Theme Swipe
A copy-paste view transitions component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
View TransitionsHTMLCSSJavaScriptany framework
Theme
Copy into your project
HTML
<div class="nuda-vt-theme">
<div class="nuda-vt-theme__panel" data-theme="dark">
<span class="nuda-vt-theme__label">Theme</span>
</div>
<button type="button" class="nuda-vt-theme__btn">Switch theme</button>
</div>CSS
/* Theme Swipe
Circular reveal theme switch. The new snapshot is clipped from a 0%-radius
circle outward, so the incoming theme "wipes" over the old one.
Customize: clip origin (50% 50%), final radius, animation-duration */
.nuda-vt-theme__panel {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 220px;
height: 110px;
border-radius: 12px;
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
view-transition-name: vt-theme-panel;
}
.nuda-vt-theme__panel[data-theme="dark"] { background: #09090b; }
.nuda-vt-theme__panel[data-theme="dark"] .nuda-vt-theme__label { color: #e4ff54; }
.nuda-vt-theme__panel[data-theme="light"] { background: #e4ff54; }
.nuda-vt-theme__panel[data-theme="light"] .nuda-vt-theme__label { color: #09090b; }
.nuda-vt-theme__label { font-weight: 700; }
.nuda-vt-theme__btn {
background: #e4ff54;
color: #09090b;
border: none;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
font-weight: 700;
cursor: pointer;
}
.nuda-vt-theme__btn:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
outline-offset: 2px;
}
@keyframes vt-theme-reveal {
from { clip-path: circle(0% at 50% 50%); }
to { clip-path: circle(75% at 50% 50%); }
}
/* Hold the old snapshot still; reveal the new one with a growing circle. */
::view-transition-old(vt-theme-panel) { animation: none; }
::view-transition-new(vt-theme-panel) {
animation: vt-theme-reveal 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) both;
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
::view-transition-new(vt-theme-panel) { animation: none; }
}JavaScript
/* Theme Swipe — vanilla JS
Toggles the theme inside a view transition for the circular reveal.
Tip: read the click coordinates to center the circle on the cursor. */
(function () {
document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-vt-theme").forEach(function (root) {
var panel = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt-theme__panel");
var btn = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt-theme__btn");
function doSwap() {
panel.dataset.theme = panel.dataset.theme === "dark" ? "light" : "dark";
}
btn.addEventListener("click", function () {
if (!document.startViewTransition) { doSwap(); return; }
document.startViewTransition(doSwap);
});
});
})();How to use Theme Swipe
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.