transition-property | CSS CSS Properties

Specifies which CSS properties should be animated during a transition. You can list specific properties like 'transform' or 'opacity' to ensure you aren't accidentally animating things that might hurt performance.

Quick example

.box {
  background-color: white;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  /* Only animate the background, keep the border change instant */
  transition-property: background-color;
  transition-duration: 0.5s;
}

Quick facts

Initial value

all

Inherited

Applies to

all elements and pseudo-elements

Animation type

notAnimatable

Values

none

transition-property Browser Support

Widely available Since 2015 96% global usage

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It has been available across browsers since 2015.

Safe to use without fallbacks.

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