---
title: timingMode
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: spritekit/skaction/timingmode
---

# timingMode

A setting that controls the speed curve of an animation.

## Declaration

```swift
var timingMode: SKActionTimingMode { get set }
```

## Mentioned in

Configuring Action Timing Getting Started with Actions

## Discussion

Discussion The possible values for this property are listed in SKActionTimingMode. The default value is SKActionTimingMode.linear.

## See Also

### Controlling Action Timing

- [Configuring Action Timing](spritekit/configuring-action-timing.md)
- [duration](spritekit/skaction/duration.md)
- [SKActionTimingMode](spritekit/skactiontimingmode.md)
- [timingFunction](spritekit/skaction/timingfunction.md)
- [SKActionTimingFunction](spritekit/skactiontimingfunction.md)
- [speed](spritekit/skaction/speed.md)