Expand Card
A copy-paste view transitions component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
View TransitionsHTMLCSSJavaScriptany framework
Copy into your project
HTML
<div class="nuda-vt-expand">
<div class="nuda-vt-expand__card" data-open="false">
<span class="nuda-vt-expand__title">Card</span>
<span class="nuda-vt-expand__body">Expanded detail panel content.</span>
</div>
<button type="button" class="nuda-vt-expand__btn">Toggle detail</button>
</div>CSS
/* Expand Card
A compact card grows into a detail panel. The shared view-transition-name lets
the API interpolate the size change as a smooth morph (no layout animation).
Customize: open/closed dimensions, --vt-accent */
.nuda-vt-expand__card {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 6px;
border-radius: 12px;
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
background: #18181b;
overflow: hidden;
view-transition-name: vt-expand-card;
}
.nuda-vt-expand__card[data-open="false"] { width: 120px; height: 60px; padding: 12px 16px; }
.nuda-vt-expand__card[data-open="true"] { width: 280px; height: 150px; padding: 16px; }
.nuda-vt-expand__title {
--vt-accent: #e4ff54;
font-size: 0.95rem;
font-weight: 700;
color: var(--vt-accent);
}
.nuda-vt-expand__body {
font-size: 0.8rem;
color: #888;
opacity: 0;
}
.nuda-vt-expand__card[data-open="true"] .nuda-vt-expand__body { opacity: 1; }
.nuda-vt-expand__btn {
background: #e4ff54;
color: #09090b;
border: none;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
font-weight: 700;
cursor: pointer;
}
.nuda-vt-expand__btn:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
outline-offset: 2px;
}
::view-transition-group(vt-expand-card) {
animation-duration: 0.4s;
animation-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
::view-transition-group(vt-expand-card) { animation: none; }
}JavaScript
/* Expand Card — vanilla JS
Toggles the card open/closed inside a view transition. */
(function () {
document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-vt-expand").forEach(function (root) {
var card = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt-expand__card");
var btn = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt-expand__btn");
function doSwap() {
card.dataset.open = card.dataset.open === "true" ? "false" : "true";
}
btn.addEventListener("click", function () {
if (!document.startViewTransition) { doSwap(); return; }
document.startViewTransition(doSwap);
});
});
})();How to use Expand Card
Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.
Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.