Modals can animate from display none — here's the CSS rule

@starting-style plus the allow-discrete keyword finally let you transition from and into display:none in pure CSS, quietly killing the max-height hack and the offscreen-transform workarounds for modals, toasts, and popovers.

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Modals can animate from display none — here's the CSS rule

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