transition-duration
Utilities for controlling the duration of CSS transitions.
| Class | Styles |
|---|---|
duration-<number> | |
transition-duration: <number>ms; |
|
| duration-initial |
transition-duration: initial;
|
| duration-(<custom-property>) |
transition-duration: var(<custom-property>);
|
| duration-[<value>] |
transition-duration: <value>;
|
Use utilities like duration-150 and duration-700 to set the transition duration of an element in milliseconds:
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duration-150
duration-300
duration-700
<button class="transition duration-150 ease-in-out ...">Button A</button><button class="transition duration-300 ease-in-out ...">Button B</button><button class="transition duration-700 ease-in-out ...">Button C</button>
For situations where the user has specified that they prefer reduced motion, you can conditionally apply animations and transitions using the motion-safe and motion-reduce variants:
<button type="button" class="duration-300 motion-reduce:duration-0 ..."> <!-- ... --></button>
Use the duration-[<value>] syntax to set the transition duration based on a completely custom value:
<button class="duration-[1s,15s] ..."> <!-- ... --></button>
For CSS variables, you can also use the duration-(<custom-property>) syntax:
<button class="duration-(--my-duration) ..."> <!-- ... --></button>
This is just a shorthand for duration-[var(<custom-property>)] that adds the var() function for you automatically.
Prefix a transition-duration utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:
<button class="duration-0 md:duration-150 ..."> <!-- ... --></button>
Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.
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