Add theme switch overlay transition

[nkoji21]

What

Adds a masked overlay animation when switching between light and dark themes.
Closes #849

Changes

• Add a dedicated theme switch overlay element
• Apply a named View Transition to the overlay
• Clean up temporary theme switching classes after the transition finishes

Note: This PR was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by me before submission.

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Walkthrough

This PR adds a full-screen animated overlay that plays during theme transitions, ensuring the visual effect stays on top of all page content—including large cover images. The overlay uses the View Transition API with custom class management, gradient masking, and a keyframe animation that expands and fades the effect over the transition duration.

Changes

Theme Switch Overlay Animation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Overlay template and transition control docs/.vitepress/theme/layout.vue	A hidden div.theme-switch-overlay is added to the template. The toggle-appearance function now manages CSS class toggling (-theme-switching, -theme-switching-from-dark), wraps the theme flip in document.startViewTransition, awaits transition readiness, and removes the classes on completion.
Overlay styling and animation docs/tailwind.css	The .theme-switch-overlay is positioned fixed with high z-index, wired to view-transition pseudo-elements with old-state hide and new-state gif-mask animation. Conditional background colors apply for dark→light transitions. A new @keyframes theme-switch-overlay animation expands the mask-size and fades opacity over the transition timeline.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

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♡ Ohhh, finally fixing that embarrassing bug where your fancy animation hides behind images~? (´ ▽｀) How pathetic that it took you this long to notice, but I guess I can't expect much from ya... The overlay's gonna look sooo smooth now with that view-transition magic and keyframe choreography ✨ — try not to mess it up next time, yeah? ♡♡

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the main change—adding a theme switch overlay transition effect to handle z-index layering issues.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR successfully implements the required fix for issue #849: the overlay element with View Transition ensures theme animation stays above all page content, including images.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes directly relate to the theme switch overlay implementation and addressing the z-index issue—no unrelated modifications detected.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
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Actionable comments posted: 1

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Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
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Inline comments:
In `@docs/.vitepress/theme/layout.vue`:
- Around line 56-75: The cleanup is clearing the global "-theme-switching"
classes unconditionally, so a slow/late transition can remove classes belonging
to a newer toggle; fix by associating each startViewTransition with a unique
token (e.g., incrementing id or Symbol) stored on a shared place (like a
property on root or a module-scoped variable) when you create transition, then
in the transition.finished.finally handler only remove the classes if the stored
token still matches the token for that transition; update the code paths that
set root.classList.add('-theme-switching') and
root.classList.toggle('-theme-switching-from-dark') to set the token and ensure
the finally handler checks the token before calling root.classList.remove.

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• docs/.vitepress/theme/layout.vue
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