Iris Transition
A copy-paste view transitions component in pure HTML, CSS & vanilla JS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.
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Scene A
Copy into your project
HTML
<div class="nuda-vt2-iris-transition">
<div class="nuda-vt2-iris-transition__stage" data-state="a">
<span class="nuda-vt2-iris-transition__label">Scene A</span>
</div>
<button type="button" class="nuda-vt2-iris-transition__btn">Trigger iris</button>
</div>JavaScript
/* Iris Transition — vanilla JS
A two-phase camera-iris cut: the old scene closes to a point, then the new
scene opens from that same point, synced by a single view transition. */
(function () {
document.querySelectorAll(".nuda-vt2-iris-transition").forEach(function (root) {
var stage = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt2-iris-transition__stage");
var label = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt2-iris-transition__label");
var btn = root.querySelector(".nuda-vt2-iris-transition__btn");
function doSwap() {
var next = stage.dataset.state === "a" ? "b" : "a";
stage.dataset.state = next;
label.textContent = next === "a" ? "Scene A" : "Scene B";
}
btn.addEventListener("click", function () {
if (!document.startViewTransition) { doSwap(); return; }
document.startViewTransition(doSwap);
});
});
})();CSS
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition-demo {
padding: .5rem;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
gap: 8px;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__stage {
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
width: 150px;
height: 84px;
border-radius: 12px;
border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.1);
view-transition-name: vt2-iris-stage;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__stage[data-state="a"] {
background: #18181b;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__stage[data-state="b"] {
background: #1f2937;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__label {
font-size: .78rem;
font-weight: 700;
color: #e4ff54;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__btn {
background: #e4ff54;
color: #09090b;
border: none;
border-radius: 8px;
padding: .4rem .8rem;
font-size: .75rem;
font-weight: 700;
cursor: pointer;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__btn:focus-visible {
outline: 2px solid #e4ff54;
outline-offset: 2px;
}
@keyframes _nuda-vt2irisclose {
0% {
clip-path: circle(75% at 50% 50%);
}
50%,100% {
clip-path: circle(0% at 50% 50%);
}
}
@keyframes _nuda-vt2irisopen {
0%,50% {
clip-path: circle(0% at 50% 50%);
}
100% {
clip-path: circle(75% at 50% 50%);
}
}
::view-transition-old(vt2-iris-stage) {
animation: _nuda-vt2irisclose .6s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1) both;
}
::view-transition-new(vt2-iris-stage) {
animation: _nuda-vt2irisopen .6s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1) both;
}
@supports not (view-transition-name:none) {
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__stage {
transition: background-color .3s ease;
}
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce) {
::view-transition-old(vt2-iris-stage),::view-transition-new(vt2-iris-stage) {
animation: none;
}
.nuda-vt2-iris-transition__stage {
transition: none;
}
}
How to use Iris Transition
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.