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Grows on focus, @mentions teammates, sends on ⌘↵ and keeps the draft.

Collaborationmotion@base-ui/react@floating-ui/react

01Preview

INV-2041 · Northwind Labs

$18,400

  • Inès Moreau1h ago

    Net 30 on this one, not Net 15. Their contract changed in August.

Press Command Enter to send. Type @ to mention someone.

02Install

Copy the source into your project. It becomes yours: no package to update, no wrapper between you and the markup. It needs:

npm install motion @base-ui/react @floating-ui/react

03Usage

import { CommentComposer } from "@/components/ui/comment-composer";

<CommentComposer
  author={me}
  users={teammates}
  draftKey={`invoice-${invoice.id}`}
  onSubmit={({ body, mentions }) =>
    api.comments.create(invoice.id, { body, notify: mentions.map((m) => m.id) })
  }
/>

04Source

"use client";
import { autoUpdate, flip, FloatingPortal, offset, shift, size, useFloating } from "@floating-ui/react";
import { Toolbar } from "@base-ui/react/toolbar";
import { Tooltip } from "@base-ui/react/tooltip";
import { AnimatePresence, animate, motion, useMotionValue, useReducedMotion, type AnimationPlaybackControls } from "motion/react";
import { useCallback, useEffect, useId, useMemo, useRef, useState, useSyncExternalStore } from "react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/cn";
import { AtSign, Check, Code, Loader } from "@/lib/icons";
import { ease, spring } from "@/lib/motion";
import { useControllableState } from "@/lib/use-controllable-state";

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Types and text helpers
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

export type ComposerUser = {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  /** A second line in the suggestions: a role, a team, an email. */
  detail?: string;
  avatarUrl?: string;
};

export type ComposerMention = { id: string; name: string; start: number; end: number };

export type ComposerComment = { body: string; mentions: ComposerMention[] };

/**
 * Finds "@Name" for every known user in the text. Mentions are derived from the text rather
 * than tracked alongside it, so a controlled value, a paste or an undo can never desync them.
 */
export function findMentions(text: string, users: ComposerUser[]): ComposerMention[] {
  if (!users.length || !text.includes("@")) return [];
  const byLength = [...users].sort((a, b) => b.name.length - a.name.length);
  const out: ComposerMention[] = [];
  for (let i = text.indexOf("@"); i !== -1; i = text.indexOf("@", i + 1)) {
    if (i > 0 && !/[\s([{"'“]/.test(text[i - 1])) continue;
    const user = byLength.find((u) => text.startsWith(u.name, i + 1) && !/[\p{L}\p{N}_]/u.test(text[i + 1 + u.name.length] ?? ""));
    if (!user) continue;
    out.push({ id: user.id, name: user.name, start: i, end: i + 1 + user.name.length });
    i += user.name.length;
  }
  return out;
}

/** An "@query" that ends at the caret and isn't already a finished mention. */
function findTrigger(text: string, caret: number, mentions: ComposerMention[]) {
  const before = text.slice(0, caret);
  const at = before.lastIndexOf("@");
  if (at < 0) return null;
  if (at > 0 && !/[\s([{"'“]/.test(before[at - 1])) return null;
  const query = before.slice(at + 1);
  // One space allowed, so "@mara ok" still narrows to Mara Okafor.
  if (!/^[^\s@]*( [^\s@]*)?$/.test(query)) return null;
  if (mentions.some((m) => at >= m.start && at < m.end)) return null;
  return { at, query };
}

const initials = (name: string) =>
  name
    .trim()
    .split(/\s+/)
    .slice(0, 2)
    .map((w) => w[0]?.toUpperCase() ?? "")
    .join("");

/**
 * Edits through the browser's own insertText so Cmd+Z undoes a mention or a bold like any
 * typing. Falls back to setRangeText plus a synthetic input event where execCommand is gone.
 */
function replaceRange(el: HTMLTextAreaElement, text: string, start: number, end: number) {
  el.focus({ preventScroll: true });
  el.setSelectionRange(start, end);
  let ok = false;
  try {
    ok = document.execCommand("insertText", false, text);
  } catch {
    ok = false;
  }
  if (!ok) {
    el.setRangeText(text, start, end, "end");
    el.dispatchEvent(new Event("input", { bubbles: true }));
  }
}

const noop = () => () => {};
const isApple = () => /Mac|iPhone|iPad|iPod/.test(navigator.platform || navigator.userAgent);
const listFormat = typeof Intl !== "undefined" && "ListFormat" in Intl ? new Intl.ListFormat(undefined, { type: "conjunction" }) : null;

const storage = {
  read(key: string) {
    try {
      return window.localStorage.getItem(key) ?? "";
    } catch {
      return "";
    }
  },
  write(key: string, value: string) {
    try {
      if (value) window.localStorage.setItem(key, value);
      else window.localStorage.removeItem(key);
    } catch {
      /* Private mode or blocked storage: the draft just isn't persisted. */
    }
  },
};

