@real-router/solid 0.7.0 → 0.9.0

package/README.md

@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ All hooks that subscribe to route state return `Accessor<T>` — call the access
 | `useRouterTransition()`   | `Accessor<RouterTransitionSnapshot>` | On transition start/end              |
 | `useRouteStore()`         | `RouteState` (store)                 | Granular — per-property              |
 | `useRouteNodeStore(name)` | `RouteState` (store)                 | Granular — per-property, node-scoped |
+| `useRouteExit(handler, options?)`  | `void` — wraps `subscribeLeave` with abort + same-route guards            | Never (handler captured at hook call) |
+| `useRouteEnter(handler, options?)` | `void` — fires once on nav-driven mount via `useRoute()` + `transition.from` | Never (handler captured at hook call) |
 
 ### Store-Based Hooks (Granular Reactivity)
 
@@ -137,8 +139,39 @@ function GlobalProgress() {
     </Show>
   );
 }
+
+// useRouteExit — exit animations, draft autosave, AbortSignal-aware cleanup
+function FadeOut() {
+  let ref: HTMLDivElement | undefined;
+  useRouteExit(async ({ signal }) => {
+    if (!ref) return;
+    ref.classList.add("fade-out");
+    const cleanup = () => ref!.classList.remove("fade-out");
+    signal.addEventListener("abort", cleanup, { once: true });
+    ref.getBoundingClientRect(); // style flush
+    await Promise.allSettled(ref.getAnimations().map((a) => a.finished));
+    cleanup();
+  });
+  return <div ref={ref}>...</div>;
+}
+
+// useRouteEnter — page-enter analytics, focus management, entry animations
+function PageEnterAnalytics() {
+  useRouteEnter(({ route, previousRoute }) => {
+    analytics.track("page_enter", {
+      route: route.name,
+      from: previousRoute.name,
+    });
+  });
+  return null;
+}
 ```
 
+> **Solid handler-reactivity:** components run once, so `handler` is captured at
+> hook-call time. To vary behavior over time, read signals **inside** the
+> handler body. See [CLAUDE.md](./CLAUDE.md) → "useRouteExit / useRouteEnter
+> Handler Is Captured At Init".
+
 ## Components
 
 ### `<Link>`
@@ -332,12 +365,24 @@ Opt-in preservation of scroll position across navigations:
 
 Restores scroll on back/forward, scrolls to top (or `#hash`) on push. Three modes: `"restore"` (default), `"top"`, `"manual"`. Custom containers via `scrollContainer: () => HTMLElement | null`. Options are read once on mount — changing the prop at runtime does not reconfigure the utility (Solid `onMount` is non-reactive). See [Scroll Restoration guide](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/Scroll-Restoration) for details.
 
+## View Transitions
+
+Opt-in animated route transitions via the browser's [View Transitions API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/View_Transitions_API):
+
+```tsx
+<RouterProvider router={router} viewTransitions>
+  {/* Your app */}
+</RouterProvider>
+```
+
+No-op on unsupported browsers (Firefox as of 2026-04, SSR). Prop is read once on mount (Solid `onMount` is non-reactive) — if you need toggle, unmount/remount the provider. Customization is pure CSS via `::view-transition-*` pseudo-elements and `view-transition-name` for hero morphs. See [View Transitions guide](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/View-Transitions) for patterns.
