What problem does it solve?
React apps often feel jarring when UI states change; this skill provides a structured approach to implementing smooth, native-feeling transitions using React's View Transition API, enabling consistent motion across navigations, suspense reveals, and shared-element morphs.
Core Features & Use Cases
- <ViewTransition> component usage to declare what to animate (enter, exit, update, share) and how it looks.
- addTransitionType to tag transitions for directional or context-specific animations.
- Shared element transitions (morph) across views for a cohesive user experience.
- View Transition Events and the Web Animations API for imperative control.
- CSS pseudo-elements like ::view-transition-old/new/group for snapshot styling.
- Next.js integration guidance, including experimental viewTransition flag and transitionTypes on links.
- Accessibility considerations with reduced-motion handling.
- Ready-to-use CSS recipes for common patterns.
Quick Start
Enable a simple directional transition from a list to a detail view using a basic ViewTransition wrapper.