React lifecycle animations
ReactCSSTransitionGroup is just a specialized version of ReactTransitionGroup that calls componentWillEnter, componentDidEnter, componentWillLeave, and componentDidLeave based on your defined CSS.
If you don't want to use CSS animations, you can simply use ReactTransitionGroup and use a component that implements these lifecycle hooks using RAF-based animations:
<ReactTransitionGroup component="div"> <MyCustomReactTransitionComponent key={...} /></ReactTransitionGroup>Here's an example I found from another SO post: http://jsbin.com/jebumipimo/1/edit?html,console,output