Plainware Motion Pro

/Native, no code

Page transitions

Framer animates between pages on its own. Set it once on the Home page and every link on the site uses it. This site runs recipe 01: click any item in the menu and watch the page fade in.

Framer animates between pages on its own. Set it once on the Home page and every link on the site uses it. This site runs recipe 01: click any item in the menu and watch the page fade in.

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/Where it lives · 01

Four clicks

Four clicks

Page transitions are a page effect. The ones that apply to every page live on the Home page, on its first breakpoint.

Step 01

Open the Home page

Select Home in the Pages panel and click its Desktop breakpoint, the first one. Effects for all pages can only live there.

Step 02

Add a page effect

In the right panel, scroll to Effects, click the plus and add a page effect. Presets such as Fade and Wipe are a starting point.

Step 03

Target All Pages

The Target menu starts on the current page. Switch it to All Pages so the transition runs on every navigation.

Step 04

Type the values

Copy the Enter and Exit values from a recipe below, then check it in Preview and publish.

/Recipes · 02

Three recipes

Three recipes

Exact values for the Enter and Exit fields. Offsets in px or %, durations in seconds, easing as a cubic bezier you can paste into the curve editor.

/Recipe 01

Live on this site

Fade

The quiet default. The new page fades in over the old one while the menu and footer stay put.

Target

All Pages

Enter opacity

0

Enter offset

X 0, Y 0

Enter scale

1

Transition

Tween, 0.35 s, delay 0

Easing

0.44, 0, 0.56, 1

Exit

None

/Recipe 02

Copy the values

Slide up

The new page rises 24 px while it fades in, and the old one fades out a little faster. Reads as moving forward.

Target

All Pages

Enter opacity

0

Enter offset

X 0, Y 24px

Enter transition

Tween, 0.45 s, delay 0.1 s

Enter easing

0.16, 1, 0.3, 1

Exit opacity

0

Exit transition

Tween, 0.2 s, 0.4, 0, 1, 1

/Recipe 03

Wipe mask

Curtain

The new page is wiped in from the bottom edge while the old one drifts up. The breakpoint fill is the color you see behind the move.

Target

All Pages

Enter mask

Wipe, angle 270°

Enter offset

X 0, Y 30%

Enter transition

Tween, 0.7 s, delay 0.1 s

Enter easing

0.77, 0, 0.18, 1

Exit offset

X 0, Y -30%

Exit transition

Tween, 0.7 s, 0.77, 0, 0.18, 1

/Good to know · 03

Before you ship it

Before you ship it

Four things that decide whether a transition feels finished or gets in the way.

One background everywhere

One background everywhere

The breakpoint fill shows during the move. Give every page the same fill, or the wipe flashes a second color. This kit uses Ink on the layout template.

Short beats smooth

Short beats smooth

Past about 0.6 s a transition starts to feel like waiting. The fade on this site is 0.35 s; the curtain, the slowest recipe, is 0.7 s.

Browser support

Browser support

Page effects are built on the browser View Transitions API. Where it is missing, pages switch instantly and nothing breaks.

A true curtain needs code

A true curtain needs code

A solid color panel that covers the screen and then lifts is not a native option. Recipe 03 gets close with a wipe mask and offsets, without any code.

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