+
 ## Documentation
 
 Full documentation: [Wiki](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki)
 
-- [RouterProvider](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/RouterProvider) · [RouteView](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/RouteView) · [RouterErrorBoundary](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/RouterErrorBoundary) · [Link](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/Link) · [Scroll Restoration](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/Scroll-Restoration)
-- [useRouter](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouter) · [useRoute](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRoute) · [useRouteNode](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouteNode) · [useNavigator](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useNavigator) · [useRouteUtils](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouteUtils) · [useRouterTransition](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouterTransition)
+- [RouterProvider](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/RouterProvider) · [RouteView](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/RouteView) · [RouterErrorBoundary](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/RouterErrorBoundary) · [Link](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/Link) · [Scroll Restoration](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/Scroll-Restoration) · [View Transitions](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/View-Transitions)
+- [useRouter](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouter) · [useRoute](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRoute) · [useRouteNode](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouteNode) · [useNavigator](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useNavigator) · [useRouteUtils](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouteUtils) · [useRouterTransition](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouterTransition) · [useRouteExit](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouteExit) · [useRouteEnter](https://github.com/greydragon888/real-router/wiki/useRouteEnter)
 
 ## Examples
 

package/dist/cjs/index.d.ts

@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ declare const useNavigator: () => Navigator;
 
 declare const useRouteUtils: () => RouteUtils;
 
-declare const useRoute: <P extends Params = Params>() => Accessor<RouteState<P>>;
+declare const useRoute: <P extends Params = Params>() => Accessor<Omit<RouteState<P>, "route"> & {
+    route: State<P>;
+}>;
 
 declare function useRouteNode(nodeName: string): Accessor<RouteState>;
 
@@ -100,6 +102,170 @@ declare function useRouteNodeStore(nodeName: string): RouteState;
 
 declare function useRouterTransition(): Accessor<RouterTransitionSnapshot>;
 
+interface RouteExitContext {
+    /** The route being left. */
+    route: State;
+    /** The route being navigated to. */
+    nextRoute: State;
+    /**
+     * AbortSignal that fires when this navigation is superseded by a later
+     * one (rapid clicks). Already filtered: when the handler runs,
+     * `signal.aborted` is guaranteed to be `false`. Use
+     * `signal.addEventListener("abort", cleanup, { once: true })` for
+     * cleanup that must run on cancellation.
+     */
+    signal: AbortSignal;
+}
+interface UseRouteExitOptions {
+    /**
+     * Skip the handler when `route.name === nextRoute.name`
+     * (sort/filter/query-only navigations on the same route). Default:
+     * `true`.
+     */
+    skipSameRoute?: boolean;
+}
+type RouteExitHandler = (context: RouteExitContext) => void | Promise<void>;
+/**
+ * Subscribe to the router's leave-window with the universal guards baked
+ * in. Wraps `router.subscribeLeave` so consumers don't repeat the same
+ * boilerplate every time:
+ *
+ *   - **Reentrant abort pre-check**: if `signal.aborted` is already `true`
+ *     when the handler would run (rapid navigation superseded a slower
+ *     one), the handler is skipped entirely. `signal.addEventListener(
+ *     "abort", ...)` does not fire retroactively, so without this guard
+ *     downstream cleanup would never trigger.
+ *   - **Same-route skip**: by default, `route.name === nextRoute.name`
+ *     short-circuits the handler — query-only navigations (sort, filter,
+ *     pagination) skip the work. Opt out with `skipSameRoute: false`.
+ *
+ * Returns nothing — the subscription's lifecycle is bound to the
+ * component via `onCleanup`.
+ *
+ * If the handler returns a Promise, the router blocks on it. If the
+ * Promise resolves, navigation proceeds. If it rejects, the router emits
+ * `TRANSITION_CANCELLED`.
+ *
+ * **Handler reactivity (Solid)**: Solid components run **once** at mount;
+ * `handler` is captured in closure at the call site. If you need
+ * different behavior across renders, derive it from a signal inside the
+ * handler body — do not rely on swapping the handler reference.
