docs: add note on React canary version to View transitions guide#92315
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- Tighten intro paragraph to flow more naturally - Clarify that shared element morph works without CSS customization - Explain `default="none"` before the code example in Step 2 - Trim repetitive asymmetry explanation in Step 2 - Add concrete prev/next arrows code example in Step 3 - Clarify why browser back navigation still morphs Made-with: Cursor
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Pull request overview
Updates the App Router “Designing view transitions” guide to incorporate feedback from the earlier VT demo guide review, improving clarity around when transitions trigger and providing a more concrete navigation example.
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- Refines the introduction and Step 1 phrasing to better explain the user problem and shared element continuity.
- Clarifies customization vs. default behavior for shared element morphing and explains
default="none"earlier in Step 2. - Adds a concrete prev/next navigation snippet in Step 3 and clarifies back-button behavior with
transitionTypes.
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docs/01-app/02-guides/view-transitions.mdx:217
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photo-nav.tsxcode block is presented as a file-level example (filename="app/photo/[id]/photo-nav.tsx"), but it isn’t syntactically self-contained: it uses<Link>without an import, referencesprevId/nextIdwithout any definition/props, and has two top-level JSX siblings (would require a wrapper/fragment in a return). Consider either (a) making the snippet a minimal complete component (imports + props + wrapper + export), or (b) removing thefilenameattribute / clarifying it’s a fragment so readers don’t copy-paste it as-is.
{/* photo thumbnail */}
</Link>
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Summary
Addresses a DX friction log finding and two minor clarifications in the view transitions guide.
Changes
import { ViewTransition } from 'react'works because Next.js rewrites it to its internal React canary build via bundler aliases (friction log finding)shareis only needed to customize the animationTest plan