a (rough) iOS Split View concept

there are many reasons this form doesn't work well but the interaction was fun to prototype

made a Minority Report style magnification loupe shader in Metal

recreated the new iOS app mesh transform using Metal

experimenting with a minimal glass highlight effect

finder intelligence

iOS × visionOS experiment

I’ve been thinking about how to make Linear’s overlay sheets more familiar yet still powerful.

v2:
- Multiple detents for focus/multitasking
- Optional gestures for added efficiency that don’t interfere with expected behaviors
- Familiar transitions

Feedback welcome

This is fun—adjusted the interpolation like you suggested so you can peek at the background while still touching down and if you flick up with enough velocity, you can cancel the dismiss as if you dragged it back up.

Thanks again for the detailed feedback!

Some other examples:
- Tapping on a property itself to jump directly to the selection menu (status in this demo)
- Displaying customer requests (dismiss is a bit janky here 😵‍💫)

Curious if this version makes the connection stronger for you? (Bluesky compression is probably going to make a lot of this hard to see...)

- Interpolate background scale, blur, and opacity relative to the dismiss gesture
- More vertical movement on entrance and exit
- Less background blur

A new overlay sheet pattern I've been designing for Linear.

- Smooth entrance + snappy exit
- Lightweight visuals
- Gesture driven: drag down to dismiss, swipe back to pop (or dismiss!)

What do you think?

I’ve seen apps using progressive blurs to transition content off-screen or behind elements and they often end up looking messy and making the exiting content a focal point.

One way you can avoid this is to reduce the max blur radius, and combine it with a gradient fade-out.

Experimenting with progressive blur and particle effects.

Some details
- Menu appears centered around current mouse position
- Subtle movement of the whole menu helps track mouse
- Icon scales and moves based on mouse proximity
- Lightning fast muscle memory for switching

Radial app switcher

(@raycast.com I wouldn't mind if you stole this idea)

My favorite way to fine-tune transitions is to build a set of sliders into a prototype to tweak timing parameters on device, as you're using it.