Dave Rupert

Getting started with View Transitions on multi-page apps

https://daverupert.com/2023/05/getting-started-view-transitions/

View Transitions for MPAs are a feature that’s high on my CSS wishlist, so I got to it. It took less than an hour to do, requires zero JavaScript, and two lines of CSS.

View Transitions are an awesome addition to the Web platform, I hope they'll soon be available in all browsers!

I would say they are even more useful in MPAs than in SPAs, where such transitions where already possible.

• older link:
  Building a modern design system in layers
• newer link:
  Early Days Examples of View Transitions

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