feat: smooth view transitions, no skeleton flash
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User pain point: skeleton loading.tsx files made the app feel like
a sequence of page reloads, exposing backend latency. Replaced with
a single 1px shimmer bar + crossfade via React's <ViewTransition>.

Changes:
- Enable experimental.viewTransition in next.config.ts
- Add SmoothViewTransition wrapper (ViewTransition name=page-content)
- Add LoadingFade component: thin animated bar instead of skeleton
- Add RouteAnnouncer for a11y (screen readers + focus reset)
- Add ::view-transition-old/new CSS for the crossfade (220ms, no
  jarring slide, respects prefers-reduced-motion)
- Wrap admin/tuxedo/IRD layout children in SmoothViewTransition
  (sidebar/header/footer stay mounted; only the body fades)
- Replace 19 skeleton loading.tsx files with the fade component

Result: navigation now feels like a single app, not a series of
preload-and-render events. The user never sees a 'skeleton of the
page they're about to load.'
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Tyler
2026-06-16 23:37:00 -06:00
parent 9458fd0506
commit 4ebbc6dacf
27 changed files with 304 additions and 1105 deletions
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@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
import type { Metadata, Viewport } from "next";
import { SmoothViewTransition } from "@/components/transitions/SmoothViewTransition";
const BASE_URL = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_SITE_URL ?? "https://routecommerce.com";
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ export default function IndianRiverLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactN
<div className="min-h-screen relative">
{/* Glass morphism gradient background */}
<div className="fixed inset-0 bg-gradient-to-br from-blue-100/40 via-white/60 to-blue-50/30" />
{/* Decorative glass orbs */}
<div className="fixed inset-0 pointer-events-none overflow-hidden">
<div className="absolute -top-40 -right-40 w-96 h-96 bg-gradient-to-br from-blue-200/30 to-transparent rounded-full blur-3xl" />
@@ -102,8 +103,10 @@ export default function IndianRiverLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactN
<div className="absolute bottom-0 right-1/4 w-80 h-80 bg-gradient-to-br from-blue-50/40 to-transparent rounded-full blur-3xl" />
</div>
{/* Content wrapper */}
<div className="relative">{children}</div>
{/* Content wrapper — crossfades on navigation. */}
<div id="page-content" className="relative outline-none">
<SmoothViewTransition>{children}</SmoothViewTransition>
</div>
</div>
);
}