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@matthewlipski matthewlipski commented Jan 15, 2025

This PR improves the collaboration cursor UX so that the name tag no longer annoyingly blocks user text selection. The UX changes are summarized here: #1163 (comment).

User 1 and 2 collaborate in real-time, from user 1's perspective:

  • When user 2 writes, their name is displayed
  • After X seconds of user 2's inactivity, their name disappears
  • When user 1 hovers over user 2's cursor, user 2's name is displayed for X seconds
  • The cursor remains visible at all times. To improve its visibility, we can either add a dot as suggested by Virgile, or increase its thickness.

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Closes #1163

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- Cleaned up code
- Added visibility dot to cursors
- Added animations
label.classList.add("collaboration-cursor__label");
label.setAttribute("style", `background-color: ${user.color}`);
label.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(user.name), null);
cursorElement.addEventListener("mouseenter", () => {
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is this needed or can we just use css :hover?

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I think we still want it - GDocs behaviour still has a delay for hiding after moving the mouse off the cursor. We could have a CSS transition delay instead but it's added complexity in both cases so this is ok imo.

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The nametag over other editors cursor hides the text behind it

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