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HyperclayJS

A modular JavaScript library for building interactive malleable HTML files with Hyperclay. Load only what you need with automatic dependency resolution.

Features

  • 🎯 Modular Design - Pick exactly the features you need
  • 🚀 Self-detecting Loader - Automatic dependency resolution from URL params
  • 📦 Tree-shakeable - Optimized for modern bundlers
  • 🎨 Rich Feature Set - From basic save to advanced UI components
  • 💪 Zero Dependencies - Core modules have no external dependencies
  • 🔧 Visual Configurator - Interactive tool to build your custom bundle

Quick Start

Using CDN (Self-detecting Loader)

The self-detecting loader reads URL parameters and automatically loads the requested features with all dependencies.

Destructure directly from the import:

<script type="module">
  const { toast, savePage } = await import('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hyperclayjs@1/src/hyperclay.js?preset=standard');
  toast('Hello!');
</script>

Or with custom features:

<script type="module">
  const { toast, ask } = await import('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/hyperclayjs@1/src/hyperclay.js?features=toast,dialogs');
</script>

Note: Presets include export-to-window by default, which also exports to window.hyperclay. Omit it from custom features if you only want ES module exports.

Using NPM

npm install hyperclayjs
// Import specific modules
import { savePage } from 'hyperclayjs/core/savePage.js';
import toast from 'hyperclayjs/ui/toast.js';

// Or use presets
import 'hyperclayjs/presets/standard.js';

Available Modules

Core Features (Essential functionality)

Module Size Description
autosave 1.4KB Auto-save on DOM changes
edit-mode 1.8KB Toggle edit mode on hyperclay on/off
edit-mode-helpers 8.3KB Admin-only functionality: [viewmode:disabled], [editmode:resource], [editmode:onclick]
option-visibility 7.1KB Dynamic show/hide based on ancestor state with option:attribute="value"
persist 2.4KB Persist input/select/textarea values to the DOM with [persist] attribute
save-core 8.9KB Basic save function only - hyperclay.savePage()
save-system 13.4KB CMD+S, [trigger-save] button, savestatus attribute
save-toast 0.9KB Toast notifications for save events
snapshot 10.8KB Source of truth for page state - captures DOM snapshots for save and sync
tailwind-inject 1.4KB Injects tailwind CSS link with cache-bust on save
unsaved-warning 1.3KB Warn before leaving page with unsaved changes

Custom Attributes (HTML enhancements)

Module Size Description
ajax-elements 2.6KB [ajax-form], [ajax-button] for async form submissions
dom-helpers 6.8KB el.nearest, el.val, el.text, el.exec, el.cycle
event-attrs 4.6KB [onclickaway], [onclickchildren], [onclone], [onpagemutation], [onrender]
input-helpers 3.9KB [prevent-enter], [autosize] for textareas
movable 2.5KB Free-positioning drag with [movable] and [movable-handle], edit mode only
onaftersave 1KB [onaftersave] attribute - run JS when save status changes
sortable 3.4KB Drag-drop sorting with [sortable], lazy-loads ~118KB Sortable.js in edit mode

UI Components (User interface elements)

Module Size Description
dialogs 7.7KB ask(), consent(), tell(), snippet() dialog functions
the-modal 21.5KB Full modal window creation system - window.theModal
toast 15.9KB Success/error message notifications, toast(msg, msgType)

Utilities (Core utilities (often auto-included))

Module Size Description
cache-bust 0.6KB Cache-bust href/src attributes
cookie 1.4KB Cookie management (often auto-included)
debounce 0.4KB Function debouncing
mutation 13.5KB DOM mutation observation (often auto-included)
nearest 3.4KB Find nearest elements (often auto-included)
throttle 0.8KB Function throttling

DOM Utilities (DOM manipulation helpers)

Module Size Description
all-js 14.7KB Full DOM manipulation library
dom-ready 0.4KB DOM ready callback
form-data 2KB Extract form data as an object
style-injection 4.2KB Dynamic stylesheet injection

String Utilities (String manipulation helpers)

Module Size Description
copy-to-clipboard 0.9KB Clipboard utility
query-params 0.3KB Parse URL search params
slugify 0.7KB URL-friendly slug generator

Communication & Files (File handling and messaging)

Module Size Description
file-upload 10.7KB File upload with progress
live-sync 11.5KB Real-time DOM sync across browsers
send-message 1.3KB Message sending utility

Vendor Libraries (Third-party libraries)

Module Size Description
hyper-morph 17.2KB DOM morphing with content-based element matching

Presets

Minimal (~58.6KB)

Essential features for basic editing

Modules: save-core, snapshot, save-system, edit-mode-helpers, toast, save-toast, export-to-window, view-mode-excludes-edit-modules

Standard (~80.8KB)

Standard feature set for most use cases

Modules: save-core, snapshot, save-system, unsaved-warning, edit-mode-helpers, persist, option-visibility, event-attrs, dom-helpers, toast, save-toast, export-to-window, view-mode-excludes-edit-modules

Everything (~217.9KB)

All available features

Includes all available modules across all categories.

