Can't get 60fps on opacity transition in Chrome - css

I'd like a 60fps or better opacity transition and am testing with Chrome dev tools timeline. I've created a jsfiddle (http://jsfiddle.net/jnoody/Zt8nd/) to demonstrate, but basically it's just a div that has a class toggled every few seconds and transitions on opacity for the two states. It looks fine to the eye, but I've been led to believe 60fps should be achievable.
HTML:
<div id="fader"></div>
CSS:
#fader {
height: 1000px;
width: 1000px;
background-color: grey;
opacity: 1;
transition: 1s opacity;
}
#fader.fadeOut {
opacity: 0;
transition: 1s opacity;
}
JavaScript:
var fader = document.getElementById('fader');
setInterval(function () {
fader.classList.toggle('fadeOut');
}, 2000);
I've tried the null transform hack, too, but either way it appears to be in its own layer (using "render composited border layers").

Not really sure if that helps, but I do get 60fps in the fiddle, going full window (that is appending /show to the fiddle)
There is only one moment where the frame rate drops, but I believe it's when the javascript executes (so, nothing to do with posible GPU acceleration)

Related

how to make ng-show/ng-hide transition animation smoother

Our team is developing in ServiceNow and have created a page with a widget that embeds several other widgets in different tabs. We're using the ng-show/ng-hide method to show/hide the specified tabs. We've added some very basic transition css to fade in and out the chosen tab:
.animate-switch {
transition: all linear 1s;
opacity: 1;
}
.animate-switch.ng-hide {
opacity: 0;
}
This works as expected-- the hiding tab fades out and clicked on tab fades in simultaneously, but when the fade out completes, there's a very noticeable jolt in the page to show the active tab.
Is there anything we can add to our css to make this transition a bit smoother?
I would suggest removing the "all" value in transition and just transition what you're actually using eg opacity. Watching everything that could possibly change is a bit expensive.
You might also want to force hardware acceleration (Your GPU is way better at this) by adding a 3d transform.
.animate-switch {
transition: opacity linear 1s;
transform: translateZ(0);
opacity: 1;
}
.animate-switch.ng-hide {
opacity: 0;
}

What is the most reliable way to hide elements and fade them in purely with CSS transitions?

I want to hide an HTML element when the page loads, then fade it in with a CSS transition. My plan is to set the opacity to 0, and then use a CSS animation to transform it to 1.
But I am worried that the content will remain hidden in old browsers that can't handle CSS transitions.
Is there a safer way to hide the content? Or to exclude this code from browsers that can't handle it?
As always, your problem is with older versions of IE.
http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-animation
I'm a big believer in progressive enhancement amd handling things CSS only.
Using Javascript could provide fallback for older browser or using libraries like Modernizr but I hate these kind of solutions and they come with there own problems. What if the visitor has JS disabled?
Luckily we can safely let older browser ignore the fade in animation. Just set opacity on 1 for the default div you want to fade in and start the keyframe animation at opacity set to 0.
div {
height: 300px;
width: 300px;
background-color: red;
opacity: 1;
animation: fadeIn 7s ease infinite;
}
#keyframes fadeIn {
0% { opacity: 0; }
50% { opacity: 1; }
100% { opacity: 0; }
}
https://jsfiddle.net/3rzL0xz8/

