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Layout animation
curatedfreemotion/layout-animation
An example of animating a layout change using Motion for React's simple layout prop.
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pnpm add motion # then adapt the free source from https://motion.dev/examples/react-layout-animationnpm deps: motion
Our notes
`layout` prop: elements animate to their new size/position when state changes (expanding cards, accordion rows, reflowing grids). No height hacks. Free example (motion is MIT); copy and adapt the source from the example page.- Source
- Motion (motion.dev)
- Kind
- transition
- Categories
- transition
- Use as
- recipe — technique you apply to your own markup
- Applies to
- cardaccordiontable
- Motion
- on state · subtle · motion · low cost
- Tags
- motion
- Licence
- motion / motion/react / motion-v are MIT. Motion+ (premium components, example source, AI Kit pro tools) is paid — one-time Personal licence or per-seat Business.
- Live demo
- motion.dev
- Docs
- motion.dev
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