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Cube Rotate

A copy-paste view transitions component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.

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HTML
<div class="nuda-vt2-cube-rotate">
  <div class="nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__stage" data-state="a">
    <span class="nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__label">Face 1</span>
  </div>
  <button type="button" class="nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__btn">Rotate cube</button>
</div>
JavaScript
/* Cube Rotate — vanilla JS
   The outgoing face rotates away around its right edge, the incoming face
   rotates in from the left, mimicking one face of a rotating cube. */

(function () {
  document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-vt2-cube-rotate").forEach(function (root) {
    var stage = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__stage");
    var label = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__label");
    var btn = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__btn");

    function doSwap() {
      var next = stage.dataset.state === "a" ? "b" : "a";
      stage.dataset.state = next;
      label.textContent = next === "a" ? "Face 1" : "Face 2";
    }

    btn.addEventListener("click", function () {
      if (!document.startViewTransition) { doSwap(); return; }
      document.startViewTransition(doSwap);
    });
  });
})();
CSS
.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate-demo {
  padding: .5rem;
}

.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 8px;
}

.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__stage {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 150px;
  height: 84px;
  border-radius: 12px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
  view-transition-name: vt2-cube-stage;
}

.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__stage[data-state="a"] {
  background: #18181b;
}

.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__stage[data-state="b"] {
  background: #1f2937;
}

.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__label {
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #e4ff54;
}

.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__btn {
  background: #e4ff54;
  color: #09090b;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: .4rem .8rem;
  font-size: .75rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  cursor: pointer;
}

.nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__btn:focus-visible {
  outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
  outline-offset: 2px;
}

@keyframes _nuda-vt2cubeout {
  from {
    transform: perspective(700px) rotateY(0);
  }
  to {
    transform: perspective(700px) rotateY(-90deg);
  }
}

@keyframes _nuda-vt2cubein {
  from {
    transform: perspective(700px) rotateY(90deg);
  }
  to {
    transform: perspective(700px) rotateY(0);
  }
}

::view-transition-old(vt2-cube-stage) {
  animation: _nuda-vt2cubeout .35s ease-in both;
  transform-origin: right;
}

::view-transition-new(vt2-cube-stage) {
  animation: _nuda-vt2cubein .35s ease-out .35s both;
  transform-origin: left;
}

::view-transition-group(vt2-cube-stage) {
  animation-duration: .7s;
}

@supports not (view-transition-name:none) {
  .nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__stage {
    transition: background-color .3s ease;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
  ::view-transition-old(vt2-cube-stage),::view-transition-new(vt2-cube-stage) {
    animation: none;
  }
  .nuda-vt2-cube-rotate__stage {
    transition: none;
  }
}

How to use Cube Rotate

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.

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