+ *
+ * @example Animation
+ * ```tsx
+ * let ref: HTMLDivElement | undefined;
+ *
+ * useRouteExit(async ({ signal }) => {
+ *   const el = ref;
+ *   if (!el) return;
+ *   el.classList.add("fade-out");
+ *   const cleanup = () => el.classList.remove("fade-out");
+ *   signal.addEventListener("abort", cleanup, { once: true });
+ *   try {
+ *     el.getBoundingClientRect();   // style flush
+ *     await Promise.allSettled(el.getAnimations().map((a) => a.finished));
+ *   } finally {
+ *     cleanup();
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Auto-save form draft
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteExit(async ({ signal }) => {
+ *   if (formState.dirty) await api.saveDraft(formState, { signal });
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Reading rich transition metadata via `nextRoute.transition`
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteExit(({ route, nextRoute }) => {
+ *   if (nextRoute.transition.segments.deactivated.includes("products")) {
+ *     productCache.clear();
+ *   }
+ *   if (nextRoute.transition.redirected) {
+ *     return;
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ */
+declare function useRouteExit(handler: RouteExitHandler, options?: UseRouteExitOptions): void;
+
+interface RouteEnterContext {
+    /** The route that was just activated. */
+    route: State;
+    /** The route that was active immediately before this navigation. */
+    previousRoute: State;
+}
+type RouteEnterHandler = (context: RouteEnterContext) => void;
+interface UseRouteEnterOptions {
+    /**
+     * Skip the handler when `route.name === previousRoute.name`
+     * (sort/filter/query-only navigations on the same route). Default:
+     * `true`. Symmetric with `useRouteExit`'s same-name option.
+     */
+    skipSameRoute?: boolean;
+}
+/**
+ * Fire `handler` once when the component mounts as a result of a
+ * navigation. Mirror of `useRouteExit` for the entry side.
+ *
+ * What this hook covers that an ad-hoc `createEffect` + `useRoute()`
+ * doesn't:
+ *
+ *   - **Skip-initial**: handler is skipped when there is no
+ *     `transition.from` (i.e. first-load mount). Most consumers want to
+ *     fire side effects only on real navigations, not on hydration.
+ *   - **Same-route skip** (default): handler is skipped when
+ *     `route.transition.from === route.name`. Sort/filter/query-only
+ *     navigations re-trigger the effect (because the `route` reference
+ *     changes), but they are not "entries" in the animation / analytics
+ *     sense — the component instance has stayed mounted throughout.
+ *     Opt out with `skipSameRoute: false`.
+ *   - **Mount-time `route` / `previousRoute` snapshot**: the handler
+ *     receives the values that were live at the moment of effect
+ *     activation, not the latest ones (which may have moved on if the
+ *     user navigated again before the effect drained).
+ *
+ * **Handler reactivity (Solid)**: Solid components run **once** at mount;
+ * `handler` is captured in closure when the hook is called. If you need
+ * different behavior across renders, derive it from a signal inside the
+ * handler body — do not rely on swapping the handler reference.
+ *
+ * @example Direction-aware entry animation
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteEnter(({ route }) => {
+ *   const direction = route.context.browser?.direction;
+ *   ref?.classList.add(
+ *     direction === "back" ? "slide-from-left" : "slide-from-right",
+ *   );
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Analytics page-enter event (skip-initial built-in)
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteEnter(({ route, previousRoute }) => {
+ *   analytics.track("page_enter", {
+ *     route: route.name,
+ *     from: previousRoute.name,
+ *   });
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Reading rich transition metadata via `route.transition`
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteEnter(({ route }) => {
+ *   if (route.transition.redirected) {
+ *     showToast(`Redirected from ${route.transition.from}`);
+ *   }
+ *   if (route.transition.segments.activated.includes("products")) {
+ *     // products subtree just became active
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ */
+declare function useRouteEnter(handler: RouteEnterHandler, options?: UseRouteEnterOptions): void;
