[css-view-transitions-2] Consider enabling fragmented elements #8900

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1. fantasai

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   css-view-transitions-2View Transitions; New feature requestsView Transitions; New feature requests

   on Jun 1, 2023
2. Psychpsyo commented on May 27, 2026

   

   Psychpsyo

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   I'm a bit confused by this.
   The spec links to this issue from capture the old state, where elements that have "more than one box fragment" are being ignored.
   It then says this:

   box fragment here does not refer to fragmentation of inline boxes across line boxes. Such inlines can participate in a transition.

   This was added, with no further elaboration, in #9581

   Multiple questions:

   1. Can fragmented inlines transition?
   2. What if the inline is fragmented due to bidi reordering instead of a break between line boxes? Can it transition then?
   3. If so, why? If not, why not?

   Pinging @khushalsagar, since you originally added the bit about fragmented inlines.

   Also, while on the topic:
   Elements don't fragment. Only boxes do. I've opened a PR for that at #13972