your proposal would have the displayed image revert back to the first frame on mouseleave IIUC
Yes, correct.
I was hoping to have the hover-mode animation seamlessly pause and unpause
This SO question has several answers, all of which seem like reasonable solutions to me (if I were doing this, I’d try them all and pick the most performant one, most likely).
Yes, correct.
This SO question has several answers, all of which seem like reasonable solutions to me (if I were doing this, I’d try them all and pick the most performant one, most likely).