Combine multiple animations

I'm trying to combine several parts of animation together by clicking a button. Here's an example:
.element {
background-color: black;
display: block;
width: 160px;
height: 160px;
border-radius: 80%;
}
.one {
animation: one 1.5s ease 1 forwards;
}
.two {
animation: two 1s forwards;
}
#keyframes one {
from {
transform: scale(0.25);
opacity: 0;
}
25% {
opacity: 0.5;
}
to {
transform: scale(1);
opacity: 0.5;
}
}
#keyframes two {
from {
opacity: 0.5;
}
to {
opacity: 0;
}
}
I'm trying to combine these two animation: one and two. My way of doing this was to use JS: classList.add('.two') when I clicked the button. But the problem was: at the moment I added the class, the element changed to its default opacity which was 1.
To solve this, I added a new class contained styles which were actually clones of final styles of the first animation. And after the second part was finished, I had to remove the class list to prepared for the first animation to be played.
So my question is, is there a better way of doing this?
Here is a CodePen Demo
I just realised a problem with this: If I start the second animation before the first one was finished, there would be a discontinuity (the circle would just turns to a larger one all of a sudden).
The demo can be found from the above link, thanks!
Can I combine these two animations?
I assume by combine you mean producing forward (on click of add animation) and reverse (on click of remove animation) animations using the same keyframe rules. It's possible to achieve but for that both the forward and reverse animations should be exactly the same (but in opposite directions). When it is same, we can use animation-direction: reverse to achieve reverse effect with same keyframes.
Here, the forward animation has a transform change whereas the reverse doesn't and hence adding animation-direction: reverse would not produce the same effect as the original snippet. Moreover, coding it is not as easy as just adding a property also, a lot of work is needed like mentioned here.
What is the reason for the other two issues?
The reason for both the issues (that is, the element getting opacity: 1 immediately when the remove button is clicked and element getting full size when remove button is clicked while forward animation is still happening) are the same. When you remove the animation on an element (by removing the class) it immediately snaps to the size specified outside of the animation.
For the first case, the size is the one that is mentioned under .element (as .one is removed) and its opacity is default 1 because there is no opacity setting in it. For the second case, when the .one is removed and .two is added, the animation is removed and so the element's size is as specified in .element and the opacity is as specified in .two (because that is later in CSS file).
So what else is the alternate?
When both forward and reverse effects are required and the animation doesn't have any intermediate states (that is, there is only a start state and an end state) then it is better to use transitions instead of animations. The reason is because transitions automatically produce the reverse effect on removal of the class (unlike animations where the reverse animation needs to be written as a separate keyframe and added to the element).
Below is a sample snippet showing how you can achieve a similar effect using just one class without the need for writing keyframes.
var theBut = document.getElementById('butt');
var theBut2 = document.getElementById('butt2');
theBut.addEventListener('click', function a() {
document.querySelector('.element').classList.add('one');
});
theBut2.addEventListener('click', function b() {
document.querySelector('.element').classList.remove('one');
});
.element {
background-color: #d91e57;
display: block;
width: 160px;
height: 160px;
border-radius: 90%;
transform: scale(0.25);
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 2s, transform .1s 2s;
}
.one {
transform: scale(1);
opacity: 0.5;
transition: all 2s;
}
<div class="element">
</div>
<button id="butt">add animation</button>
<button id='butt2'>remove animation</button>

