feat(ai-chat-log): add typewriter animations

.changeset/tough-moles-film.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@twilio-paste/ai-chat-log": minor
+"@twilio-paste/core": minor
+---
+
+[AI Chat Log] added optional typewriter animation to AIChatMessageBody

packages/paste-core/components/ai-chat-log/src/AIChatMessageBody.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { HTMLPasteProps } from "@twilio-paste/types";
 import * as React from "react";
 
 import { AIMessageContext } from "./AIMessageContext";
+import { useAnimatedText } from "./utils";
 
 const Sizes: Record<string, BoxStyleProps> = {
   default: {
@@ -35,11 +36,59 @@ export interface AIChatMessageBodyProps extends HTMLPasteProps<"div"> {
    * @memberof AIChatMessageBodyProps
    */
   size?: "default" | "fullScreen";
+  /**
+   * Whether the text should be animated with type writer effect
+   *
+   * @default false
+   * @type {boolean}
+   * @memberof AIChatMessageBodyProps
+   */
+  animated?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * A callback when the animation is started
+   *
+   * @default false
+   * @type {() => void}
+   * @memberof AIChatMessageBodyProps
+   */
+  onAnimationStart?: () => void;
+  /**
+   * A callback when the animation is complete
+   *
+   * @default false
+   * @type {() => void}
+   * @memberof AIChatMessageBodyProps
+   */
+  onAnimationEnd?: () => void;
 }
 
 export const AIChatMessageBody = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, AIChatMessageBodyProps>(
-  ({ children, size = "default", element = "AI_CHAT_MESSAGE_BODY", ...props }, ref) => {
+  (
+    {
+      children,
+      size = "default",
+      element = "AI_CHAT_MESSAGE_BODY",
+      animated = false,
+      onAnimationEnd,
+      onAnimationStart,
+      ...props
+    },
+    ref,
+  ) => {
     const { id } = React.useContext(AIMessageContext);
+    const [showAnimation] = React.useState(animated && children !== undefined);
+    const animationSpeed = size === "fullScreen" ? 8 : 10;
+    const { animatedChildren, isAnimating } = useAnimatedText(children, animationSpeed, showAnimation);
+
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+      if (onAnimationStart && animated && isAnimating) {
+        onAnimationStart();
+      }
+
+      if (animated && !isAnimating && onAnimationEnd) {
+        onAnimationEnd();
+      }
+    }, [isAnimating, showAnimation]);
 
     return (
       <Box
@@ -55,7 +104,7 @@ export const AIChatMessageBody = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, AIChatMessageB
         whiteSpace="pre-wrap"
         id={id}
       >
-        {children}
+        {animatedChildren}
       </Box>
     );
   },

packages/paste-core/components/ai-chat-log/src/utils.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+
+// Hook to animate text content of React elements
+export const useAnimatedText = (
+  children: React.ReactNode,
+  speed = 10,
+  enabled = true,
+): { animatedChildren: React.ReactNode; isAnimating: boolean } => {
+  const [animatedChildren, setAnimatedChildren] = useState<React.ReactNode>();
+  const [textIndex, setTextIndex] = useState(0);
+
+  // Effect to increment textIndex at a specified speed
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      setTextIndex((prevIndex) => prevIndex + 1);
+    }, speed);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(interval);
+  }, [speed]);
+
+  // Function to calculate the total length of text within nested elements
+  const calculateTotalTextLength = (nodes: React.ReactNode): number => {
+    let length = 0;
+    React.Children.forEach(nodes, (child) => {
+      if (typeof child === "string") {
+        length += child.length;
+      } else if (React.isValidElement(child)) {
+        length += calculateTotalTextLength(child.props.children);
+      }
+    });
+    return length;
+  };
+
+  // Function to recursively clone children and apply text animation
+  const cloneChildren = (nodes: React.ReactNode, currentIndex: number): React.ReactNode => {
+    let currentTextIndex = currentIndex;
+    return React.Children.map(nodes, (child) => {
+      if (typeof child === "string") {
+        // Only include text nodes if their animation has started
+        if (currentTextIndex > 0) {
+          const visibleText = child.slice(0, currentTextIndex);
+          currentTextIndex -= child.length;
+          return visibleText;
+        }
+        return null;
+      } else if (React.isValidElement(child)) {
+        const totalChildTextLength = calculateTotalTextLength(child.props.children);
+        // Only include elements if their text animation has started
+        if (currentTextIndex > 0) {
+          const clonedChild = React.cloneElement(child, {}, cloneChildren(child.props.children, currentTextIndex));
+          currentTextIndex -= totalChildTextLength;
+          return clonedChild;
+        } else if (currentTextIndex === 0 && totalChildTextLength === 0) {
+          return child;
+        }
+        return null;
+      }
+
+      return child;
+    });
+  };
+
+  // Effect to update animated children based on the current text index
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (enabled) {
+      const totaLength = calculateTotalTextLength(children);
+      if (textIndex <= totaLength) {
+        setAnimatedChildren(cloneChildren(children, textIndex));
+      }
+    }
+  }, [children, textIndex, enabled]);
+
+  return {
+    animatedChildren: enabled ? animatedChildren : children,
+    isAnimating: enabled && textIndex < calculateTotalTextLength(children),
+  };
+};
+
+export default useAnimatedText;

packages/paste-core/components/ai-chat-log/stories/composer.stories.tsx

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const BotMessage = (props): JSX.Element => {
   ) : (
     <AIChatMessage variant="bot">
       <AIChatMessageAuthor aria-label="Bot said">Good Bot</AIChatMessageAuthor>
-      <AIChatMessageBody>{props.message as string}</AIChatMessageBody>
+      <AIChatMessageBody animated>{props.message as string}</AIChatMessageBody>
     </AIChatMessage>
   );
 };