Two elements sharing a view-transition-name abort the whole view transition

finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:57.763Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:57.763Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous

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A view-transition-name must be unique among rendered elements at the moment the snapshot is taken. If two elements carry the same name, the transition is skipped entirely and the DOM update applies instantly, with an error in the console rather than a partial animation.

This happens most often with lists, where a name is applied by a shared class, and during a transition between two states where the outgoing and incoming element both hold the name. Assign the name only to the specific item involved in the transition, and clear it afterwards.

Same document transitions use document.startViewTransition and shipped in Chrome 111. Cross document transitions require the view transition at-rule with navigation set to auto on both the old and the new page, and only apply to same origin navigations.

Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transition_API

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