--- title: Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View... description: A concise reference clarifying four often-confused CSS/web animation concepts: scroll-driven animations (animation progress tied directly to scroll position),... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/scroll-driven-scroll-triggered-scroll-states-and-view-transitions-xgdb8eccn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View Transitions | daily.dev og:description: A concise reference clarifying four often-confused CSS/web animation concepts: scroll-driven animations (animation progress tied directly to scroll position),... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/scroll-driven-scroll-triggered-scroll-states-and-view-transitions-xgdb8eccn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xgDb8ecCn.png og:image:alt: Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View Transitions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View Transitions **[CSS-Tricks](https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks)** · 3 min read · 141 upvotes · 18 comments ## Summary A concise reference clarifying four often-confused CSS/web animation concepts: scroll-driven animations (animation progress tied directly to scroll position), scroll-triggered animations (run fully when an element crosses a threshold), container query scroll states (style updates based on a container's scroll condition, currently in CSS Conditional Rules Level 5 draft), and view transitions (a separate API for same-document and cross-document page transitions, unrelated to scrolling). A summary table is included for quick reference. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@randy** · 13 upvotes > I can't tell what "view transitions" are supposed to be, but please, please STOP using scroll-driven and scroll-triggered animations. They're unsettling and a really annoying UX. **@andrewma** · 4 upvotes > Scroll animations ruin web browsing **@andrijatrosic** · 2 upvotes > I don't see the point of scroll-driven animations, they always feel weird and unpredictable. I understand that you want to keep attention of the user, but here you do it with the cost of moving attention from the actual important business point. **@hemna** · 1 upvotes > Please make this stop. **@mavros\_lykos** · 1 upvotes > The real problem is that limited liability through browsers.. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A First Look at Scroll-Triggered Animations](https://daily.dev/posts/a-first-look-at-scroll-triggered-animations-evfbfrvso) · CSS-Tricks · 26 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#view-transitions](https://daily.dev/tags/view-transitions) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/scroll-driven-scroll-triggered-scroll-states-and-view-transitions-xgdb8eccn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View Transitions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/scroll-driven-scroll-triggered-scroll-states-and-view-transitions-xgdb8eccn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/scroll-driven-scroll-triggered-scroll-states-and-view-transitions-xgdb8eccn"},"datePublished":"2026-06-08T13:01:59.775Z","dateModified":"2026-06-25T02:12:49.010Z","description":"A concise reference clarifying four often-confused CSS/web animation concepts: scroll-driven animations (animation progress tied directly to scroll position),...","image":"https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/scroll-animations-view-transitions.webp","thumbnailUrl":"https://i0.wp.com/css-tricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/scroll-animations-view-transitions.webp","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"CSS-Tricks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"CSS-Tricks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/css_tricks","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks"},"commentCount":18,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/scroll-driven-scroll-triggered-scroll-states-and-view-transitions-xgdb8eccn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":141},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":18}],"keywords":"css,view-transitions","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"CSS-Tricks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/css_tricks"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Scroll-Driven, Scroll-Triggered, Scroll States, and View Transitions"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/scroll-driven-scroll-triggered-scroll-states-and-view-transitions-xgdb8eccn","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I can’t tell what “view transitions” are supposed to be, but please, please STOP using scroll-driven and scroll-triggered animations. 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