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Icons drawn on the library grid (16px, 1.4 stroke) that the shared set doesn't have
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

const glyph = { width: 16, height: 16, viewBox: "0 0 16 16", fill: "none", stroke: "currentColor", strokeWidth: 1.4, strokeLinecap: "round" as const, strokeLinejoin: "round" as const, "aria-hidden": true };
const BoldIcon = () => (
  <svg {...glyph} strokeWidth={1.7}>
    <path d="M5 3.25h3.6a2.3 2.3 0 0 1 0 4.6H5zM5 7.85h4.1a2.45 2.45 0 0 1 0 4.9H5z" />
  </svg>
);
const ItalicIcon = () => (
  <svg {...glyph}>
    <path d="M10.75 3.25h-4M9.25 12.75h-4M8.9 3.25 7.1 12.75" />
  </svg>
);

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * CommentComposer
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

type Phase = "idle" | "sending" | "sent";

export type CommentComposerProps = Omit<React.ComponentProps<"div">, "onSubmit" | "defaultValue" | "onChange" | "children"> & {
  /** Post the comment. Return a promise: while it's pending the field locks; a rejection keeps the text and shows an error. */
  onSubmit: (comment: ComposerComment) => void | Promise<unknown>;
  value?: string;
  defaultValue?: string;
  onValueChange?: (text: string) => void;
  /** People who can be @mentioned. Leave empty to turn mentions off. */
  users?: ComposerUser[];
  /** Shows the writer's avatar beside the field. */
  author?: { name: string; avatarUrl?: string };
  placeholder?: string;
  /** The send button's label. */
  submitLabel?: string;
  /** Persist the draft in localStorage under this key, so a reload or a closed tab doesn't lose it. */
  draftKey?: string;
  /** Characters allowed. A counter appears at 80%, and sending is blocked past it. */
  maxLength?: number;
  disabled?: boolean;
  /** Start expanded, e.g. when opened from a "Reply" button. */
  defaultExpanded?: boolean;
  autoFocus?: boolean;
  /** Where the mention list portals to. Defaults to document.body. */
  portalContainer?: HTMLElement | null;
};

export function CommentComposer({
  onSubmit,
  value: valueProp,
  defaultValue = "",
  onValueChange,
  users = [],
  author,
  placeholder = "Add a comment…",
  submitLabel = "Comment",
  draftKey,
  maxLength,
  disabled = false,
  defaultExpanded = false,
  autoFocus = false,
  portalContainer,
  className,
  ...rest
}: CommentComposerProps) {
  const reduce = !!useReducedMotion();
  const apple = useSyncExternalStore(noop, isApple, () => true);
  const uid = useId();
  const listId = `${uid}-mentions`;
  const hintId = `${uid}-hint`;
  const errorId = `${uid}-error`;

  const [text, setText] = useControllableState({ value: valueProp, defaultValue, onChange: onValueChange });
  const [open, setOpenState] = useState(defaultExpanded);
  const [phase, setPhase] = useState<Phase>("idle");
  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
  const [trigger, setTrigger] = useState<{ at: number; query: string } | null>(null);
  const [dismissedAt, setDismissedAt] = useState<number | null>(null);
  const [active, setActive] = useState(0);
  const [flight, setFlight] = useState<{ id: number; text: string } | null>(null);
  const [announcement, setAnnouncement] = useState("");

  const areaRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
  const mirrorRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const growRef = useRef(false);
  const sentTimer = useRef<number>(undefined);

  const mentions = useMemo(() => findMentions(text, users), [text, users]);
  const length = text.length;
  const over = maxLength != null && length > maxLength;
  const nearLimit = maxLength != null && length >= maxLength * 0.8;
  const empty = text.trim().length === 0;
  const busy = phase === "sending";
  const expanded = open || busy || phase === "sent";

  const setOpen = (next: boolean) => {
    if (next === open) return;
    growRef.current = true;
    setOpenState(next);
  };

  /* ----- draft ----- */
  const draftStorageKey = draftKey ? `stealth:comment-draft:${draftKey}` : null;
  const restored = useRef(false);
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!draftStorageKey || restored.current) return;
    restored.current = true;
    if (valueProp !== undefined || text) return;
    const saved = storage.read(draftStorageKey);
    // Restoring a saved draft is a one-time sync from storage after hydration.
    if (saved) setText(saved);
  }, [draftStorageKey, valueProp, text, setText]);
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!draftStorageKey || !restored.current) return;
    const t = window.setTimeout(() => storage.write(draftStorageKey, text), 300);
    return () => window.clearTimeout(t);
  }, [draftStorageKey, text]);

  useEffect(() => () => window.clearTimeout(sentTimer.current), []);

