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    Demo Snippets 006

    Editable header text colorizer and animation effect snippets

    Related files:

    • Editable header text colorizer and animation effect snippets

    ‘Animated gradient effect used to color text’ snippet

    Purpose: Displays text with an animated gradient over the text fill

    • This snippet supports dark-mode alternative colors
    • This snippet supports high contrast alternative colors
    • This snippet supports an animation effect which can be disabled in an accessible manner

    Function input:

    • the DOM element - generally a block or inline-block element.

    Customisation: The snippet can be customised using the following --data-??? CSS custom properties:

    • --data-main-color - any CSS color string (default: black)
    • --data-dark-main-color - any CSS color string (default: ivory)
    • --data-highlight-color - any CSS color string (default: lightgreen)
    • --data-dark-highlight-color - any CSS color string (default: darkgreen)
    • --data-gradient-easing - (string) easing function, for example: linear, easeOutIn3, etc (default: linear)
    • --data-gradient-skew-x - (-2 - 2) skew the gradient pattern horizontally (default: 0)
    • --data-gradient-skew-y - (-2 - 2) skew the gradient pattern vertically (default: 0)
    • --data-gradient-stretch-x - (0 - 4) stretch the gradient pattern horizontally (default: 1)
    • --data-gradient-stretch-y - (0 - 4) stretch the gradient pattern vertically (default: 1)
    • --data-contrast-color - any CSS color string, used when user has set prefers-contrast: more (default: black)
    • data-dark-contrast-color - any CSS color string, used when user has set prefers-contrast: more (default: white)

    Function output: a Javascript object will be returned, containing the following attributes

    {
        element     // the Scrawl-canvas wrapper for the DOM element supplied to the function
        canvas      // the Scrawl-canvas wrapper for the snippet's canvas
        animation   // the Scrawl-canvas animation object
        demolish    // remove the snippet from the Scrawl-canvas library
    }
    
    Usage example:
    import * as scrawl from 'path/to/scrawl-canvas/library';
    
    import mySnippet from './relative/or/absolute/path/to/this/file.js';
    let myElements = document.querySelectorAll('.some-class');
    myElements.forEach(el => mySnippet(scrawl, el));
    

    Effects on the element:

    • Imports the element’s background color, and sets the element background to transparent
    • Imports the element’s text node text, and sets the text color to transparent
    export default function (scrawl, el) {
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    Boilerplate - namespacing

        const namespace = el.id;
        const name = (val) => `${namespace}-${val}`;
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    Only progress if the supplied element has an id attribute

        if (namespace) {
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    Create the snippet for this DOM element

            const snippet = scrawl.makeSnippet({
                domElement: el,
            });
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    Only proceed if the snippet is successfully generated

            if (snippet) {
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    Unpack the snippet into the parts we’ll be using

                const canvas = snippet.canvas,
                    animation = snippet.animation,
                    demolishAction = snippet.demolish,
                    compStyles = snippet.element.elementComputedStyles;
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    Boilerplate - text processing

                const addTextNode = () => {
                    const shy = document.createTextNode('!');
                    el.appendChild(shy);
                };
    
                const processText = t => {
                    t = t.replace(/<canvas.*<\/canvas>/gi, '');
                    t = t.replace(/<button.*<\/button>/gi, '');
                    if (!t.length) {
                        addTextNode();
                        t = '!';
                    }
                    return t;
                }
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    Boilerplate - demolish/kill functionality

                const additionalDemolishActions = [];
    
                snippet.demolish = () => {
                    additionalDemolishActions.forEach(f => f());
                    scrawl.purge(namespace);
                    demolishAction();
                };
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    This makes the canvas element’s base cell the default group for everything we create

                canvas.setAsCurrentCanvas();
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    Boilerplate - fix for text alignment

                const getJustifyLine = (val) => {
    
                    if (val === 'justify') return 'space-between';
                    if (val === 'justify-all') return 'space-around';
                    if (val === 'match-parent') return 'start';
                    return val;
                };
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    Boilerplate - fix for lineSpacing/lineHeight

                const getLineSpacing = () => parseFloat(compStyles.lineHeight) / parseFloat(compStyles.fontSize);
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    Initialize and collect developer-supplied data