CSS: Animation vs. Transition

So, I understand how to perform both CSS3 transitions and animations. What is not clear, and I've googled, is when to use which.
For example, if I want to make a ball bounce, it is clear that animation is the way to go. I could provide keyframes and the browser would do the intermediates frames and I'll have a nice animation going.
However, there are cases when a said effect can be achieved either way. A simple and common example would be implement the facebook style sliding drawer menu:
This effect can be achieved through transitions like so:
.sf-page {
-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform .2s ease-out;
}
.sf-page.out {
-webkit-transform: translateX(240px);
}
http://jsfiddle.net/NwEGz/
Or, through animations like so:
.sf-page {
-webkit-animation-duration: .4s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-out;
}
.sf-page.in {
-webkit-animation-name: sf-slidein;
-webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
}
.sf-page.out {
-webkit-animation-name: sf-slideout;
-webkit-transform: translateX(240px);
}
#-webkit-keyframes sf-slideout {
from { -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); }
to { -webkit-transform: translate3d(240px, 0, 0); }
}
#-webkit-keyframes sf-slidein {
from { -webkit-transform: translate3d(240px, 0, 0); }
to { -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); }
}
http://jsfiddle.net/4Z5Mr/
With HTML that looks like so:
<div class="sf-container">
<div class="sf-page in" id="content-container">
<button type="button">Click Me</button>
</div>
<div class="sf-drawer">
</div>
</div>
And, this accompanying jQuery script:
$("#content-container").click(function(){
$("#content-container").toggleClass("out");
// below is only required for css animation route
$("#content-container").toggleClass("in");
});
What I'd like to understand is what are the pros and cons of these approaches.
One obvious difference is that animating is taking a whole lot more code.
Animation gives better flexibility. I can have different animation for sliding out and in
Is there something that can be said about performance. Do both take advantage of h/w acceleration?
Which is more modern and the way going forward
Anything else you could add?
It looks like you've got a handle on how to do them, just not when to do them.
A transition is an animation, just one that is performed between two distinct states - i.e. a start state and an end state. Like a drawer menu, the start state could be open and the end state could be closed, or vice versa.
If you want to perform something that does not specifically involve a start state and an end state, or you need more fine-grained control over the keyframes in a transition, then you've got to use an animation.
I'll let the definitions speak for themselves (according to Merriam-Webster):
Transition: A movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another
Animation: Endowed with life or the qualities of life; full of movement
The names appropriately fit their purposes in CSS
So, the example you gave should use transitions because it is only a change from one state to another
A shorter answer, straight on point:
Transition:
Needs a triggering element (:hover, :focus etc.)
Only 2 animation states (start and end)
Used for simpler animations (buttons, dropdown menus and so on)
Easier to create but not so many animation/effect possibilities
Animation #keyframes:
It can be used for endless animations
Can set more than 2 states
No boundaries
Both use CPU acceleration for a much smoother effect.
Animation takes a lot more code unless you're using the same transition over and over, in which case an animation would be better.
You can have different effects for sliding in and out without an animation. Just have a different transition on both the original rule and the modified rule:
.two-transitions {
transition: all 50ms linear;
}
.two-transitions:hover {
transition: all 800ms ease-out;
}
Animations are just abstractions of transitions, so if the transition is hardware accelerated, the animation will be. It makes no difference.
Both are very modern.
My rule of thumb is if I use the same transition three times, it should probably be an animation. This is easier to maintain and alter in the future. But if you are only using it once, it is more typing to make the animation and maybe not worth it.
Animations are just that - a smooth behavior of set of properties. In other words it specifies what should happen to a set of element's properties. You define an animation and describe how this set of properties should behave during the animation process.
Transitions on the other side specify how a property (or properties) should perform their change. Each change. Setting a new value for certain property, be it with JavaScript or CSS, is always a transition, but by default it is not smooth. By setting transition in the css style you define different (smooth) way to perform these changes.
It can be said that transitions define a default animation that should be performed every time the specified property has changed.
Is there something that can be said about performance. Do both take
advantage of h/w acceleration?
In modern browsers, h/w acceleration occurs for the properties filter, opacity and transform. This is for both CSS Animations and CSS Transitions.
.yourClass {
transition: all 0.5s;
color: #00f;
margin: 50px;
