While we’ve accepted that websites don’t need to look the same everywhere, we seem to be stuck on a new hurdle: the idea that websites need to function the same everywhere.
Do Websites Need to Function Exactly the Same on Every Platform?
Monthly Archives: June 2026
View Transitions: Use the new attr() or match-element for the view-transition-name?
At CSS Day, “YouTube guy” Kevin Powell showed a lot of demos that relied on the advanced attr() function. In one of the examples he used attr() to set view-transition-name values — a technique I covered in my article on advanced attr() function.
But then during the Q&A, Cyd Stumpel wondered if he couldn’t just use match-element there.
The short answer to that question is yes. The longer answer is … It Depends™