  /* ----- height: animated when it opens or closes, instant while typing ----- */
  const height = useMotionValue<number | string>("auto");
  useEffect(() => {
    const el = mirrorRef.current;
    if (!el) return;
    let last = el.offsetHeight;
    let running: AnimationPlaybackControls | undefined;
    const ro = new ResizeObserver(() => {
      const next = el.offsetHeight;
      if (next === last) return;
      const from = last;
      last = next;
      running?.stop();
      if (!growRef.current || reduce) return height.set(next);
      growRef.current = false;
      if (height.get() === "auto") height.set(from);
      running = animate(height, next, { duration: 0.24, ease: ease.inOut });
    });
    ro.observe(el);
    return () => {
      ro.disconnect();
      running?.stop();
    };
  }, [height, reduce]);

  /* ----- mention suggestions ----- */
  const matches = useMemo(() => {
    if (!trigger || !users.length) return [];
    const q = trigger.query.toLocaleLowerCase();
    return users
      .map((u) => {
        const name = u.name.toLocaleLowerCase();
        const score = !q ? 1 : name.startsWith(q) ? 4 : name.split(/\s+/).some((w) => w.startsWith(q)) ? 3 : name.includes(q) ? 2 : (u.detail ?? "").toLocaleLowerCase().includes(q) ? 1 : 0;
        return { u, score };
      })
      .filter((x) => x.score > 0)
      .sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score)
      .slice(0, 6)
      .map((x) => x.u);
  }, [trigger, users]);
  const listOpen = Boolean(trigger) && dismissedAt !== trigger?.at && !busy && (matches.length > 0 || (trigger?.query.length ?? 0) > 0);
  const activeIndex = Math.min(active, Math.max(0, matches.length - 1));

  const {
    refs: { setFloating, setPositionReference },
    floatingStyles,
  } = useFloating({
    open: listOpen,
    placement: "bottom-start",
    strategy: "fixed",
    whileElementsMounted: autoUpdate,
    middleware: [
      offset({ mainAxis: 6, crossAxis: -8 }),
      flip({ padding: 8 }),
      shift({ padding: 8 }),
      size({ padding: 8, apply: ({ availableHeight, elements }) => elements.floating.style.setProperty("--avail", `${Math.min(264, availableHeight)}px`) }),
    ],
  });
  const setAnchor = useCallback((el: HTMLSpanElement | null) => setPositionReference(el), [setPositionReference]);

  const refreshTrigger = (t: string, caret: number) => {
    const found = users.length ? findTrigger(t, caret, findMentions(t, users)) : null;
    setTrigger(found);
    if (!found || found.at !== trigger?.at) setActive(0);
    if (!found) setDismissedAt(null);
  };

  const pick = (user: ComposerUser) => {
    const el = areaRef.current;
    if (!el || !trigger) return;
    const caret = el.selectionStart;
    const after = text.slice(caret);
    replaceRange(el, `@${user.name}${after.startsWith(" ") ? "" : " "}`, trigger.at, caret);
    setTrigger(null);
    setAnnouncement(`${user.name} will be notified`);
  };

  /* ----- formatting ----- */
  const wrap = (before: string, after = before) => {
    const el = areaRef.current;
    if (!el || busy) return;
    const { selectionStart: s, selectionEnd: e, value } = el;
    const selected = value.slice(s, e);
    // Pressing it again on wrapped text unwraps it.
    if (value.slice(s - before.length, s) === before && value.slice(e, e + after.length) === after) {
      replaceRange(el, selected, s - before.length, e + after.length);
      el.setSelectionRange(s - before.length, e - before.length);
      return;
    }
    replaceRange(el, before + selected + after, s, e);
    el.setSelectionRange(s + before.length, s + before.length + selected.length);
  };

  const startMention = () => {
    const el = areaRef.current;
    if (!el || busy) return;
    const s = el.selectionStart;
    const needsSpace = s > 0 && !/\s/.test(el.value[s - 1]);
    replaceRange(el, needsSpace ? " @" : "@", s, el.selectionEnd);
  };

  /* ----- send ----- */
  const submit = async () => {
    const body = text.trim();
    if (!body || over || busy || disabled) return;
    setPhase("sending");
    setError(null);
    setTrigger(null);
    window.clearTimeout(sentTimer.current);
    try {
      await onSubmit({ body, mentions: findMentions(body, users) });
      setFlight((f) => ({ id: (f?.id ?? 0) + 1, text }));
      setText("");
      if (draftStorageKey) storage.write(draftStorageKey, "");
      setPhase("sent");
      setAnnouncement("Comment posted");
      sentTimer.current = window.setTimeout(() => {
        setPhase("idle");
        if (document.activeElement !== areaRef.current) {
          growRef.current = true;
          setOpenState(false);
        }
      }, 1400);
    } catch {
      setPhase("idle");
      setError("Couldn’t post your comment. Try again.");
      setAnnouncement("Couldn’t post your comment");
    }
  };

