Chrome is currently prototyping CSS Functions, which is very exciting!
Author Archives: Bramus!
View Transitions Applied: More performant ::view-transition-group(*) animations
If the dimensions of the ::view-transition-group(*) don’t change between the old and new snapshot you can optimize its keyframes so that it animates on the compositor.
View Transitions Snippets: Keeping the page interactive while a View Transition is running
MPA View Transitions Deep Dive
Back in December I joined Kevin J Powell on his channel to talk about Cross-Document View Transitions
CSS attr() gets an upgrade
You can now use `attr()` with any CSS property — not just content – and it can parse values into data types other than <string>.
Move elements around the DOM while preserving their state with moveBefore
Unlike the classic way of moving a node by removing+reinserting it, the moveBefore method preserves the element’s state!
View Transitions Snippets: Keeping track of the old and new positions of a transitioned element
By calling getBoundingClientRect before and after the snaphots are taken, you can get the before and after positions of the transtioned elements.
View Transitions Snippets: Getting all Animations linked to a View Transition
View Transitions Experiment: Automatically trigger a View Transition when a JavaScript Property of an Element changes
Tricking a MutationObserver into observing changes to IDL attributes by syncing the IDL attributes to their Content Attribute counterparts.
Misconceptions about View Transitions
Post I wrote a while ago for Chrome for Developers, about some misconceptions about View Transitions that are making rounds.