--- title: Sheets transition description: We’ve recently been exploring how the share transitions should work when you’re previewing a photo in gallery mode. Our main goal is that there is a consistent transition for sharing photos across the phone. This is the latest iteration of the explorations we’ve been doing, and, as such, these transitions are still work in progress, […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/sheets-transition?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 13 January 2014 # Sheets transition [Design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article We’ve recently been exploring how the share transitions should work when you’re previewing a photo in gallery mode. Our main goal is that there is a consistent transition for sharing photos across the phone. This is the latest iteration of the explorations we’ve been doing, and, as such, these transitions are still work in progress, but certainly worth sharing. ## Step by step *Video: Sharing a photo in photo gallery mode* The first transition happens when you select “Share” from the toolbar. This takes you to a ‘content picker’ mode where you can select where you’d like to share your photo (Facebook, Twitter, etc.). The intention is that the ‘content picker’ transition is similar to the ‘page stack’ one — which takes you deeper into the app — but because you’re going into a ‘content picker’ mode the transition needs to be slightly different. That difference is the direction: instead of going from right to left it goes bottom to top. Once you’ve selected how to share your photo, the screen splits slightly below where you’ve tapped (in the example, below Facebook), and there is a subtle transparency fade so that the transition is less jarring. In the next step, the transition takes you to an embedded Facebook share page, where you can write a description about the photo you’re posting. Once you select the description box, the OSK keyboard comes from the bottom to top, something that is always consistent across the phone. When you click “Post”, a similar transition to the selecting share transition, but reversed, takes you back to the photo. ## Your feedback As I’ve mentioned before, this is still work in progress, but we’re really interested in hearing your thoughts — let us know what you think in the comments. [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Challenges designers face in open source (and how to fix them)](https://canonical.com/blog/challenges-designers-face-in-open-source-and-how-to-fix-them) Open source powers up to 90% of modern software, yet many projects lack usability. Canonical’s Design team surveyed 115 cross-functional professionals to uncover the 4 core... [Kola Ojoodide](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kola-ojoodide) 26 June 2026 [### Why web engineering is great](https://canonical.com/blog/why-web-engineering-is-great) Hi, I’m Johann! I’m an engineering manager in Canonical’s web team. For the larger part of my 15 years of work experience as engineer, I’ve been working in web development.... [Johann Wolf](https://canonical.com/blog/author/johannwolf) 27 April 2026 [### Canonical’s recipe for High Performance Computing](https://canonical.com/blog/canonicals-recipe-for-high-performance-computing) In essence, High Performance Computing (HPC) is quite simple. Speed and scale. In practice, the concept is quite complex and hard to achieve. It is not dissimilar to what... [Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic) 24 January 2024 [### Web team – hack week 2023](https://canonical.com/blog/web-team-hack-week-2023) Today, around 96% of software projects utilize open source in some way. The web team here at Canonical is passionate about Open source. We lead with an open-by-default approach... [Anthony Dillon](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ya-bo-ng) 25 October 2023