Chapter 3: Your First Scoped Transition: `element.startViewTransition()`

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Introduction

Welcome back, future web animation wizard! In our previous chapters, you dipped your toes into the exciting world of the View Transition API, likely starting with document.startViewTransition() to create smooth, page-wide animations. That’s fantastic for full-page navigations, but what if you want to animate just a part of your page, perhaps an expanding card, a changing tab, or a component that updates its content with a delightful flourish?

That’s precisely what Scoped View Transitions are for, and in this chapter, we’re going to unlock their power using the incredible element.startViewTransition() method. You’ll learn how to initiate transitions within a specific DOM subtree, giving you granular control over your animations and enabling multiple, concurrent transitions on a single page. Get ready to make your web components truly come alive!

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Chapter 3: Your First Scoped Transition: `element.startViewTransition()`

Introduction