  /* ----- mirror: the visible text, with mentions drawn as tokens behind a transparent textarea ----- */
  const segments = useMemo(() => {
    const out: { text: string; mention?: boolean; anchor?: boolean }[] = [];
    const anchorAt = listOpen && trigger ? trigger.at : -1;
    let at = 0;
    const push = (t: string) => {
      if (anchorAt >= at && anchorAt < at + t.length) {
        const i = anchorAt - at;
        if (i > 0) out.push({ text: t.slice(0, i) });
        out.push({ text: "@", anchor: true });
        if (t.length > i + 1) out.push({ text: t.slice(i + 1) });
      } else if (t) out.push({ text: t });
      at += t.length;
    };
    for (const m of mentions) {
      push(text.slice(at, m.start));
      out.push({ text: text.slice(m.start, m.end), mention: true });
      at = m.end;
    }
    push(text.slice(at));
    return out;
  }, [text, mentions, listOpen, trigger]);

  const notified = [...new Map(mentions.map((m) => [m.id, m.name])).values()];
  const shared = "whitespace-pre-wrap break-words px-3 py-2 text-base leading-5 sm:text-[13px] [overflow-wrap:anywhere]";
  const kbdMod = apple ? "" : "Ctrl";

  return (
    <div className={cn("flex w-full min-w-0 items-start gap-2.5", className)} data-state={expanded ? "open" : "closed"} data-disabled={disabled || undefined} {...rest}>
      {author && (
        <span
          aria-hidden
          className="mt-1.5 grid size-6 shrink-0 select-none place-items-center overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-hover text-[10px] font-medium text-fg-2 shadow-[inset_0_0_0_1px_var(--line-2)]"
        >
          {author.avatarUrl ? (
            // eslint-disable-next-line @next/next/no-img-element
            <img src={author.avatarUrl} alt="" className="size-full object-cover" />
          ) : (
            initials(author.name)
          )}
        </span>
      )}

      <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-1.5">
        <div
          onMouseDown={(e) => {
            // A press anywhere on the field's padding or toolbar gaps puts the caret in the text.
            if (e.target === e.currentTarget) {
              e.preventDefault();
              areaRef.current?.focus();
            }
          }}
          className={cn(
            "relative min-w-0 rounded-xl border bg-raised shadow-[var(--shadow)]",
            "transition-[border-color,box-shadow] duration-150 ease-out",
            "focus-within:ring-3 focus-within:ring-fg/8",
            error || over ? "border-danger/60" : expanded ? "border-fg-4/70 focus-within:border-fg-4" : "border-line-2 hover:border-fg-4 focus-within:border-fg-4",
            disabled && "pointer-events-none opacity-50",
          )}
        >
          <motion.div style={{ height }} className="relative overflow-hidden rounded-t-xl">
            {/* The mirror sets the height and draws the text; the textarea sits over it with transparent ink. */}
            <div
              ref={mirrorRef}
              aria-hidden
              className={cn(
                shared,
                "pointer-events-none overflow-hidden text-fg",
                expanded ? "min-h-[76px] max-h-60" : "max-h-9 min-h-9",
                busy && "opacity-50 transition-opacity delay-150 duration-200",
                !expanded && text && "pr-16",
              )}
            >
              {segments.map((seg, i) =>
                seg.mention ? (
                  <span key={i} className="rounded-[4px] bg-fg/10 text-fg shadow-[0_0_0_1px_color-mix(in_oklab,var(--fg)_10%,transparent)] [box-decoration-break:clone]">
                    {seg.text}
                  </span>
                ) : seg.anchor ? (
                  <span key={i} ref={setAnchor}>
                    @
                  </span>
                ) : (
                  <span key={i}>{seg.text}</span>
                ),
              )}
              {""}
            </div>