font-size: 20px;
cursor: pointer;
}
.yourClass:hover {
color: #f00;
}
<p class="yourClass"> Hover me </p>
CSS3 Transitions brought frontend developers a significant ability to modify the appearance and behavior of an element as relative to a change in his state. CSS3 animations extends this ability and allow to modify the appearance and behavior of an element in multiple keyframes, so transitions provides us the ability to change from one state to another, while that animations can set multiple points of transition within different keyframes.
So, let's look at this transition sample where applied a transition with 2 points, start point at left: 0 and an end point at left: 500px
.container {
background: gainsboro;
border-radius: 6px;
height: 300px;
position: relative;
}
.ball {
transition: left 2s linear;
background: green;
border-radius: 50%;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
left: 0px;
}
.container:hover .ball{
left: 500px;
}
<div class="container">
<figure class="ball"></figure>
</div>
The above can be also created via animation like so:
#keyframes slide {
0% {
left: 0;
}
100% {
left: 500px;
}
}
.container {
background: gainsboro;
border-radius: 6px;
height: 200px;
position: relative;
}
.ball {
background: green;
border-radius: 50%;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
}
.container:hover .ball {
animation: slide 2s linear;
}
<div class="container">
<figure class="ball"></figure>
</div>
And if we would like another in-between point, it would be possible to achieve only via animation, we can add another keyFrame to achieve this and this is the real power of animation over transition:
#keyframes slide {
0% {
left: 0;
}
50% {
left: 250px;
top: 100px;
}
100% {
left: 500px;
}
}
.container {
background: gainsboro;
border-radius: 6px;
height: 200px;
position: relative;
}
.ball {
background: green;
border-radius: 50%;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
width: 50px;
}
.container:hover .ball {
animation: slide 2s linear;
}
<div class="container">
<figure class="ball"></figure>
</div>
transition can go reverse from middle of the way, but animation replay the keyframes from start to end.
const transContainer = document.querySelector(".trans");
transContainer.onclick = () => {
transContainer.classList.toggle("trans-active");
}
const animContainer = document.querySelector(".anim");
animContainer.onclick = () => {
if(animContainer.classList.contains("anim-open")){
animContainer.classList.remove("anim-open");
animContainer.classList.add("anim-close");
}else{
animContainer.classList.remove("anim-close");
animContainer.classList.add("anim-open");
}
}
*{
font: 16px sans-serif;
}
p{
width: 100%;
background-color: #ff0;
}
.sq{
width: 80px;
height: 80px;
margin: 10px;
background-color: #f00;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
}
.trans{
transition: width 3s;
}
.trans-active{
width: 200px;
}
.anim-close{
animation: closingAnimation 3s forwards;
}
.anim-open{
animation: openingAnimation 3s forwards;
}
#keyframes openingAnimation {
from{width: 80px}
to{width: 200px}
}
#keyframes closingAnimation {
from{width: 200px}
to{width: 80px}
}
<p>Try click them before reaching end of movement:</p>
<div class="sq trans">Transition</div>
<div class="sq anim">Animation</div>
in addition, if you want the javascript to listen for end of transition, you'll get one event for each property that you change.
for example transition: width 0.5s, height 0.5s. the transitionend event will trigger two times, one for width and one for height.
Just a summary, thanks to this post, there are 5 main differences between CSS transitions vs CSS animations:
1/ CSS transitions:
Animate an object from one state to another, implicitly by browser
Cannot loop
Need a trigger to run (:hover, :focus)
Simple, less code, limited powerful
Easy to work in JavaScript
2/ CSS animations:
Freely switch between multiple states, with various properties and time frame
Can loop
Don’t need any kind of external trigger
More complex, more code, more flexible
Hard to work in JavaScript due to syntax for manipulating keyframes
I believe CSS3 animation vs CSS3 transition will give you the answer you want.
Basically below are some takeaways :
If performance is a concern, then choose CSS3 transition.
If state is to be maintained after each transition, then choose CSS3 transition.
If the animation needs to be repeated, choose CSS3 animation. Because it supports animation-iteration-count.
If a complicated animation is desired. Then CSS3 animation is preferred.
Don't bother yourself which is better. My give away is that, if you can solve your problem with just one or two lines of code then just do it rather than writing bunch of codes that will result to similar behavior.
Anyway, transition is like a subset of animation. It simply means transition can solve certain problems while animation on the other hand can solve all problems.
Animation enables you to have control of each stage starting from 0% all the way to 100% which is something transition cannot really do.
Animation require you writing bunch of codes while transition uses one or two lines of code to perform the same result depending on what you are working on.
Coming from the point of JavaScript, it is best to use transition. Anything that involve just two phase i.e. start and finish use transition.
Summary, if it is stressful don't use it since both can produce similar result

