Fixing 3D Cross-Document View Transitions in CSS
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Summary
This article addresses a common frustration with CSS view transitions: 3D cross-document view transitions don't work as expected because browsers flatten the before/after snapshots into 2D planes. Using image elements as a reduced test case, the author explains why this happens and provides an elegant CSS fix to enable proper 3D transitions between pages.
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CSS-TricksFixing 3D Cross-Document View Transitions in CSScss-tricks.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIf you have played around with view transition a bunch, you may have noticed that 3D transitions between two pages (i.e., cross-document view transitions) don't seem to work.
Image elements are the best example to demonstrate this because, like the snapshots a browser takes of the before-after states in a view transition, images are replaced elements so, in theory, we should be able to use them as a sort of reduced test case for 3D animations.
Sunkanmi tackles this frustration and offers an elegant fix for it.
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