            <textarea
              ref={areaRef}
              value={text}
              rows={1}
              disabled={disabled}
              readOnly={busy}
              autoFocus={autoFocus}
              placeholder={placeholder}
              aria-label={placeholder.replace(/$/, "")}
              aria-invalid={over || !!error || undefined}
              aria-describedby={cn(error ? errorId : "", hintId) || undefined}
              aria-keyshortcuts={`${apple ? "Meta" : "Control"}+Enter`}
              enterKeyHint="enter"
              role={users.length ? "combobox" : undefined}
              aria-autocomplete={users.length ? "list" : undefined}
              aria-expanded={users.length ? listOpen : undefined}
              aria-controls={listOpen ? listId : undefined}
              aria-activedescendant={listOpen && matches[activeIndex] ? `${listId}-${matches[activeIndex].id}` : undefined}
              onFocus={() => setOpen(true)}
              onBlur={() => {
                setTrigger(null);
                if (empty && phase === "idle") setOpen(false);
              }}
              onChange={(e) => {
                setText(e.target.value);
                setError(null);
                if (!open) setOpen(true);
                refreshTrigger(e.target.value, e.target.selectionStart ?? e.target.value.length);
              }}
              onSelect={(e) => {
                const el = e.currentTarget;
                if (el.selectionStart === el.selectionEnd) refreshTrigger(el.value, el.selectionStart);
                else setTrigger(null);
              }}
              onScroll={(e) => {
                if (mirrorRef.current) mirrorRef.current.scrollTop = e.currentTarget.scrollTop;
              }}
              onKeyDown={(e) => {
                if (e.nativeEvent.isComposing) return;
                const mod = e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey;
                if (listOpen && matches.length) {
                  if (e.key === "ArrowDown" || (e.key === "n" && e.ctrlKey)) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    setActive((activeIndex + 1) % matches.length);
                    return;
                  }
                  if (e.key === "ArrowUp" || (e.key === "p" && e.ctrlKey)) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    setActive((activeIndex - 1 + matches.length) % matches.length);
                    return;
                  }
                  if ((e.key === "Enter" && !mod) || e.key === "Tab") {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    pick(matches[activeIndex]);
                    return;
                  }
                }
                if (e.key === "Escape") {
                  e.preventDefault();
                  if (listOpen) setDismissedAt(trigger?.at ?? null);
                  else if (open) {
                    // Folds back to one line and keeps the draft; focus stays so typing reopens it.
                    setOpen(false);
                    e.currentTarget.scrollTop = 0;
                  }
                  return;
                }
                if (e.key === "Enter" && mod) {
                  e.preventDefault();
                  void submit();
                  return;
                }
                if (mod && !e.shiftKey && !e.altKey) {
                  const k = e.key.toLowerCase();
                  if (k === "b" || k === "i" || k === "e") {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    wrap(k === "b" ? "**" : k === "i" ? "_" : "`");
                    return;
                  }
                }
                // A mention is removed whole: Backspace at its end takes the name, not one letter.
                const el = e.currentTarget;
                if (e.key === "Backspace" && el.selectionStart === el.selectionEnd) {
                  const hit = mentions.find((m) => el.selectionStart === m.end);
                  if (hit) {
                    e.preventDefault();
                    replaceRange(el, "", hit.start, hit.end);
                  }
                }
              }}
              className={cn(
                shared,
                "absolute inset-0 block size-full resize-none overflow-y-auto bg-transparent text-transparent caret-fg outline-none placeholder:text-fg-4",
                "selection:bg-fg/20 selection:text-transparent [scrollbar-width:thin]",
                !expanded && "overflow-hidden",
                !expanded && text && "pr-16",
                busy && "cursor-progress",
              )}
            />

            {/* Collapsed with words in it: say it's a draft, so nobody thinks it was sent. */}
            <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
              {!expanded && text && (
                <motion.span
                  initial={{ opacity: 0 }}
                  animate={{ opacity: 1 }}
                  exit={{ opacity: 0, transition: { duration: 0.08 } }}
                  className="pointer-events-none absolute right-3 top-2 font-mono text-[10.5px] uppercase leading-5 tracking-[0.08em] text-fg-3"
                >
                  Draft
                </motion.span>
              )}
            </AnimatePresence>

            {/* Sent: the words lift away toward the thread above while the field empties. */}
            <AnimatePresence>
              {flight && (
                <motion.div
                  key={flight.id}
                  aria-hidden
                  initial={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: "blur(0px)" }}
                  animate={reduce ? { opacity: 0 } : { opacity: 0, y: -14, filter: "blur(3px)" }}
                  // It rises on the expo curve but fades on ease-in, so the words are seen leaving, not blinking out.
                  transition={reduce ? { duration: 0.15 } : { duration: 0.34, ease: ease.out, opacity: { duration: 0.3, ease: ease.in } }}
                  onAnimationComplete={() => setFlight(null)}
                  className={cn(shared, "pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 top-0 text-fg")}
                >
                  {flight.text}
                </motion.div>
              )}
            </AnimatePresence>
          </motion.div>

          <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
            {expanded && (
              <motion.div
                key="toolbar"
                initial={{ height: 0, opacity: 0 }}
                animate={{ height: "auto", opacity: 1 }}
                exit={{ height: 0, opacity: 0, transition: { height: { duration: reduce ? 0 : 0.18, ease: ease.inOut }, opacity: { duration: 0.08 } } }}
                transition={reduce ? { duration: 0.12, height: { duration: 0 } } : { height: { duration: 0.24, ease: ease.inOut }, opacity: { duration: 0.18, delay: 0.05 } }}
                className="overflow-hidden"
              >
                <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
                  {notified.length > 0 && (
                    <motion.p
                      key="notify"
                      initial={{ height: 0, opacity: 0 }}
                      animate={{ height: "auto", opacity: 1 }}
                      exit={{ height: 0, opacity: 0 }}
                      transition={{ duration: reduce ? 0 : 0.2, ease: ease.inOut }}
                      className="overflow-hidden px-3 text-[12px] text-fg-3"
                    >
                      <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 pb-1.5" suppressHydrationWarning>
                        <AtSign size={12} className="shrink-0" />
                        <span className="min-w-0 truncate">
                          Notifies <span className="text-fg-2">{listFormat ? listFormat.format(notified) : notified.join(", ")}</span>
                        </span>
                      </span>
                    </motion.p>
                  )}
                </AnimatePresence>

