Improves UI issues when rendering a Kino.DataTable

assets/packs/data_table/Skeleton.js

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Creates a loading skeleton for the data table
+ */
+export function createTableSkeleton() {
+  const container = document.createElement("div");
+  container.innerHTML = `
+    <div class="w-full">
+      <table class="w-full border-separate border-spacing-0 mt-2 animate-pulse">
+        <tbody>
+          ${createTableRow()}
+          ${createTableRow()}
+          ${createTableRow()}
+          ${createTableRow()}
+          ${createTableRow()}
+        </tbody>
+      </table>
+    </div>
+  `;
+  return container;
+}
+
+function createTableRow() {
+  return `
+    <tr>
+      ${createDataCell("w-12")}
+      ${createDataCell("w-32")}
+      ${createDataCell("w-48")}
+      ${createDataCell("w-20")}
+    </tr>
+  `;
+}
+
+function createDataCell(width) {
+  return `
+    <td class="p-2.5 border-b border-slate-100 ${width}">
+      <div class="bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 via-gray-200 to-gray-100 h-4 rounded">
+      </div>
+    </td>
+  `;
+}

assets/packs/data_table/main.js

@@ -4,19 +4,66 @@ import "@glideapps/glide-data-grid/dist/index.css";
 import React from "react";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import { App } from "./App";
+import { createTableSkeleton } from "./Skeleton";
 
 export async function init(ctx, data) {
-  // In Firefox and Safari, during the first load (uncached), the data
-  // grid renders the default font and the font is only updated after
-  // hovering the grid. Ensuring the font is loaded helps in Firefox.
-  await ctx.importCSS(
-    "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
-  );
-  ctx.importCSS(
-    "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500&display=swap",
-  );
-  ctx.importCSS("main.css");
-
-  const root = createRoot(ctx.root);
-  root.render(<App ctx={ctx} data={data} />);
+  ctx.root.appendChild(createTableSkeleton());
+
+  try {
+    await loadStyles(ctx);
+  } finally {
+    const root = createRoot(ctx.root);
+    root.render(<App ctx={ctx} data={data} />);
+  }
+}
+
+async function loadStyles(ctx) {
+  const cssPromises = [
+    ctx.importCSS(
+      "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
+    ),
+    ctx.importCSS(
+      "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
+    ),
+    ctx.importCSS("main.css"),
+  ];
+
+  // We force all fonts to be loaded by adding an invisible element,
+  // and then we explicitly wait for the fonts to finish loading.
+  // This is important on first uncached render. If we don't wait
+  // and render the table with fallback fonts, the columns get wrong
+  // default widths. Also, on Firefox ans Safari, once the font is
+  // loaded, the table only updates on hover, which is bad UX.
+
+  const fontPreloader = document.createElement("div");
+  fontPreloader.setAttribute("aria-hidden", "true");
+  fontPreloader.style.cssText = `
+    position: absolute;
+    visibility: hidden;
+    left: -9999px;
+  `;
+  fontPreloader.innerHTML = `
+    <span style="font-family: 'JetBrains Mono'">
+      <span style="font-weight: 400">preload</span>"
+      <span style="font-weight: 500">preload</span>"
+      <span style="font-weight: 600">preload</span>"
+    </span>"
+    <span style="font-family: 'Inter'">
+      <span style="font-weight: 400">preload</span>"
+      <span style="font-weight: 500">preload</span>"
+      <span style="font-weight: 600">preload</span>"
+    </span>"
+  `;
+
+  document.body.appendChild(fontPreloader);
+
+  try {
+    await Promise.all(cssPromises);
+
+    if (document.fonts && document.fonts.ready) {
+      await document.fonts.ready;
+    }
+  } finally {
+    document.body.removeChild(fontPreloader);
+  }
 }