The docs for Animation#play [1] specify:

To play an Animation backwards from the end:
animation.setRate(negative rate);
animation.jumpTo(overall duration of animation);
animation.play();

But this does not play the same animation from the end.

Consider an animation that translates a node from 0 to 10:
Playing will translate the node from 0 to 10. Then doing the above will translate the node from 20 to 10, and not from 10 to 0.

Additionally, pausing the animation, setting rate = -1 and playing causes the animation to jump to the end.

[1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/javafx/animation/Animation.html#play()

--- Reproducer code ---


import javafx.animation.Animation;
import javafx.animation.Interpolator;
import javafx.animation.PauseTransition;
import javafx.animation.TranslateTransition;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Orientation;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.Separator;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Circle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;

public class AnimTest extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
        var circle = new Circle(5, Color.BLUE);
        var translateBy = new TranslateTransition(Duration.seconds(2), circle);
        translateBy.setInterpolator(Interpolator.LINEAR);
        translateBy.setFromX(0);
        translateBy.setFromY(0);
        translateBy.setByX(100);
        translateBy.setByY(100);
        VBox byPane = setup(translateBy, circle);
        byPane.getChildren().add(0, new Label("By"));

        var circle2 = new Circle(5, Color.BLUE);
        var translateTo = new TranslateTransition(Duration.seconds(2), circle2);
        translateTo.setInterpolator(Interpolator.LINEAR);
        translateTo.setFromX(0);
        translateTo.setFromY(0);
        translateTo.setToX(100);
        translateTo.setToY(100);
// translateTo.setAutoReverse(true);
// translateTo.setCycleCount(4);
        VBox toPane = setup(translateTo, circle2);
        toPane.getChildren().add(0, new Label("To"));
// translateTo.statusProperty().addListener((obs, ov, nv) -> System.out.println("status: " + ov + " -> " + nv));
        translateTo.getCuePoints().put("A", null);

        var root = new HBox(10, byPane, new Separator(Orientation.VERTICAL), toPane);
        root.setPadding(new Insets(10));
        stage.setScene(new Scene(root));
        stage.show();
    }

    private VBox setup(Animation translate, Node node) {
        var play = new Button("Play");
        play.setOnAction(e -> translate.play());

        var pause = new Button("Pause");
        pause.setOnAction(e -> translate.pause());

        var stop = new Button("Stop");
        stop.setOnAction(e -> translate.stop());

        var pauseTransition = new PauseTransition(Duration.millis(1));
        pauseTransition.setOnFinished(e -> translate.pause());
        var playPause = new Button("Play and pause");
        playPause.setOnAction(e -> {
            translate.play();
            pauseTransition.play();
        });

        var jumpToStart = new Button("Jump to start");
        jumpToStart.setOnAction(e -> translate.jumpTo("start"));

        var jumpToEnd = new Button("Jump to end");
        jumpToEnd.setOnAction(e -> translate.jumpTo("end"));

        var rateP1 = new Button("rate=0.2");
        rateP1.setOnAction(e -> translate.setRate(0.2));

        var rateM1 = new Button("rate=-0.2");
        rateM1.setOnAction(e -> translate.setRate(-0.2));
        
        var rate0 = new Button("rate=0");
        rate0.setOnAction(e -> translate.setRate(0));

        var jump500 = new Button("jump to 500");
        jump500.setOnAction(e -> translate.jumpTo(Duration.millis(500)));

        var pane = new Pane(node);
        pane.setPrefSize(400, 300);

        var curTime = new Label();
        curTime.textProperty().bind(translate.currentTimeProperty().asString());

        var rate = new Label();
        rate.textProperty().bind(translate.rateProperty().asString());
        
        var curRate = new Label();
        curRate.textProperty().bind(translate.currentRateProperty().asString());

        var curState = new Label();
        curState.textProperty().bind(translate.statusProperty().asString());

        var controls = new VBox(5,
                new HBox(5, play, pause, stop, playPause, curState),
                new HBox(5, jumpToStart, jumpToEnd, jump500, curTime),
                new HBox(5, rateP1, rateM1, rate0, rate, curRate));
        var root = new VBox(10, pane, controls);
        return root;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}