                <div className="flex min-w-0 items-center gap-2 border-t border-line py-1.5 pl-1.5 pr-1.5">
                  <Toolbar.Root aria-label="Formatting" className="flex items-center gap-0.5">
                    <ToolButton label="Bold" keys={[kbdMod, "B"]} onPress={() => wrap("**")} disabled={busy}>
                      <BoldIcon />
                    </ToolButton>
                    <ToolButton label="Italic" keys={[kbdMod, "I"]} onPress={() => wrap("_")} disabled={busy}>
                      <ItalicIcon />
                    </ToolButton>
                    <ToolButton label="Code" keys={[kbdMod, "E"]} onPress={() => wrap("`")} disabled={busy}>
                      <Code />
                    </ToolButton>
                    {users.length > 0 && (
                      <>
                        <Toolbar.Separator className="mx-1 h-4 w-px bg-line-2" />
                        <ToolButton label="Mention someone" keys={["@"]} onPress={startMention} disabled={busy}>
                          <AtSign />
                        </ToolButton>
                      </>
                    )}
                  </Toolbar.Root>

                  <div className="ml-auto flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
                    {maxLength != null && nearLimit && (
                      <span className={cn("font-mono text-[11px] tabular", over ? "text-danger" : "text-fg-3")} aria-live="polite">
                        {length}/{maxLength}
                      </span>
                    )}
                    <SendButton
                      phase={phase}
                      label={submitLabel}
                      keys={[kbdMod, ""]}
                      disabled={empty || over || disabled}
                      onPress={() => void submit()}
                      reduce={reduce}
                    />
                  </div>
                </div>
              </motion.div>
            )}
          </AnimatePresence>
        </div>

        <AnimatePresence initial={false}>
          {error && (
            <motion.p
              id={errorId}
              role="alert"
              initial={reduce ? { opacity: 0 } : { opacity: 0, y: -4 }}
              animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
              exit={{ opacity: 0, transition: { duration: 0.1 } }}
              transition={{ duration: 0.18, ease: ease.out }}
              className="px-3 text-[12px] text-danger"
            >
              {error}
            </motion.p>
          )}
        </AnimatePresence>
        <span id={hintId} className="sr-only">
          {`Press ${apple ? "Command" : "Control"} Enter to send.${users.length ? " Type @ to mention someone." : ""}`}
        </span>
      </div>

      {listOpen && (
        <FloatingPortal root={portalContainer ?? undefined}>
          <div ref={setFloating} style={floatingStyles} className="z-(--z-popover) w-[min(17rem,calc(100vw-16px))]">
            {/* It opens from typing, many times a day, so it only fades and settles 2px: 100ms. */}
            <motion.div
              id={listId}
              role="listbox"
              aria-label="People"
              initial={{ opacity: 0, y: reduce ? 0 : -2 }}
              animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
              transition={{ duration: 0.1, ease: ease.out }}
              onMouseDown={(e) => e.preventDefault()}
              className="max-h-(--avail) overflow-y-auto overscroll-contain rounded-xl border border-line-2 bg-raised p-1 shadow-pop"
            >
              {matches.length === 0 ? (
                <p className="px-2.5 py-2 text-[12.5px] text-fg-3">No one called “{trigger?.query}</p>
              ) : (
                matches.map((u, i) => (
                  <div
                    key={u.id}
                    id={`${listId}-${u.id}`}
                    role="option"
                    aria-selected={i === activeIndex}
                    onMouseMove={() => i !== activeIndex && setActive(i)}
                    onClick={() => pick(u)}
                    className="flex h-10 cursor-default select-none items-center gap-2.5 rounded-lg px-2 aria-selected:bg-fg/[0.06] pointer-coarse:h-11"
                  >
                    <span aria-hidden className="grid size-6 shrink-0 place-items-center overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-fg/10 text-[10px] font-medium text-fg-2">
                      {u.avatarUrl ? (
                        // eslint-disable-next-line @next/next/no-img-element
                        <img src={u.avatarUrl} alt="" className="size-full object-cover" />
                      ) : (
                        initials(u.name)
                      )}
                    </span>
                    <span className="flex min-w-0 flex-col">
                      <span className="truncate text-[13px] leading-4 text-fg">
                        <Highlight text={u.name} query={trigger?.query ?? ""} />
                      </span>
                      {u.detail && <span className="truncate text-[11.5px] leading-4 text-fg-3">{u.detail}</span>}
                    </span>
                  </div>
                ))
              )}
            </motion.div>
          </div>
        </FloatingPortal>
      )}

