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useViewTransitionState

useViewTransitionState

This hook returns true when there is an active View Transition to the specified location. This can be used to apply finer-grained styles to elements to further customize the view transition. This requires that view transitions have been enabled for the given navigation via the viewTransition prop on the Link (or the Form, NavLink, navigate, or submit call).

Consider clicking on an image in a list that you need to expand into the hero image on the destination page:

function NavImage({ src, alt, id }) {
  const to = `/images/${idx}`;
  const vt = useViewTransitionState(to);
  return (
    <Link to={to} viewTransition>
      <img
        src={src}
        alt={alt}
        style={{
          viewTransitionName: vt ? "image-expand" : "",
        }}
      />
    </Link>
  );
}
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