+
 type ScrollRestorationMode = "restore" | "top" | "manual";
 interface ScrollRestorationOptions {
     mode?: ScrollRestorationMode | undefined;
@@ -111,6 +277,7 @@ interface RouteProviderProps {
     router: Router;
     announceNavigation?: boolean;
     scrollRestoration?: ScrollRestorationOptions;
+    viewTransitions?: boolean;
 }
 declare function RouterProvider(props: ParentProps<RouteProviderProps>): JSX.Element;
 
@@ -126,5 +293,5 @@ declare function createSignalFromSource<T>(source: RouterSource<T>): Accessor<T>
 
 declare function createStoreFromSource<T extends object>(source: RouterSource<T>): T;
 
-export { Link, RouteContext, RouteView, RouterContext, RouterErrorBoundary, RouterProvider, createSignalFromSource, createStoreFromSource, link, useNavigator, useRoute, useRouteNode, useRouteNodeStore, useRouteStore, useRouteUtils, useRouter, useRouterTransition };
-export type { LinkDirectiveOptions, LinkProps, RouteState, MatchProps as RouteViewMatchProps, NotFoundProps as RouteViewNotFoundProps, RouteViewProps, SelfProps as RouteViewSelfProps, RouterErrorBoundaryProps };
+export { Link, RouteContext, RouteView, RouterContext, RouterErrorBoundary, RouterProvider, createSignalFromSource, createStoreFromSource, link, useNavigator, useRoute, useRouteEnter, useRouteExit, useRouteNode, useRouteNodeStore, useRouteStore, useRouteUtils, useRouter, useRouterTransition };
+export type { LinkDirectiveOptions, LinkProps, RouteEnterContext, RouteEnterHandler, RouteExitContext, RouteExitHandler, RouteState, MatchProps as RouteViewMatchProps, NotFoundProps as RouteViewNotFoundProps, RouteViewProps, SelfProps as RouteViewSelfProps, RouterErrorBoundaryProps, UseRouteEnterOptions, UseRouteExitOptions };

package/dist/cjs/index.js

@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ function removeAnnouncer() {
   document.querySelector(`[${ANNOUNCER_ATTR}]`)?.remove();
 }
 function resolveText(route, prefix, getCustomText, h1) {
-  const h1Text = h1?.textContent.trim() ?? "";
+  const h1Text = (h1?.textContent ?? "").trim();
   const routeName = route.name.startsWith(INTERNAL_ROUTE_PREFIX) ? "" : route.name;
   const rawText = h1Text || document.title || routeName || globalThis.location.pathname;
   return `${prefix}${rawText}`;
@@ -337,14 +337,14 @@ function manageFocus(h1) {
 }
 
 const STORAGE_KEY = "real-router:scroll";
-const NOOP_INSTANCE = Object.freeze({
+const NOOP_INSTANCE$1 = Object.freeze({
   destroy: () => {
     /* no-op */
   }
 });
 function createScrollRestoration(router, options) {
   if (typeof globalThis.window === "undefined") {
-    return NOOP_INSTANCE;
+    return NOOP_INSTANCE$1;
   }
   const mode = options?.mode ?? "restore";
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function createScrollRestoration(router, options) {
   // don't subscribe, don't register pagehide — leave the browser's native
   // auto-restore intact for the app to override if it wants to.
   if (mode === "manual") {
-    return NOOP_INSTANCE;
+    return NOOP_INSTANCE$1;
   }
   const anchorEnabled = options?.anchorScrolling ?? true;
   const getContainer = options?.scrollContainer;
@@ -493,6 +493,128 @@ function canonicalReplacer(_key, val) {
   return val;
 }
 
+const NOOP_INSTANCE = Object.freeze({
+  destroy: () => {
+    /* no-op */
+  }
+});
+function createViewTransitions(router) {
+  if (typeof document === "undefined" || typeof document.startViewTransition !== "function") {
+    return NOOP_INSTANCE;
+  }
+  let closeVT = null;
+  let currentVT = null;
+  // Tracks whether TRANSITION_SUCCESS fired for the current leave. Used to
+  // distinguish "benign cleanup abort" (router's async path aborts its own
+  // controller in a finally block after successful navigation) from "real
+  // cancellation" (concurrent navigate, guard rejection, dispose).
+  let successFired = false;
+  const resolveAndClear = () => {
+    closeVT?.();
+    closeVT = null;
+  };
+  const offLeave = router.subscribeLeave(({
+    signal
+  }) => {
+    // Reentrant abort: signal already aborted when we're called. Open no VT
+    // — router will fall through to TRANSITION_CANCELLED via isCurrentNav()
+    // after leave resolves. addEventListener("abort", ...) does not re-fire
+    // for past events, so skipping startViewTransition is the safe path.