    • We also set the defaults here for missing colors/values
                const userData = {
    
                    direction: compStyles.direction || 'ltr',
                    fontStretch: compStyles.fontStretch || 'normal',
                    letterSpacing: compStyles.letterSpacing || '0px',
                    wordSpacing: compStyles.wordSpacing || '0px',
                    fontVariantCaps: compStyles.fontVariantCaps || 'normal',
                    lineAdjustment: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-line-adjustment') || '0',
                    justifyLine: getJustifyLine(compStyles.textAlign),
    
                    elBackgroundColor: compStyles.backgroundColor || 'transparent',
    
                    mainColor: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-main-color') || 'black',
                    darkMainColor: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-dark-main-color') || 'ivory',
                    highlightColor: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-highlight-color') || 'lightgreen',
                    darkHighlightColor: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-dark-highlight-color') || 'darkgreen',
                    gradientEasing: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-gradient-easing').trim() || 'linear',
                    gradientSkewX: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-gradient-skew-x') || '0',
                    gradientSkewY: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-gradient-skew-y') || '0',
                    gradientStretchX: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-gradient-stretch-x') || '1',
                    gradientStretchY: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-gradient-stretch-y') || '1',
                    contrastColor: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-contrast-color') || 'black',
                    darkContrastColor: compStyles.getPropertyValue('--data-dark-contrast-color') || 'white',
                };
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    Build the animated highlight gradient effect

                const myGradient = scrawl.makeGradient({
                    name: name('highlight-gradient'),
                    colors: [
                        [0, userData.mainColor],
                        [199, userData.highlightColor],
                        [399, userData.mainColor],
                        [599, userData.highlightColor],
                        [799, userData.mainColor],
                        [999, userData.mainColor],
                    ],
                    endY: '100%',
                    delta: {
                        paletteStart: -3,
                        paletteEnd: -3,
                    },
                    cyclePalette: true,
                    easing: userData.gradientEasing,
                    precision: 4,
                    animateByDelta: true,
                });
    
                const cell = canvas.buildCell({
                    name: name('highlight-gradient-cell'),
                    width: 16,
                    height: parseFloat(compStyles.lineHeight),
                    cleared: false,
                    compiled: false,
                    shown: false,
                });
    
                scrawl.makeBlock({
                    name: name('highlight-gradient-block'),
                    group: name('highlight-gradient-cell'),
                    dimensions: ['100%', '100%'],
                    fillStyle: name('highlight-gradient'),
                });
    
                scrawl.makePattern({
                    name: name('highlight-gradient-pattern'),
                    asset: name('highlight-gradient-cell'),
                    stretchX: parseFloat(userData.gradientStretchX),
                    stretchY: parseFloat(userData.gradientStretchY),
                    skewX: parseFloat(userData.gradientSkewX),
                    skewY: parseFloat(userData.gradientSkewY),
                });
    
                const template = scrawl.makeBlock({
                    name: name('template'),
                    dimensions: ['100%', '100%'],
                    visibility: false,
                });
    
                const label = scrawl.makeEnhancedLabel({
                    name: name('content'),
                    layoutTemplate: name('template'),
    
                    text: processText(el.innerHTML),
                    fontString: compStyles.font,
    
                    textHandleY: 'alphabetic',
                    visibility: false,
                    cacheOutput: false,
    
                    direction: userData.direction,
                    fontStretch: userData.fontStretch,
                    letterSpacing: userData.letterSpacing,
                    wordSpacing: userData.wordSpacing,
                    fontVariantCaps: userData.fontVariantCaps,
                    lineSpacing: getLineSpacing(),
                    justifyLine: userData.justifyLine,
    
                    fillStyle: name('highlight-gradient-pattern'),
                });
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    Boilerplate - font adjustments

                let meta;
    
                const getLineAdjustment = () => {
    
                    const size = parseFloat(compStyles.fontSize);
                    const ratio = size / 100;
                    return ratio * (meta.alphabeticBaseline + meta.verticalOffset + parseFloat(userData.lineAdjustment));
                };
    
                const updateOnFontLoad = () => {
    
                    const font = compStyles.fontFamily,
                        check = scrawl.checkFontIsLoaded(font);
    
                    if (check) {
    
                        el.style.backgroundColor = 'transparent';
                        el.style.color = 'transparent';
    
                        meta = scrawl.getFontMetadata(font);
    
                        const displacement = getLineAdjustment();
    
                        template.set({
                            startY: displacement,
                            handleY: displacement,
                            fillStyle: userData.elBackgroundColor,
                            visibility: true,
                        });
    
                        cell.set({
                            cleared: true,
                            compiled: true,
                        });
    
                        label.set({ visibility: true });
    
                        animation.updateHook('commence');
                    }
                };
    
                animation.updateHook('commence', updateOnFontLoad);
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    Boilerplate user interaction - resizing the browser window

                let resizeFlag = true,
                    lastResize = Date.now();
    
                const resizeChoke = 200;
    
                const setResizeFlag = () => {
    
                    resizeFlag = true;
    
                    const now = Date.now();
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    Canvases don’t animate when outside of the browser viewport (to save CPU, battery, etc)

