Shared Element Transitions is a proposal for a new script API that allows a simple set of transitions in both Single-Page Applications (SPAs) and Multi-Page Applications (MPAs). This feature enhances the visual polish of pages without requiring a large development effort from developers to make transitions look nice. By selecting from a set of user-agent implemented transition effects, the developers can achieve a polished transition look with minimal effort.

Motivation

This feature allows developers to add polished transitions both to their Single- and Multi- page Apps with a simple API. Without this, the Single-Page App transitions are hard to do, since they require a careful coordination of animations and DOM manipulations to achieve the desired effect. Furthermore, the Multi-page app animated transitions are, for the most part, not possible since each page can only control the contents of its own view.

Status in Chromium


Consensus & Standardization

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Last updated on 2021-07-28