      <span role="status" aria-live="polite" className="sr-only">
        {listOpen ? (matches.length ? `${matches.length} ${matches.length === 1 ? "person" : "people"} found` : "No matches") : announcement}
      </span>
    </div>
  );
}

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 * Parts
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

function Highlight({ text, query }: { text: string; query: string }) {
  const i = query ? text.toLocaleLowerCase().indexOf(query.toLocaleLowerCase()) : -1;
  if (i < 0) return <>{text}</>;
  return (
    <>
      {text.slice(0, i)}
      <span className="font-medium">{text.slice(i, i + query.length)}</span>
      {text.slice(i + query.length)}
    </>
  );
}

function Keys({ keys, className }: { keys: string[]; className?: string }) {
  return (
    <kbd className={cn("flex items-center gap-0.5 font-sans", className)}>
      {keys.map((k) => (
        <span key={k} className={cn("inline-flex h-4 min-w-4 items-center justify-center rounded-[4px] px-1 text-[10.5px] leading-none", k.length > 1 && "font-mono")}>
          {k}
        </span>
      ))}
    </kbd>
  );
}

function ToolButton({
  label,
  keys,
  onPress,
  disabled,
  children,
}: {
  label: string;
  keys: string[];
  onPress: () => void;
  disabled?: boolean;
  children: React.ReactNode;
}) {
  return (
    <Tooltip.Root>
      <Tooltip.Trigger
        delay={500}
        render={
          <Toolbar.Button
            aria-label={label}
            disabled={disabled}
            // Keeps the caret and the selection in the text while the button is pressed.
            onMouseDown={(e: React.MouseEvent) => e.preventDefault()}
            onClick={onPress}
            className={cn(
              "relative grid size-7 place-items-center rounded-md text-fg-3 outline-none",
              "transition-[background-color,color,scale] duration-150 ease-out-quart hover:bg-fg/[0.06] hover:text-fg active:scale-[0.9] active:duration-75",
              "focus-visible:outline-solid focus-visible:outline-1 focus-visible:outline-offset-0 focus-visible:outline-fg-3",
              "data-disabled:opacity-40 data-disabled:hover:bg-transparent",
              "before:absolute before:-inset-x-1 before:-inset-y-2 before:content-[''] pointer-fine:before:hidden",
            )}
          >
            {children}
          </Toolbar.Button>
        }
      />
      <Tooltip.Portal>
        <Tooltip.Positioner side="top" sideOffset={6} className="z-(--z-tooltip)">
          <Tooltip.Popup
            className={cn(
              "flex items-center gap-2 rounded-md border border-line-2 bg-raised py-1 pl-2 pr-1.5 text-[12px] leading-4 text-fg shadow-pop",
              "origin-(--transform-origin) transition-[opacity,scale] duration-150 ease-out-expo",
              "data-starting-style:scale-96 data-starting-style:opacity-0 data-ending-style:opacity-0 data-ending-style:duration-100",
              "data-instant:transition-none motion-reduce:data-starting-style:scale-100",
            )}
          >
            {label}
            <Keys keys={keys} className="text-fg-3 [&>span]:border [&>span]:border-line-2 [&>span]:bg-frame" />
          </Tooltip.Popup>
        </Tooltip.Positioner>
      </Tooltip.Portal>
    </Tooltip.Root>
  );
}

function SendButton({
  phase,
  label,
  keys,
  disabled,
  onPress,
  reduce,
}: {
  phase: Phase;
  label: string;
  keys: string[];
  disabled: boolean;
  onPress: () => void;
  reduce: boolean;
}) {
  const enter = reduce ? { opacity: 0 } : { opacity: 0, y: 6, filter: "blur(2px)" };
  const leave = reduce ? { opacity: 0 } : { opacity: 0, y: -6, filter: "blur(2px)" };
  const resting = (
    <span className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
      {label}
      <kbd className="font-sans text-[11px] tracking-[0.04em] text-frame/55 pointer-coarse:hidden">{keys.join("")}</kbd>
    </span>
  );

