react-doctor/no-scale-from-zero

Use `initial={{ scale: 0.95, opacity: 0 }}` — elements should deflate like a balloon, not vanish into a point

• Category: Performance
• Severity: warn
• Source: oxlint-plugin-react-doctor
• Framework: global
• Enabled when: always

Validation prompt

Use this to decide whether a fired diagnostic is real or a false positive.

Confirm an initial={{ scale: 0 }} or exit={{ scale: 0 }} attribute on a JSX element (typically framer-motion). The literal value must be exactly 0 — non-zero scales and dynamic expressions are not flagged. scale: 0 makes the element appear from or vanish into a singularity rather than easing smoothly.

Fix prompt

Use this once validation confirms the diagnostic is real.

Change to initial={{ scale: 0.95, opacity: 0 }} animate={{ scale: 1, opacity: 1 }} (and mirror for exit). Pairing a small-but-visible scale with opacity reads as a balloon inflating/deflating — a natural physical motion the eye can track. See https://motion.dev/docs/react-animation#enter-animations

Related rules

More Performance rules from the rules reference:

• react-doctor/no-transition-all: List specific properties: `transition: "opacity 200ms, transform 200ms"` — or in Tailwind use `transition-colors`, `transition-opacity`, or `transition-transform`
• react-doctor/no-unstable-nested-components: Hoist nested components to module scope or memoize them — never define one inside another.
• react-doctor/no-usememo-simple-expression: Remove useMemo — property access, math, and ternaries are already cheap without memoization
• react-doctor/prefer-stable-empty-fallback: Hoist a module-level const EMPTY = [] (or {}) and use it as the || / ?? fallback so the memoised child sees a stable reference
• react-doctor/redux-useselector-inline-derivation: Select the raw slice in useSelector and derive with useMemo, or hoist into a memoised createSelector from reselect.