The simple trick to transition from height 0 to auto with CSS
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2023-05-02

Animating or transitioning to and from height auto is, well, not really possible (though it is being worked on!), but luckily, there is actually a solution using CSS Grid that’s really easy to implement!

🔗 Links 
✅ Keith J. Grant’s article on this (also includes a flexbox solution): https://keithjgrant.com/posts/2023/04/transitioning-to-height-auto/
✅ The first simple example: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/poxroGv
✅ The accordion: https://codepen.io/kevinpowell/pen/NWOgVga

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:20 - The setup
01:55 - The transition
02:20 - It works with more content too
02:45 - How I discovered this
03:10 - Using it for an accordion

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