  return (
    <button
      type="button"
      onClick={onPress}
      disabled={disabled && phase === "idle"}
      aria-busy={phase === "sending" || undefined}
      aria-disabled={phase !== "idle" || undefined}
      className={cn(
        "relative inline-flex h-7 shrink-0 select-none items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-md bg-fg px-2.5 text-[12.5px] font-medium text-frame outline-none",
        "transition-[background-color,opacity,scale] duration-150 ease-out-quart hover:bg-fg/90 active:scale-[0.97] active:duration-75",
        "focus-visible:outline-solid focus-visible:outline-1 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-fg-3",
        "disabled:opacity-35 disabled:hover:bg-fg aria-busy:cursor-progress",
        "before:absolute before:-inset-y-2 before:inset-x-0 before:content-[''] pointer-fine:before:hidden",
      )}
    >
      {/* Every state is laid out in the same cell, so the button never changes width. */}
      <span className="grid place-items-center">
        <span aria-hidden className="invisible col-start-1 row-start-1">
          {resting}
        </span>
        <span aria-hidden className="invisible col-start-1 row-start-1 flex items-center gap-1.5">
          <Check size={14} />
          Posted
        </span>
        <AnimatePresence initial={false} mode="popLayout">
          <motion.span
            key={phase}
            className="col-start-1 row-start-1 flex items-center gap-1.5"
            initial={enter}
            animate={{ opacity: 1, y: 0, filter: "blur(0px)" }}
            exit={leave}
            transition={reduce ? { duration: 0.12 } : phase === "sent" ? spring.pop : { duration: 0.2, ease: ease.out }}
          >
            {phase === "idle" ? (
              resting
            ) : phase === "sending" ? (
              <>
                <Loader size={14} className="animate-spin" />
                <span className="sr-only">Posting</span>
              </>
            ) : (
              <>
                <svg width="14" height="14" viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth={1.6} strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" aria-hidden>
                  <motion.path
                    d="M3.5 8.5 6.5 11.5 12.5 4.5"
                    initial={reduce ? false : { pathLength: 0 }}
                    animate={{ pathLength: 1 }}
                    transition={{ duration: 0.3, ease: ease.out, delay: 0.05 }}
                  />
                </svg>
                Posted
              </>
            )}
          </motion.span>
        </AnimatePresence>
      </span>
    </button>
  );
}

05Props

CommentComposer

PropTypeDefaultDescription
onSubmit*(comment: { body: string; mentions: ComposerMention[] }) => void | Promise<unknown>Post the comment. While the promise is pending the field locks; a rejection keeps the text and shows an error under the field.
valuestringControlled text.
defaultValuestring""Uncontrolled starting text.
onValueChange(text: string) => voidCalled on every edit, including mentions and formatting.
usersComposerUser[][]People who can be @mentioned: { id, name, detail?, avatarUrl? }. Empty turns mentions off.
author{ name: string; avatarUrl?: string }Shows the writer’s avatar beside the field.
placeholderstring"Add a comment…"Also the field’s accessible name, without the ellipsis.
submitLabelstring"Comment"The send button’s label.
draftKeystringPersist the draft in localStorage under this key. Cleared when the comment posts.
maxLengthnumberA counter appears at 80%; past the limit the field turns red and sending is blocked.
disabledbooleanfalseDims the composer and takes it out of the tab order.
defaultExpandedbooleanfalseStart open, with the toolbar showing.
autoFocusbooleanfalseFocus the field on mount, e.g. after pressing Reply.
portalContainerHTMLElement | nullWhere the mention list portals to. Defaults to document.body.

findMentions

PropTypeDefaultDescription
(text, users)(text: string, users: ComposerUser[]) => ComposerMention[]The mention parser on its own: every “@Name” of a known user with its range, longest names first.

06Notes

Behavior

  • Mentions are read from the text, not tracked beside it, so a paste, an undo or a controlled value can’t leave them out of sync. Backspace at the end of a mention removes the whole name.
  • Formatting and mentions are typed through the browser’s own insertText, so ⌘Z undoes them like any keystroke. Pressing Bold again on bold text unwraps it.
  • Blur with text keeps it open; Escape folds it to one line and marks it “Draft” without losing a word. With draftKey the text also survives a reload, and is cleared once it posts.
  • While posting, the text dims and locks; a failure puts it back as it was with an error under the field.

Motion

  • Focus opens the field from one line to three and slides the toolbar in (240ms, in-out quart); typing new lines resizes instantly, because motion there would read as lag.
  • Send: the label swaps to a spinner, then “Posted” pops in on the pop spring while its tick draws in 300ms. At the same moment the posted words lift 14px and blur away on the expo curve, fading on ease-in so you see them go.
  • The mention list fades in 100ms with a 2px settle, since it opens from typing many times a day. Reduced motion keeps short fades and drops the lift, blur, pop and path draw.

Accessibility

  • The textarea is a combobox while mentions are on: ArrowUp/Down move through people, Enter or Tab picks, Escape dismisses. Matches and picks are announced.
  • ⌘/Ctrl+Enter sends, ⌘/Ctrl+B, I and E format; the toolbar is a Base UI toolbar with arrow-key navigation and tooltips that show each shortcut.
  • The send button keeps its width and name through every state, with aria-busy while posting. Errors are linked to the field with aria-describedby and announced.