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Continuity transition

Continuity transition helps preserve visual continuity across state changes.

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Continuity transition helps preserve visual continuity across state changes.

A change that keeps the user oriented by visually connecting before and after. For example, making the same rectangle bigger and smaller

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Continuity transition

Duration420ms

Distance28px

Delay0ms

Curvesoft

.motion-card {
  animation-name: motion-continuity-transition;
  animation-duration: 420ms;
  animation-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1);
  animation-delay: 0ms;
  animation-fill-mode: both;
  will-change: transform, opacity;
  transform-origin: center;
}

@keyframes motion-continuity-transition {
  from {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateX(-28px) scale(0.96);
  }

  to {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(0) scale(1);
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .motion-card {
    animation-name: motion-continuity-transition-reduced;
    animation-duration: 180ms;
    animation-delay: 0ms;
    transform: none;
    animation-iteration-count: 1;
  }
}

@keyframes motion-continuity-transition-reduced {
  from {
    opacity: 0;
  }

  to {
    opacity: 1;
  }
}

Agent prompt

Use Continuity transition for a UI fragment: Continuity transition helps preserve visual continuity across state changes. Animate transform and opacity, keep the duration at 420ms, use 28px of visual amplitude, add a 0ms delay, use soft easing (cubic-bezier(0.23, 1, 0.32, 1)), and include a reduced-motion fallback.

intent: entrancefeel: softcontext: card

Usage

Use it when you need to preserve visual continuity across state changes.
Good for low- or medium-frequency UI changes that should stay short, clear, and interruptible.
Copy the prompt or CSS and hand it to an agent for implementation.

Examples

Preview Continuity transition on a card, list item, or lightweight panel.
Tune duration, travel, delay, and curve until Continuity transition matches the surrounding interface.

Review notes

Prefer transform and opacity so motion stays off layout and paint work.
Keep UI motion under 300ms; frequent feedback should be shorter.
Avoid scale(0) and UI ease-in; use a physical starting point and a strong ease-out curve.

Reduced motion

Under reduced motion, Continuity transition removes travel, rotation, or looping and keeps a short fade or state comparison.

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