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CSS CSS Transitions and Transforms Getting Started with CSS Transitions Creating Your First Transition with transition-duration

Problem: Transition effects more than just the hover state

I'm struggling with this first video. I opened the workspace and copied the example. The hover effect works but I get an undesirable transition on the button element every-time the page reloads.

For example, when the page reloads the default button styles appear over a 1s duration. I do get the desired affect with the button but I only want this. I'm using Google Chrome as my browser.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,970 Points

To allow replication of your issue, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.

Hi Steven, link to workspace is here: https://w.trhou.se/6lxlnzi8k0

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,970 Points

This is a tricky one. One solution is to inhibit transitions before the page has loaded with this CSS:

.preload * { transition: none !important; }

And this HTML/script to enable them after loading:

<body class="preload" onload="document.body.className=null">

Okay, thank you! Do you know why this is happening? Is it a problem with my browser and did you have the same issue? Is this a common problem I need to be aware of? Appreciate your support as always :)

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,970 Points

It's common for this to happen (and with different browsers), but depending on what visual effect is involved, it's not always a "problem".