Framer Motion AnimatePresence: Diagnosing Skipped Exit Animations
A conditional child inside AnimatePresence unmounts instantly without playing its exit animation. Use this diagnostic guide to isolate the cause and apply the correct fix.
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framermotionControl React unmount timing with Framer Motion AnimatePresence
Keep exit animations playing before React removes conditional components from the DOM.
reactAnimating Dismissible Components with Framer Motion's AnimatePresence
Animate components before they unmount with Framer Motion's AnimatePresence. Learn how to implement exit animations for dismissible UI elements like alerts and list items.
Diagnosing Missing Exit Animations in Framer Motion with AnimatePresence
Learn why Framer Motion exit animations may not run and how to diagnose missing AnimatePresence, incorrect mode, missing exit prop, or key issues.
AnimatePresence Exit Animation Skipped When Child Keys Are Not Stable
AnimatePresence is the Framer Motion component that keeps a child mounted long enough for its exit variant to play before React removes it from the tree. Its behavior depends on matching each exiting child to the element that previously occupied that position. When keys are missing, reused, or derived from array indices, that matching becomes ambiguous. The