Josh Comeau • 9/22/2025

The Big Gotcha With @starting-style

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This article dives into the new CSS @starting-style at-rule, which enables enter animations with transitions. It highlights a key problem with CSS specificity when using this rule and presents three different solutions: a 'nuclear option', using CSS custom properties, and leveraging keyframes instead.

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