The reason I chose to submit this is because it was initially unclear from the docs that the transition group needed to already be mounted in order for it to work properly.
@ -83,6 +83,30 @@ You'll notice that when you try to remove an item `ReactCSSTransitionGroup` keep
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### Animation Group Must Be Mounted To Work
In order for it to apply transitions to its children, the `ReactCSSTransitionGroup` must already be mounted in the DOM. The example below would not work, because the `ReactCSSTransitionGroup` is being mounted along with the new item, instead of the new item being mounted within it. Compare this to the [Getting Started](/docs/docs/09.1-animation.md#getting-started) section above to see the difference.
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render: function() {
var items = this.state.items.map(function(item, i) {
Although in the example above we rendered a list of items into `ReactCSSTransitionGroup`, the children of `ReactCSSTransitionGroup` can be one or zero items. This makes it possible to animate a single element entering or leaving. Similarly, you can animate a new element replacing the current element, with the new element animating in while the current animates out. For example, we can implement a simple image carousel like this: