it’s simply reducing motion for accessibility, speeding up repetitive UI transitions, or experimenting with new design effects in real time.
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