+    if (signal.aborted) {
+      return;
+    }
+    successFired = false;
+    resolveAndClear();
+
+    // Return a Promise so the router awaits until the browser invokes
+    // updateCallback. This ensures old DOM snapshot is captured BEFORE the
+    // router commits the new state — giving correct exit→state→entry
+    // ordering (vs fire-and-forget, where URL changes before VT captures).
+    return new Promise(resolveLeave => {
+      // Capture the resolver synchronously BEFORE startViewTransition() is
+      // called. The browser invokes updateCallback in a later task, but
+      // router.subscribe (TRANSITION_SUCCESS) can fire before that. If we
+      // captured `resolve` inside the callback, subscribe would see closeVT
+      // still null and skip resolving — the deferred would hang for 4s
+      // until the VT API aborts with TimeoutError.
+      const deferred = new Promise(resolve => {
+        closeVT = resolve;
+      });
+      signal.addEventListener("abort", () => {
+        if (successFired) {
+          // Router's async path (#finishAsyncNavigation) aborts its own
+          // controller in a finally block AFTER completeTransition (and
+          // thus AFTER subscribe fired). This is cleanup, not
+          // cancellation — VT is progressing normally, do nothing.
+          return;
+        }
+
+        // Real cancellation (concurrent navigate, dispose). Resolve the
+        // deferred so updateCallback can complete, skip the VT so no
+        // stale animation leaks, and unblock the router if the abort
+        // fires before updateCallback was invoked.
+        resolveAndClear();
+        currentVT?.skipTransition?.();
+        resolveLeave();
+      }, {
+        once: true
+      });
+      try {
+        currentVT = document.startViewTransition(() => {
+          // Resolving here unblocks the router at the moment the browser
+          // enters updateCallback — by spec, old DOM snapshot is captured
+          // before this callback runs. Router now proceeds through
+          // activation guards and setState; the VT animation waits on
+          // `deferred`, which is resolved from router.subscribe after a
+          // task-queue tick (see NOTE on setTimeout below).
+          resolveLeave();
+          return deferred;
+        });
+      } catch {
+        // Defensive: spec says startViewTransition doesn't throw under
+        // normal conditions, but Chromium has had edge cases (detached
+        // document, extension interference). Clean up and unblock router.
+        resolveAndClear();
+        resolveLeave();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+  const offSuccess = router.subscribe(() => {
+    const resolver = closeVT;
+    successFired = true;
+    closeVT = null;
+    if (resolver === null) {
+      currentVT = null;
+    } else {
+      // CRITICAL: CANNOT use requestAnimationFrame here. When the router
+      // takes the async path (leave returned a Promise), subscribe fires
+      // AFTER the browser has already transitioned VT into the
+      // "update-callback-called" phase. In that phase Chromium sets
+      // rendering suppression to true, which ALSO blocks rAF callbacks.
+      // rAF would never fire → deferred never resolves → browser aborts
+      // vt.ready with TimeoutError after 4s (observed in Chromium).
+      //
+      // setTimeout runs on the task queue independent of the rendering
+      // pipeline, so it fires regardless of suppression. React's scheduler
+      // uses MessageChannel tasks, which are queued before our setTimeout,
+      // so the new DOM is committed by the time our callback runs.
