TIL #4: CSS content-visibility to improve performance
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on css, html, performance

content-visiblity Without Jittery Scrollbars

/* Defer rendering for the 2nd+ article */
body > main > *+* {
  content-visibility: auto;
}
<script type="module">
  let observer = new IntersectionObserver(
    (entries, o) => {
      entries.forEach((entry) => {
        let el = entry.target;
        // Not currently in intersection area.
        if (entry.intersectionRatio == 0) {
          return;
        }
        // Trigger rendering for elements within
        // scroll area that haven't already been
        // marked.
        if (!el.markedVisible) {
          el.attributeStyleMap.set(
            "content-visibility",
            "visible"
          );
          el.markedVisible = true;
        }
      });
    },
    // Set a rendering "skirt" 50px above
    // and 100px below the main scroll area.
    { rootMargin: "50px 0px 100px 0px" }
  );

  let els =
    document.querySelectorAll("body > main > *+*");
  els.forEach((el) => { observer.observe(el); });
</script>

TIL #3: View transitions minimum setup
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on html, css, view transitions

The bare minimum setup for enabling your site to use native view transitions in HTML and CSS:

<meta name="view-transition" content="same-origin" />
@view-transition {
  navigation: auto;
}

Ref URL: https://www.amitmerchant.com/bare-minimum-view-transitions/


TIL #2: Animate details element
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on css, html, css-animations

https://developer.chrome.com/docs/css-ui/animate-to-height-auto#animate_the_details_element

@supports (interpolate-size: allow-keywords) {
    :root {
        interpolate-size: allow-keywords;
    }
    
    details {
        transition: height 0.5s ease;
        height: 2.5rem;
        
        &[open] {
            height: auto;
            overflow: clip; /* Clip off contents while animating */
        }
    }
}