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Dennis kinuthia
Dennis kinuthia

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View transition theme animations

Add cool effect when trnsitionning from light to dark mode using css and view transitions

copied from @jhey on twitter

[!NOTE]
This assumes you've already have your dark light mode setup with some sort of function to update your theme

  1. Add the css
  /* Angled */
  [data-style='angled']::view-transition-old(root) {
    animation: none;
    z-index: -1;
  }

  [data-style='angled']::view-transition-new(root) {
    animation: unclip 1s;
    clip-path: polygon(-100vmax 100%, 100% 100%, 100% -100vmax);
  }

  @keyframes unclip {
    0% {
      clip-path: polygon(100% 100%, 100% 100%, 100% 100%);
    }
  }

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  1. ensure data-style="angled" attribute is set on the root element in SPA react we use a useEffect hook
  useEffect(() => {
    // set the data-style attribute
    document.documentElement.dataset.style = "angled";
  }, []);
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in SSR it can be set directly in the html tag

  1. wrap your theme change function in a documnet.startViewTransition to start the view transition
  function transitionColors() {
    if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
      document.startViewTransition(() => {
        const newTheme = theme  === "light" ? "dark" : "light";
        document.documentElement.dataset.theme = newTheme;
        updateTheme(newTheme);
      });
    }
  }

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more transition styles can be added by including the corresponding css file and adding the correct data-style attribute

      <select
      className="select select-bordered select-sm max-w-xs"
        onChange={(e) =>
          (document.documentElement.dataset.style = e.target.value)
        }
      >
        <option value="default">Default</option>
        <option value="vertical">Vertical</option>
        <option value="wipe">Wipe</option>
        <option value="angled">Angled</option>
        <option value="flip">Flip</option>
        <option value="slides">Slides</option>
      </select>
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react example

If you like this type of css tricks consider following jhey

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