    • This check forces those canvases to update once to adapt to the new viewport size
    • Doing this should prevent unexpected horizontal scrollbars appearing on the page
    • Should also minimize flashes of badly sized content when canvas scrolls into view
                    if (!animation.isRunning() && now > lastResize + resizeChoke) {
    
                        resizeAction();
                        animation.updateOnce();
                        lastResize = now;
                    }
                };
    
                const resizeAction = () => {
    
                    if (resizeFlag) {
    
                        resizeFlag = false;
    
                        cell.set({ height: parseFloat(compStyles.lineHeight) });
    
                        label.set({ fontString: compStyles.font });
    
                        if (meta) {
    
                            const displacement = getLineAdjustment();
    
                            template.set({
                                startY: displacement,
                                handleY: displacement,
                            });
    
                            label.set({
                                letterSpacing: compStyles.letterSpacing,
                                wordSpacing: compStyles.wordSpacing,
                            });
                        }
                    }
                };
    
                animation.updateHook('afterShow', resizeAction);
    
                additionalDemolishActions.push(
                    scrawl.addNativeListener('resize', setResizeFlag, window),
                );
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    Boilerplate user interaction - editing the text

                if (el.getAttribute('contenteditable')) {
    
                    const updateText = () => {
                        label.set({ text: processText(el.innerHTML) });
                    }
                    const focusText = () => {
                        el.style.color = 'rgb(0 0 0 / 0.4)';
                    }
                    const blurText = () => {
                        el.style.color = 'transparent';
                    }
    
                    additionalDemolishActions.push(
                        scrawl.addNativeListener('input', updateText, el),
                        scrawl.addNativeListener('focus', focusText, el),
                        scrawl.addNativeListener('blur', blurText, el),
                    );
                }
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    Boilerplate - animation control

                if ('static' === compStyles.position) el.style.position = 'relative';
    
                const control = document.createElement('button');
    
                control.style.position = 'absolute';
                control.style.fontSize = '12px';
                control.style.display = 'block';
                control.style.top = '0';
                control.style.right = '0';
                control.textContent = 'Halt';
                control.setAttribute('contenteditable', 'false');
    
                el.appendChild(control);
    
                let isAnimated = true;
    
                const stopStartAction = () => {
    
                    isAnimated = !isAnimated;
    
                    myGradient.set({ animateByDelta: isAnimated });
    
                    control.textContent = isAnimated ? 'Halt' : 'Play';
                };
    
                additionalDemolishActions.push(
                    scrawl.addNativeListener('click', stopStartAction, control)
                );
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    Accessibility

                const reduceMotionAction = () => {
    
                    if (isAnimated) {
    
                        isAnimated = false;
    
                        myGradient.set({ animateByDelta: isAnimated });
    
                        control.textContent = 'Play';
                    }
                };
    
                const noPreferenceMotionAction = () => {
    
                    if (!isAnimated) {
    
                        isAnimated = true;
    
                        myGradient.set({ animateByDelta: isAnimated });
    
                        control.textContent = 'Halt';
                    }
                };
    
                const colorSchemeLightAction = () => {
    
                    myGradient.set({
                        colors: [
                            [0, userData.mainColor],
                            [199, userData.highlightColor],
                            [399, userData.mainColor],
                            [599, userData.highlightColor],
                            [799, userData.mainColor],
                            [999, userData.mainColor],
                        ],
                    });
                };
    
                const colorSchemeDarkAction = () => {
    
                    myGradient.set({
                        colors: [
                            [0, userData.darkMainColor],
                            [199, userData.darkHighlightColor],
                            [399, userData.darkMainColor],
                            [599, userData.darkHighlightColor],
                            [799, userData.darkMainColor],
                            [999, userData.darkMainColor],
                        ],
                    });
                };
    
                const moreContrastAction = () => {
    
                    const prefersDark = canvas.here.prefersDarkColorScheme;
    
                    const color = (prefersDark) ? userData.darkContrastColor : userData.contrastColor;
    
                    label.set({ fillStyle: color });
                };
    
                const otherContrastAction = () => {
    
                    label.set({ fillStyle: name('highlight-gradient-pattern') });
                };
    
                canvas.set({
                    colorSchemeLightAction,
                    colorSchemeDarkAction,
                    moreContrastAction,
                    otherContrastAction,
                    reduceMotionAction,
                    noPreferenceMotionAction,
                });
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    Render once, to get everything in place

                animation.updateOnce();
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    Return the snippet, so coders can access the snippet’s parts

    • In case they need to tweak the output to meet the web page’s specific requirements
                return snippet;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }