The CSS Podcast is back! Together with Una I’m co-hosting season 5 of the show, and we have some good episodes coming your way …
The CSS Podcast is back! And I’m a co-host now.
Author Archives: Bramus!
What’s New in View Transitions (2025 Update)
Check out the post I wrote for developer.chrome.com to learn what changed for View Transitions in 2025.
A custom --light-dark() function in CSS that works with any type of value (not just colors!) in just 3 LOC
Prevent clipping issues (and more) in View Transitions by using Nested View Transition Groups
A new View Transitions-related feature we shipped in Chrome 140 is the ability to nest ::view-transition-group() pseudos. This is useful for retaining visual effects such as clipping, move elements as part of a group, etc.
Ready for Developer Testing: Scoped View Transitions
If you thought we were done with View Transitions, guess again! A feature Chrome is working on, is “Scoped View Transitions”, which allow you to scope a VT to a subtree of the DOM. We are actively looking for feedback on this one.
Cranking View Transtions up to 11 (Safely, Maybe) (2025.06.12 – Middlesbrough Front End)
At Middlesbrough Front End 2025 I gave a talk about some of the more exotic applications of View Transitions
Scroll-Driven Animations with CSS (2025.05.30 @ JSHeroes)
Supercharge Web UX with View Transitions (2025.05.28 @ WebExpo)
Slides + Recording of the talk “Supercharge Web UX with View Transitions” I gave at WebExpo.
Web animations today and tomorrow (Google I/O 2025)
For this year’s Google I/O, I recorded the session “Web animations today and tomorrow”. Check it out to learn how to guide, inform, and delight users by adding subtle and supportive animations to your web UIs.
View Transitions Applied: Smoothly animating a border-radius with a View Transition, revisited
Instead of duplicating an animation on the ::view-transition-group pseudo, you can also rely on CSS transitions on the original element … if you’ve set it up correctly.