---
title: "Timeline animated icon"
description: "Timeline animated icon (Motion design). The playhead scrubs to a new frame across the clip tracks. Light: the head launches along the ruler, crosses 12 and stops dead a little past its frame; its marks on the two tracks catch up in order (top track, then bottom) and everything settles. Strong: the head first pulls back, then sweeps faster and overshoots farther, rebounding twice before it settles, with the track marks arriving in order behind it. Ruler and clips never move; the preview reset fades it back."
canonical: https://generativeicons.com/icons/timeline/
---

# Timeline animated icon

The playhead scrubs to a new frame across the clip tracks. Light: the head launches along the ruler, crosses 12 and stops dead a little past its frame; its marks on the two tracks catch up in order (top track, then bottom) and everything settles. Strong: the head first pulls back, then sweeps faster and overshoots farther, rebounding twice before it settles, with the track marks arriving in order behind it. Ruler and clips never move; the preview reset fades it back.

- Id: `timeline`
- Category: Motion design
- Search terms: playhead, scrub, scrubber, tracks, clip tracks, sequence, sequencer, video editor, dope sheet, frames, current frame, chronology
- Two states: prepared to result, played forward and back
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.com/assets/timeline.lottie (dotLottie, 6696 bytes, sha256 c4728101e32e902ccbe1a19dedbb00df1c79e04f90da8aab2e1c82a295e95148)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add timeline
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/timeline.mjs';

export function TimelineIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/timeline.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.com/icons/timeline/ · https://generativeicons.com/api/icons/timeline