View Transitions: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
September 11, 2025
Most of the time, View Transitions just work. This page is for the exceptions: the quirks, the caveats, the things that quietly cancel your animations. Learn how to detect them and bring transitions back to life.
You might trip over some of these, and it could make you turn away from the API. That would be unfortunate because view transitions can be a lot of fun for developers and a real benefit for website users. My goal is to catch you before frustration sets in or you walk away, and to offer help with the most common problems that might occur.
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Few transitions are one of those technologies which can be easy to start with but which can become very complex over time.
And there are a few gotchas and challenges when dealing with them. To move beyond the introductory level, take a look at this great article.
