riot-web/src/NodeAnimator.tsx

/*
Copyright 2024 New Vector Ltd.
Copyright 2022 The Matrix.org Foundation C.I.C.

SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
*/

import React, { Key, MutableRefObject, ReactElement, ReactFragment, ReactInstance, ReactPortal } from "react";
import ReactDom from "react-dom";

interface IChildProps {
    style: React.CSSProperties;
    ref: (node: React.ReactInstance) => void;
}

interface IProps {
    // either a list of child nodes, or a single child.
    children: React.ReactNode;

    // optional transition information for changing existing children
    transition?: object;

    // a list of state objects to apply to each child node in turn
    startStyles: React.CSSProperties[];

    innerRef?: MutableRefObject<any>;
}

function isReactElement(c: ReactElement | ReactFragment | ReactPortal): c is ReactElement {
    return typeof c === "object" && "type" in c;
}

/**
 * The NodeAnimator contains components and animates transitions.
 * It will only pick up direct changes to properties ('left', currently), and so
 * will not work for animating positional changes where the position is implicit
 * from DOM order. This makes it a lot simpler and lighter: if you need fully
 * automatic positional animation, look at react-shuffle or similar libraries.
 */
export default class NodeAnimator extends React.Component<IProps> {
    private nodes: Record<string, ReactInstance> = {};
    private children: { [key: string]: ReactElement } = {};
    public static defaultProps: Partial<IProps> = {
        startStyles: [],
    };

    public constructor(props: IProps) {
        super(props);

        this.updateChildren(this.props.children);
    }

    public componentDidUpdate(): void {
        this.updateChildren(this.props.children);
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param {HTMLElement} node element to apply styles to
     * @param {React.CSSProperties} styles a key/value pair of CSS properties
     * @returns {void}
     */
    private applyStyles(node: HTMLElement, styles: React.CSSProperties): void {
        Object.entries(styles).forEach(([property, value]) => {
            node.style[property as keyof Omit<CSSStyleDeclaration, "length" | "parentRule">] = value;
        });
    }

    private updateChildren(newChildren: React.ReactNode): void {
        const oldChildren = this.children || {};
        this.children = {};
        React.Children.toArray(newChildren).forEach((c) => {
            if (!isReactElement(c)) return;
            if (oldChildren[c.key!]) {
                const old = oldChildren[c.key!];
                const oldNode = ReactDom.findDOMNode(this.nodes[old.key!]);

                if (oldNode && (oldNode as HTMLElement).style.left !== c.props.style.left) {
                    this.applyStyles(oldNode as HTMLElement, { left: c.props.style.left });
                }
                // clone the old element with the props (and children) of the new element
                // so prop updates are still received by the children.
                this.children[c.key!] = React.cloneElement(old, c.props, c.props.children);
            } else {
                // new element. If we have a startStyle, use that as the style and go through
                // the enter animations
                const newProps: Partial<IChildProps> = {};
                const restingStyle = c.props.style;

                const startStyles = this.props.startStyles;
                if (startStyles.length > 0) {
                    const startStyle = startStyles[0];
                    newProps.style = startStyle;
                }

                newProps.ref = (n) => this.collectNode(c.key!, n, restingStyle);

                this.children[c.key!] = React.cloneElement(c, newProps);
            }
        });
    }

    private collectNode(k: Key, node: React.ReactInstance, restingStyle: React.CSSProperties): void {
        if (node && this.nodes[k] === undefined && this.props.startStyles.length > 0) {
            const startStyles = this.props.startStyles;
            const domNode = ReactDom.findDOMNode(node);
            // start from startStyle 1: 0 is the one we gave it
            // to start with, so now we animate 1 etc.
            for (let i = 1; i < startStyles.length; ++i) {
                this.applyStyles(domNode as HTMLElement, startStyles[i]);
            }

            // and then we animate to the resting state
            window.setTimeout(() => {
                this.applyStyles(domNode as HTMLElement, restingStyle);
            }, 0);
        }
        this.nodes[k] = node;

        if (this.props.innerRef) {
            this.props.innerRef.current = node;
        }
    }

    public render(): React.ReactNode {
        return <>{Object.values(this.children)}</>;
    }
}