css3 transition animation on load?

Is it possible to use CSS3 transition animation on page load without using Javascript?
This is kind of what I want, but on page load:
image-slider.html
What I found so far
CSS3 transition-delay, a way to delay effects on elements. Only works on hover.
CSS3 Keyframe, works on load but are extremly slow. Not useful because of that.
CSS3 transition is fast enough but don't animate on page load.
You can run a CSS animation on page load without using any JavaScript; you just have to use CSS3 Keyframes.
Let's Look at an Example...
Here's a demonstration of a navigation menu sliding into place using CSS3 only:
#keyframes slideInFromLeft {
0% {
transform: translateX(-100%);
}
100% {
transform: translateX(0);
}
}
header {
/* This section calls the slideInFromLeft animation we defined above */
animation: 1s ease-out 0s 1 slideInFromLeft;
background: #333;
padding: 30px;
}
/* Added for aesthetics */ body {margin: 0;font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif;} a {text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; margin-right: 10px; color:#fff;}
<header>
Home
About
Products
Contact
</header>
Break it down...
The important parts here are the keyframe animation which we call slideInFromLeft...
#keyframes slideInFromLeft {
0% {
transform: translateX(-100%);
}
100% {
transform: translateX(0);
}
}
...which basically says "at the start, the header will be off the left hand edge of the screen by its full width and at the end will be in place".
The second part is calling that slideInFromLeft animation:
animation: 1s ease-out 0s 1 slideInFromLeft;
Above is the shorthand version but here is the verbose version for clarity:
animation-duration: 1s; /* the duration of the animation */
animation-timing-function: ease-out; /* how the animation will behave */
animation-delay: 0s; /* how long to delay the animation from starting */
animation-iteration-count: 1; /* how many times the animation will play */
animation-name: slideInFromLeft; /* the name of the animation we defined above */
You can do all sorts of interesting things, like sliding in content, or drawing attention to areas.
Here's what W3C has to say.
Very little Javascript is necessary:
window.onload = function() {
document.body.className += " loaded";
}
Now the CSS:
.fadein {
opacity: 0;
-moz-transition: opacity 1.5s;
-webkit-transition: opacity 1.5s;
-o-transition: opacity 1.5s;
transition: opacity 1.5s;
}
body.loaded .fadein {
opacity: 1;
}
I know the question said "without Javascript", but I think it's worth pointing out that there is an easy solution involving one line of Javascript.
It could even be inline Javascript, something like that:
<body onload="document.body.className += ' loaded';" class="fadein">
That's all the JavaScript that's needed.
I think I have found a sort of work around for the OP question - instead of a transition beginning 'on.load' of the page - I found that using an animation for an opacity fade in had the same effect, (I was looking for the same thing as OP).
So I wanted to have the body text fade in from white(same as site background) to black text colour on page load - and I've only been coding since Monday so I was looking for an 'on.load' style thing code, but don't know JS yet - so here is my code that worked well for me.
#main p {
animation: fadein 2s;
}
#keyframes fadein {
from { opacity: 0}
to { opacity: 1}
}
And for whatever reason, this doesn't work for .class only #id's(at least not on mine)
Hope this helps - as I know this site helps me a lot!
CSS only with a delay of 3s
a few points to take here:
multiple animations in one call
we create a wait animation that just delays the actual one (the second one in our case).
Code:
header {
animation: 3s ease-out 0s 1 wait, 0.21s ease-out 3s 1 slideInFromBottom;
}
#keyframes wait {
from { transform: translateY(20px); }
to { transform: translateY(20px); }
}
#keyframes slideInFromBottom {
from { transform: translateY(20px); opacity: 0; }
to { transform: translateY(0); opacity: 1; }
}
Well, this is a tricky one.
The answer is "not really".
CSS isn't a functional layer. It doesn't have any awareness of what happens or when. It's used simply to add a presentational layer to different "flags" (classes, ids, states).
By default, CSS/DOM does not provide any kind of "on load" state for CSS to use. If you wanted/were able to use JavaScript, you'd allocate a class to body or something to activate some CSS.
That being said, you can create a hack for that. I'll give an example here, but it may or may not be applicable to your situation.
We're operating on the assumption that "close" is "good enough":
<html>
<head>
<!-- Reference your CSS here... -->
</head>
<body>
<!-- A whole bunch of HTML here... -->
<div class="onLoad">OMG, I've loaded !</div>
</body>
</html>
Here's an excerpt of our CSS stylesheet:
.onLoad
{
-webkit-animation:bounceIn 2s;
}
We're also on the assumption that modern browsers render progressively, so our last element will render last, and so this CSS will be activated last.
add this to your css for fade in animation
body{animation: 2s ease-out 0s 1 FadeIn;}
#keyframes FadeIn {
0% {
opacity:0;
}
100% {
opacity:1;
}
}
increase the ease-out time if you want it to load slower
Even simplier solution (still with [one line inline] javascript):
Use this as the body tag:
Note that body. or this. did not work for me. Only the long ; querySelector allow the use of classList.remove (Linux Chromium)
<body class="onload" onload="document.querySelector('body').classList.remove('onload')">
and add this line on top of your other css rules.
body.onload *{ transform: none !important; }
Take note that this can apply to opacity (as requested by OP [other posters] ) simply by using opacity as a transition trigger instead. (might even work on any other css ruling in the same fashion and you can use multiple class for explicity delay between triggering)
The logic is the same. Enforce no transform (with :none !importanton all child element of body.onloadand once the document is loaded remove the class to trigger all transition on all elements as specified in your css.
FIRST ANSWER BELOW (SEE EDIT ABOVE FOR SHORTER ANSWER)
Here is a reverse solution:
Make your html layout and set the css accordingly to your final result (with all the transformation you want).
Set the transition property to your liking
add a class (eg: waitload) to the elements you want to transform AFTER load. The CSS keyword !important is the key word here.
Once the document is loaded, use JS to remove the class from the elements to to start transformation (and remove the transition: none override).
Works with multiple transition on multiple elements. Did not try cross-browser compatibility.
div {
width: fit-content;
}
#rotated {
transform: rotate(-50deg)/* any other transformation */
;
transition: 6s;
}
#translated {
transform: translate(90px)/* any other transformation */
;
transition: 6s;
}
.waitload {
transform: none !important;
}
<div id='rotated' class='waitload'>
rotate after load
</div>
<div id='translated' class='waitload'>
trasnlate after load
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', init);
function init() {
[...document.querySelectorAll('.waitload')]
.map(e => e.classList.remove('waitload'));
}
</script>
Similar to #Rolf's solution, but skip reference to external functions or playing with class. If opacity is to remain fixed to 1 once loaded, simply use inline script to directly change opacity via style. For example
<body class="fadein" onload="this.style.opacity=1">
where CSS sytle "fadein" is defined per #Rolf,defining transition and setting opacity to initial state (i.e. 0)
the only catch is that this does not work with SPAN or DIV elements, since they do not have working onload event
start it with hover of body than It will start when the mouse first moves on the screen, which is mostly within a second after arrival, the problem here is that it will reverse when out of the screen.
html:hover #animateelementid, body:hover #animateelementid {rotate ....}
thats the best thing I can think of: http://jsfiddle.net/faVLX/
fullscreen: http://jsfiddle.net/faVLX/embedded/result/
Edit see comments below:
This will not work on any touchscreen device because there is no hover, so the user won't see the content unless they tap it. – Rich Bradshaw
Ok I have managed to achieve an animation when the page loads using only css transitions (sort of!):
I have created 2 css style sheets:
the first is how I want the html styled before the animation...
and the second is how I want the page to look after the animation has been carried out.
I don't fully understand how I have accomplished this but it only works when the two css files (both in the head of my document) are separated by some javascript as follows.
