Overview

The sveltekit-view-transition is a library that simplifies the use of view transitions in SvelteKit. View transitions are animations and transitions used to add micro-interactions to websites and apps, such as list reordering or element movements. The library aims to ease the experience of writing easy and complex transitions in SvelteKit by providing a more convenient way to enable and customize view transitions.

Features

• Simplified view-transition-api: The library simplifies the use of the view transition API in SvelteKit, making it easier to animate between two states of an application.
• Automatic enabling of default transition: By including the library in the code, the default transition will be automatically enabled for every navigation in SvelteKit.
• Modifying default animation: The default animation can be modified by using the ::view-transition-old(root) and ::view-transition-new(root) selectors in the code.
• Customizing specific parts of the page: The library allows giving specific elements their own unique view transitions by setting their view-transition-name.
• Additional transition options: Users can be more creative with the transitions by passing an object with options to the transition action.

Installation

To install the sveltekit-view-transition library, follow these steps:

1. Open the command line and navigate to the root directory of your SvelteKit project.
2. Run the following command to install the library via npm:

npm install sveltekit-view-transition

3. Once the installation is complete, you can import and use the library in your SvelteKit code.

Summary

The sveltekit-view-transition library simplifies the use of view transitions in SvelteKit. It provides a convenient way to enable and customize view transitions, allowing developers to add animations and micro-interactions to their websites and apps. The library automatically enables the default transition for every navigation and allows for modification of the default animation. It also provides options to customize specific elements and offers additional transition options for more creative animations. Overall, the sveltekit-view-transition library enhances the development experience in SvelteKit when working with view transitions.