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        resolver();
+        currentVT = null;
+      }, 0);
+    }
+  });
+  return {
+    destroy: () => {
+      offLeave();
+      offSuccess();
+      currentVT?.skipTransition?.();
+      currentVT = null;
+      resolveAndClear();
+    }
+  };
+}
+
 function shouldNavigate(evt) {
   return evt.button === 0 && !evt.metaKey && !evt.altKey && !evt.ctrlKey && !evt.shiftKey;
 }
@@ -680,6 +802,9 @@ const useRoute = () => {
   if (!routeSignal) {
     throw new Error("useRoute must be used within a RouterProvider");
   }
+  if (!routeSignal().route) {
+    throw new Error("useRoute called with no active route. Did you forget to await router.start() before rendering, or is the router stopped/disposed?");
+  }
   return routeSignal;
 };
 
@@ -710,6 +835,198 @@ function useRouterTransition() {
   return createSignalFromSource(source);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Subscribe to the router's leave-window with the universal guards baked
+ * in. Wraps `router.subscribeLeave` so consumers don't repeat the same
+ * boilerplate every time:
+ *
+ *   - **Reentrant abort pre-check**: if `signal.aborted` is already `true`
+ *     when the handler would run (rapid navigation superseded a slower
+ *     one), the handler is skipped entirely. `signal.addEventListener(
+ *     "abort", ...)` does not fire retroactively, so without this guard
+ *     downstream cleanup would never trigger.
+ *   - **Same-route skip**: by default, `route.name === nextRoute.name`
+ *     short-circuits the handler — query-only navigations (sort, filter,
+ *     pagination) skip the work. Opt out with `skipSameRoute: false`.
+ *
+ * Returns nothing — the subscription's lifecycle is bound to the
+ * component via `onCleanup`.
+ *
+ * If the handler returns a Promise, the router blocks on it. If the
+ * Promise resolves, navigation proceeds. If it rejects, the router emits
+ * `TRANSITION_CANCELLED`.
+ *
+ * **Handler reactivity (Solid)**: Solid components run **once** at mount;
+ * `handler` is captured in closure at the call site. If you need
+ * different behavior across renders, derive it from a signal inside the
+ * handler body — do not rely on swapping the handler reference.
+ *
+ * @example Animation
+ * ```tsx
+ * let ref: HTMLDivElement | undefined;
+ *
+ * useRouteExit(async ({ signal }) => {
+ *   const el = ref;
+ *   if (!el) return;
+ *   el.classList.add("fade-out");
+ *   const cleanup = () => el.classList.remove("fade-out");
+ *   signal.addEventListener("abort", cleanup, { once: true });
+ *   try {
+ *     el.getBoundingClientRect();   // style flush
+ *     await Promise.allSettled(el.getAnimations().map((a) => a.finished));
+ *   } finally {
+ *     cleanup();
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Auto-save form draft
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteExit(async ({ signal }) => {
+ *   if (formState.dirty) await api.saveDraft(formState, { signal });
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Reading rich transition metadata via `nextRoute.transition`
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteExit(({ route, nextRoute }) => {
+ *   if (nextRoute.transition.segments.deactivated.includes("products")) {
+ *     productCache.clear();
+ *   }
+ *   if (nextRoute.transition.redirected) {
+ *     return;
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ */
+function useRouteExit(handler, options) {
+  const router = useRouter();
+  const skipSameRoute = options?.skipSameRoute ?? true;
+  const off = router.subscribeLeave(({
+    route,
+    nextRoute,
+    signal
+  }) => {
+    if (skipSameRoute && route.name === nextRoute.name) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Reentrant abort: signal is already aborted when listener fires
+    // (e.g. a newer navigate superseded this one before subscribeLeave
+    // even ran). addEventListener("abort", ...) does not fire
+    // retroactively, so we skip the handler entirely.
+    if (signal.aborted) {
+      return;
+    }
+    return handler({
+      route,
+      nextRoute,
+      signal
+    });
+  });
+  solidJs.onCleanup(off);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fire `handler` once when the component mounts as a result of a
+ * navigation. Mirror of `useRouteExit` for the entry side.
+ *
+ * What this hook covers that an ad-hoc `createEffect` + `useRoute()`
+ * doesn't:
+ *
+ *   - **Skip-initial**: handler is skipped when there is no
+ *     `transition.from` (i.e. first-load mount). Most consumers want to
+ *     fire side effects only on real navigations, not on hydration.
+ *   - **Same-route skip** (default): handler is skipped when
+ *     `route.transition.from === route.name`. Sort/filter/query-only
+ *     navigations re-trigger the effect (because the `route` reference
+ *     changes), but they are not "entries" in the animation / analytics
+ *     sense — the component instance has stayed mounted throughout.
