Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-view-transition-1] `visibility: hidden` analogy is misleading, elements remain keyboard-focusable and accessible (#12629)

The CSS Working Group just discussed ``[css-view-transition-1] `visibility: hidden` analogy is misleading, elements remain keyboard-focusable and accessible``, and agreed to the following:

* `RESOLVED: change to "as opacity:0"`

<details><summary>The full IRC log of that discussion</summary>
&lt;TabAtkins> vmpstr: this is skirting the line of editorial<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> vmpstr: in the spec we say that elements that are eparticipating in a view transition don't paint where they're ac Tually positioned<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> vmpstr: in parens, "as if they're visibility:hidden".<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> vmpstr: person filing the issue said hidden comes with other implications, like keyboard-focus. suggested we rephrase to "as opacity:0". fine with that<br>
&lt;flackr> +1<br>
&lt;bramus> +1<br>
&lt;emilio> sgtm<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> I think this is indeed editorial, and go for it<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> astearns: k, so proposed resolution: change to "as opacity:0"<br>
&lt;TabAtkins> RESOLVED: change to "as opacity:0"<br>
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