Carl & Jonathan - thanks very much for the kind words.   @caemostajo   I've made another pen to help you understand this behavior a bit better. There are two timelines and two SVGs that are nearly identical. The first one has a shape in each corner and you can see the morph target not only assumes the shape, but the positioning of the new path.   The second one is the same except all paths are centered so you get a morph with no position changes.    I've also added a toggle so you c