+ *     Opt out with `skipSameRoute: false`.
+ *   - **Mount-time `route` / `previousRoute` snapshot**: the handler
+ *     receives the values that were live at the moment of effect
+ *     activation, not the latest ones (which may have moved on if the
+ *     user navigated again before the effect drained).
+ *
+ * **Handler reactivity (Solid)**: Solid components run **once** at mount;
+ * `handler` is captured in closure when the hook is called. If you need
+ * different behavior across renders, derive it from a signal inside the
+ * handler body — do not rely on swapping the handler reference.
+ *
+ * @example Direction-aware entry animation
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteEnter(({ route }) => {
+ *   const direction = route.context.browser?.direction;
+ *   ref?.classList.add(
+ *     direction === "back" ? "slide-from-left" : "slide-from-right",
+ *   );
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Analytics page-enter event (skip-initial built-in)
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteEnter(({ route, previousRoute }) => {
+ *   analytics.track("page_enter", {
+ *     route: route.name,
+ *     from: previousRoute.name,
+ *   });
+ * });
+ * ```
+ *
+ * @example Reading rich transition metadata via `route.transition`
+ * ```tsx
+ * useRouteEnter(({ route }) => {
+ *   if (route.transition.redirected) {
+ *     showToast(`Redirected from ${route.transition.from}`);
+ *   }
+ *   if (route.transition.segments.activated.includes("products")) {
+ *     // products subtree just became active
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ */
+function useRouteEnter(handler, options) {
+  const routeState = useRoute();
+  const skipSameRoute = options?.skipSameRoute ?? true;
+  let lastHandledRoute = null;
+  solidJs.createEffect(() => {
+    const {
+      route,
+      previousRoute
+    } = routeState();
+
+    // Early-exit guards, top-down:
+    //
+    //   - **Skip-initial**: `state.transition.from` is undefined only
+    //     for the very first state committed by `router.start()`.
+    //   - **Skip-same-route**: query-only navigations have
+    //     `transition.from === route.name`. Opt-out via
+    //     `skipSameRoute: false`.
+    //   - **Defensive dedupe + missing `previousRoute`**: same `route`
+    //     ref between effect activations is unexpected on Solid (effects
+    //     run once per dependency change); `!previousRoute` is unreachable
+    //     once `transition.from` is set (the two are populated together by
+    //     core). Both kept for parity with React; v8-ignored.
+    if (!route.transition.from) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (skipSameRoute && route.transition.from === route.name) {
+      return;
+    }
+    /* v8 ignore start */
+    if (lastHandledRoute === route || !previousRoute) {
+      return;
+    }
+    /* v8 ignore stop */
+
+    lastHandledRoute = route;
+    handler({
+      route,
+      previousRoute
+    });
+  });
+}
+
 function isRouteActive(linkRouteName, currentRouteName) {
   return currentRouteName === linkRouteName || currentRouteName.startsWith(`${linkRouteName}.`);
 }
@@ -732,6 +1049,15 @@ function RouterProvider(props) {
       sr.destroy();
     });
   });
+  solidJs.onMount(() => {
+    if (!props.viewTransitions) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const vt = createViewTransitions(props.router);
+    solidJs.onCleanup(() => {
+      vt.destroy();
+    });
+  });
   const navigator = core.getNavigator(props.router);
   const routeSource = sources.createRouteSource(props.router);
   const routeSignal = createSignalFromSource(routeSource);
@@ -766,6 +1092,8 @@ exports.createStoreFromSource = createStoreFromSource;
 exports.link = link;
 exports.useNavigator = useNavigator;
 exports.useRoute = useRoute;
+exports.useRouteEnter = useRouteEnter;
+exports.useRouteExit = useRouteExit;
 exports.useRouteNode = useRouteNode;
 exports.useRouteNodeStore = useRouteNodeStore;
 exports.useRouteStore = useRouteStore;