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title: CrossFade

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# CrossFade

Renders a transition wrapping the element passed in the default slot. The transition fades between
the two toggled elements at the same time.

## Props

| Name                | Description                                                                    | Type                 | Default           |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------- | ----------------- |
| <code>appear</code> | Indicates if the transition must be applied on the initial render of the node. | <code>boolean</code> | <code>true</code> |

## Slots

| Name                 | Description                                 | Bindings<br />(name - type - description) |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| <code>default</code> | (Required) to add content to the transition | None                                      |

## Example

The `CrossFade` component is intended to be used as animation to wrap an element with v-if or v-show
and animate it. The animation fades the new element into the previous one.

Wrapping a component:

```vue
<CrossFade>
  <ComponentOrElement v-if="open"/>
</CrossFade>
```