CSS view transitions

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The CSS view transitions module defines the behavior of the View Transition API, which allows developers to create animated transitions between different states within a document and across documents. This module also defines the CSS properties and pseudo-elements for styling these transitions.

Reference

Properties

• {{cssxref("view-transition-class")}} 
• {{cssxref("view-transition-name")}} 

At-rules and descriptors

• {{cssxref("@view-transition")}} 
  • navigation descriptor

Selectors and pseudo-elements

• {{cssxref(":active-view-transition")}} 
• {{cssxref(":active-view-transition-type()")}} 
• {{cssxref("::view-transition")}} 
• {{cssxref("::view-transition-image-pair()")}} 
• {{cssxref("::view-transition-group()")}} 
• {{cssxref("::view-transition-new()")}} 
• {{cssxref("::view-transition-old()")}} 

Interfaces

• {{domxref("CSSViewTransitionRule")}} 
• {{domxref("ViewTransition")}} 
  • {{domxref("ViewTransition.skipTransition()")}}  method
  • {{domxref("ViewTransition.updateCallbackDone")}} 
  • {{domxref("ViewTransition.ready")}} 
  • {{domxref("ViewTransition.finished")}} 
• {{domxref("Document.startViewTransition()")}}  method

Guides

• Using the View Transition API

  • : Explains how to create view transitions and customize transition animations, including manipulating active view transitions.

Related concepts

• {{domxref("PageRevealEvent", "pagereveal")}}  event

• {{domxref("PageSwapEvent", "pageswap")}}  event

• {{domxref("Document.visibilityState")}} 

• CSS animations module

  • {{cssxref("animation")}} 
  • {{cssxref("@keyframes")}} 
  • {{domxref("CSSKeyframesRule")}} 
  • {{domxref("CSSStyleRule")}} 
  • Web animations API

• CSS transforms module

  • {{cssxref("transform")}} 
  • {{cssxref("transform-function")}} 

Specifications

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See also

• Pseudo-elements
• Functional pseudo-classes
• Learn: Pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements