URL list storyDesign system
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URL list story

Dot animation of a URL batch and its metadata.

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On the site

Usage

Use it for

Large URL lists and batches on a site card. Plays only on screen; shows that URL with reduced motion.

Avoid

  • Stories as the main content of a page

Dependencies: dot-engine

Example

examples/story-url-list.tsx
import { Card } from "@/components/ui/card";import { UrlListStory } from "@/components/visuals/stories/url-list-story";export function Site() {  return (    <Card variant="ring" className="min-h-[22rem] w-full max-w-xl items-center justify-center">      <div className="relative w-full max-w-[26rem]">        <UrlListStory />      </div>    </Card>  );}

Source

components/visuals/stories/url-list-story.tsx
'use client';import { URL_LIST_RESTING, URL_LIST_STORY_GRID } from '@/components/visuals/stories/url-list-story-scenes';import { DotStory, type LoadDotStory } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story';const loadUrlListStory: LoadDotStory = async (stage) => {	const { createUrlListStoryPlayer } = await import('@/components/visuals/stories/url-list-story-player');	return createUrlListStoryPlayer(stage);};/** * The "Massive URL lists" card's picture: a list of URLs runs up to the batch limit, then one of them is shown with * the identifier and metadata it carries. With reduced motion it shows that URL. */export function UrlListStory({ className }: { className?: string }) {	return <DotStory grid={URL_LIST_STORY_GRID} resting={URL_LIST_RESTING} load={loadUrlListStory} className={className} />;}
components/visuals/stories/url-list-story-player.ts
import { captionedBeat } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/story-caption';import { BATCH_LIMIT, CAPTIONS, ENTRY_TAGGED, ENTRY_UNTAGGED, LIST_AT_REST, LIST_REPEATS_EVERY, TAG_COUNT, URL_LIST_STORY_GRID, paintEntry, paintList } from '@/components/visuals/stories/url-list-story-scenes';import { createBeatStoryPlayer } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story-beats';import { clamp01 } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story-cells';import type { DotStoryPlayer, DotStoryStage } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story-player';/** * One submission, played as a loop: a list of URLs runs up its sheet while the count climbs to the batch limit; * the list melts into one of its URLs up close, and the identifier and metadata it carries are set on it. */// The list runs a whole number of repeats, so it stops looking exactly as it arrived.const RUN = { startsAt: 0.3, seconds: 2.7, repeats: 2 };const TAGGING = { startsAt: 0.7, everySeconds: 0.5 };const COUNT_STEP = 250;const ranAt = (heldSeconds: number) => clamp01((heldSeconds - RUN.startsAt) / RUN.seconds);export function createUrlListStoryPlayer(stage: DotStoryStage): DotStoryPlayer {	const [label, count, detail] = CAPTIONS.list;	return createBeatStoryPlayer(stage, {		grid: URL_LIST_STORY_GRID,		resting: { beat: 1, heldSeconds: TAGGING.startsAt + TAG_COUNT * TAGGING.everySeconds + 0.6 },		beats: [			{				...captionedBeat({ picture: LIST_AT_REST, caption: CAPTIONS.list, holdSeconds: RUN.startsAt + RUN.seconds + 0.9, animate: (states, heldSeconds) => void paintList(states, ranAt(heldSeconds) * RUN.repeats * LIST_REPEATS_EVERY) }),				write(pen, heldSeconds) {					pen.text(label);					pen.text({ ...count, text: (Math.round((ranAt(heldSeconds) * BATCH_LIMIT) / COUNT_STEP) * COUNT_STEP).toLocaleString('en-US') });					pen.text(detail);				},			},			captionedBeat({				picture: ENTRY_UNTAGGED,				departure: ENTRY_TAGGED,				caption: CAPTIONS.entry,				holdSeconds: TAGGING.startsAt + TAG_COUNT * TAGGING.everySeconds + 2.2,				isTyped: true,				animate: (states, heldSeconds) => void paintEntry(states, heldSeconds < TAGGING.startsAt ? 0 : Math.min(TAG_COUNT, Math.floor((heldSeconds - TAGGING.startsAt) / TAGGING.everySeconds) + 1)),			}),		],	});}
components/visuals/stories/url-list-story-scenes.ts
import { storyCaption } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/story-caption';import { DOT_ABSENT, DOT_FILLED, DOT_HOLLOW, type DotGrid } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-morph-dots';import type { StoryPicture } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story-beats';import { cellsOfStates, paintShape, roundedBox, type DotBox } from '@/components/visuals/dot-engine/dot-story-cells';/** * The "Massive URL lists" card's pictures, in the brand dot grid: a long list of URLs running up its sheet as they * are submitted, and one of those URLs up close, with the identifier and metadata it carries. */// The ring pattern behind the picture already keeps clear of it, so the dots need no halo of their own.export const URL_LIST_STORY_GRID: DotGrid = { columns: 58, rows: 38, pitch: 10, dotRadius: 3.2, ringStroke: 1, haloRadius: 0 };const { columns: COLUMNS, rows: ROWS } = URL_LIST_STORY_GRID;const pictureOfStates = (states: Uint8Array): StoryPicture => ({ states, cells: cellsOfStates(URL_LIST_STORY_GRID, states) });const blank = () => new Uint8Array(COLUMNS * ROWS);const between = (value: number, from: number, to: number) => value >= from && value <= to;const SHEET: DotBox = { left: 5, right: 27, top: 2, bottom: 35 };const ITEM = { every: 3, bullet: 8, from: 10, ends: [24, 19, 22] };/** How far the list runs before it looks the same again. */export const LIST_REPEATS_EVERY = ITEM.every * ITEM.ends.length;/** The list run `run` rows up its sheet: each URL a solid bullet and a line of rings. */export function paintList(states: Uint8Array, run: number) {	return paintShape(URL_LIST_STORY_GRID, states, roundedBox(SHEET, 2), (column, row) => {		const line = row + Math.floor(run);		if (line % ITEM.every !== 0 || row <= SHEET.top + 1 || row >= SHEET.bottom - 1) return DOT_ABSENT;		if (column === ITEM.bullet) return DOT_FILLED;		return between(column, ITEM.from, ITEM.ends[(line / ITEM.every) % ITEM.ends.length]) ? DOT_HOLLOW : DOT_ABSENT;	});}export const LIST_AT_REST = pictureOfStates(paintList(blank(), 0));const ENTRY: DotBox = { left: 3, right: 29, top: 8, bottom: 29 };const ENTRY_URL = { rows: [11, 12], left: 6, right: 24 };const TAGS: DotBox[] = [	{ left: 6, right: 15, top: 17, bottom: 21 },	{ left: 17, right: 26, top: 17, bottom: 21 },];const TAG_LABEL_ROW = 19;const ENTRY_NOTE = { row: 25, left: 6, right: 20 };/** One URL up close, with its first `tagged` tags set: a set tag is solid with its label cut out, an unset one rings. */export function paintEntry(states: Uint8Array, tagged: number) {	paintShape(URL_LIST_STORY_GRID, states, roundedBox(ENTRY, 2), (column, row) => {		if (ENTRY_URL.rows.includes(row) && between(column, ENTRY_URL.left, ENTRY_URL.right)) return DOT_FILLED;		return row === ENTRY_NOTE.row && between(column, ENTRY_NOTE.left, ENTRY_NOTE.right) ? DOT_HOLLOW : DOT_ABSENT;	});	TAGS.forEach((tag, index) => {		paintShape(URL_LIST_STORY_GRID, states, roundedBox(tag, 2), (column, row) => (index < tagged && !(row === TAG_LABEL_ROW && between(column, tag.left + 2, tag.right - 2)) ? DOT_FILLED : DOT_HOLLOW));	});	return states;}export const TAG_COUNT = TAGS.length;export const ENTRY_UNTAGGED = pictureOfStates(paintEntry(blank(), 0));export const ENTRY_TAGGED = pictureOfStates(paintEntry(blank(), TAG_COUNT));export const BATCH_LIMIT = 25_000;const caption = (label: string, value: string, detail: string) => storyCaption(URL_LIST_STORY_GRID, 34, label, value, detail);export const CAPTIONS = {	list: caption('one batch', BATCH_LIMIT.toLocaleString('en-US'), 'URLs in a single request'),	entry: caption('each URL keeps', 'your id', 'and your own metadata'),};/** The tagged URL: what the picture shows before it plays, and instead of playing with reduced motion. */export const URL_LIST_RESTING = { ...ENTRY_TAGGED, texts: CAPTIONS.entry };

Reference: site src/components/sections/products/url-list-story.tsx.