I have tested this with Firefox, safari and opera. Sometimes the animation works, sometimes it skips straight to the second css file and sometimes the page appears to be loading but nothing is displayed (perhaps it is just me?)
<link media="screen,projection" type="text/css" href="first-css-file.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="../js/jQuery JavaScript Library v1.3.2.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function(){
// iOS Hover Event Class Fix
if((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i)) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i)) ||
(navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i))) {
$(".container .menu-text").click(function(){ // Update class to point at the head of the list
});
}
});
</script>
<link media="screen,projection" type="text/css" href="second-css-file.css" rel="stylesheet" />
Here is a link to my work-in-progress website: http://www.hankins-design.co.uk/beta2/test/index.html
Maybe I'm wrong but I thought browsers that do not support css transitions should not have any issues as they should skip straight to the second css file without delay or duration.
I am interested to know views on how search engine friendly this method is. With my black hat on I suppose I could fill a page with keywords and apply a 9999s delay on its opacity.
I would be interested to know how search engines deal with the transition-delay attribute and whether, using the method above, they would even see the links and information on the page.
More importantly I would really like to know why this is not consistent each time the page loads and how I can rectify this!
I hope this can generate some views and opinions if nothing else!
If anyone else had problems doing two transitions at once, here's what I did. I needed text to come from top to bottom on page load.
HTML
<body class="existing-class-name" onload="document.body.classList.add('loaded')">
HTML
<div class="image-wrapper">
<img src="db-image.jpg" alt="db-image-name">
<span class="text-over-image">DB text</span>
</div>
CSS
.text-over-image {
position: absolute;
background-color: rgba(110, 186, 115, 0.8);
color: #eee;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
padding: 10px;
opacity: 0;
bottom: 100%;
-webkit-transition: opacity 2s, bottom 2s;
-moz-transition: opacity 2s, bottom 2s;
-o-transition: opacity 2s, bottom 2s;
transition: opacity 2s, bottom 2s;
}
body.loaded .text-over-image {
bottom: 0;
opacity: 1;
}
Don't know why I kept trying to use 2 transition declarations in 1 selector and (not really) thinking it would use both.
You could use custom css classes (className) instead of the css tag too.
No need for an external package.
import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
import { css } from '#emotion/css'
const Hello = (props) => {
const [loaded, setLoaded] = useState(false);
useEffect(() => {
// For load
setTimeout(function () {
setLoaded(true);
}, 50); // Browser needs some time to change to unload state/style
// For unload
return () => {
setLoaded(false);
};
}, [props.someTrigger]); // Set your trigger
return (
<div
css={[
css`
opacity: 0;
transition: opacity 0s;
`,
loaded &&
css`
transition: opacity 2s;
opacity: 1;
`,
]}
>
hello
</div>
);
};
Not really, as CSS is applied as soon as possible, but the elements might not be drawn yet. You could guess a delay of 1 or 2 seconds, but this won't look right for most people, depending on the speed of their internet.
In addition, if you want to fade something in for instance, it would require CSS that hides the content to be delivered. If the user doesn't have CSS3 transitions then they would never see it.
I'd recommend using jQuery (for ease of use + you may wish to add animation for other UAs) and some JS like this:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#id_to_fade_in')
.css({"opacity":0}) // Set to 0 as soon as possible – may result in flicker, but it's not hidden for users with no JS (Googlebot for instance!)
.delay(200) // Wait for a bit so the user notices it fade in
.css({"opacity":1}); // Fade it back in. Swap css for animate in legacy browsers if required.
});
Along with the transitions added in the CSS. This has the advantage of easily allowing the use of animate instead of the second CSS in legacy browsers if required.

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