Adding transitions to elements

Svelte provides a simple and powerful way to add transitions to your application elements. The framework offers built-in transition functions that can be easily applied to elements, allowing for smooth animations and seamless user experiences. You can also define your own custom transitions, which we will learn about in the next chapter.

Transitions in Svelte are applied to elements when the elements are mounted or unmounted from the DOM. This ensures that elements appear and disappear gracefully, rather than just abruptly popping in and out of view.

To add a transition to an element in Svelte, you can use the transition: directive with the desired transition function. Here’s an example of adding a transition to an element:

<script>
  import { fade } from 'svelte/transition';
</script>
<div transition:fade>some text here</div>

In the preceding code snippet, we imported fade from svelte/transition...