Lazy-Loaded Modules

Some modules with large vendor dependencies are lazy-loaded to optimize page performance:

Module Wrapper Size Vendor Size Loaded When
sortable ~3KB ~118KB Edit mode only

How it works:

  • The wrapper module checks if the page is in edit mode (isEditMode)
  • If true, it injects a <script save-remove> tag that loads the vendor script
  • If false, nothing is loaded - viewers don't download the heavy scripts
  • The save-remove attribute strips the script tag when the page is saved

This means:

  • Editors get full functionality when needed
  • Viewers never download the heavy vendor scripts
  • Saved pages stay clean with no leftover script tags

Visual Configurator

Explore features and build your custom bundle with our interactive configurator:

npm run dev

This will:

  1. Generate fresh dependency data
  2. Start a local server on port 3535
  3. Open the configurator in your browser

The configurator shows:

  • Real-time bundle size calculation
  • Automatic dependency resolution
  • Generated CDN URL
  • Feature descriptions and categories

Development

Project Structure

hyperclayjs/
├── hyperclay.js              # Self-detecting module loader
├── core/                     # Core hyperclay features
├── custom-attributes/        # HTML attribute enhancements
├── ui/                       # UI components (toast, modals, prompts)
├── utilities/                # General utilities (mutation, cookie, etc.)
├── dom-utilities/            # DOM manipulation helpers
├── string-utilities/         # String manipulation tools
├── communication/            # File upload and messaging
├── vendor/                   # Third-party libraries (Sortable.js, etc.)
├── scripts/                  # Build and generation scripts
└── starter-kit-configurator.html  # Interactive configurator

Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Generate dependency graph
npm run generate:deps

# Start development server with configurator
npm run dev

# Build bundles
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test

Automatic Dependency Graph

The project uses Madge to automatically analyze dependencies and generate rich metadata:

npm run generate:deps

This creates module-dependency-graph.generated.json with:

  • Complete dependency tree
  • Actual file sizes
  • Category assignments
  • Preset configurations

The configurator dynamically loads this file to always show accurate information.

Browser Support

  • Chrome 89+
  • Firefox 89+
  • Safari 15.4+
  • Edge 89+

The loader uses ES modules with top-level await. Use await import() to ensure modules finish loading before your code runs.

API Examples

Save System

// Manually save the page
hyperclay.savePage();

// Add save button
hyperclay.initHyperclaySaveButton(); // Looks for [trigger-save]

// Keyboard shortcut
hyperclay.initSaveKeyboardShortcut(); // CMD/CTRL+S

Toast Notifications

toast("Operation successful!", "success");
toast("Something went wrong", "error");

Dialog Prompts

// Ask for input
const name = await ask("What's your name?");

// Get consent
const agreed = await consent("Do you agree to terms?");

// Show message
tell("Welcome to Hyperclay!");

Custom Attributes

<!-- AJAX form submission -->
<form ajax-form="/api/submit">
  <input name="email" type="email">
  <button>Submit</button>
</form>

<!-- Auto-resize textarea -->
<textarea autosize></textarea>

<!-- Drag-drop sorting -->
<ul sortable>
  <li>Item 1</li>
  <li>Item 2</li>
  <li>Item 3</li>
</ul>

<!-- Run code when clicked away -->
<div onclickaway="console.log('Clicked outside')">
  Click outside this div
</div>

<!-- Persist input/select/textarea values -->
<input type="text" name="username" persist>

Admin Features

<!-- Only visible/editable in edit mode -->
<div contenteditable editmode:contenteditable>Admin can edit this</div>
<input type="text" viewmode:disabled>
<script editmode:resource>console.log('Admin only');</script>

Module Creation

Each module should be a self-contained ES module:

// features/my-feature.js
import dependency from '../utilities/dependency.js';

export default function myFeature() {
  // Feature implementation
}

// Auto-init when module is imported
myFeature();

Migration from Monolithic Script

Before

<script src="/js/old-hyperclay.js"></script>

After

<!-- Use preset -->
<script src="/js/hyperclay.js?preset=standard" type="module"></script>

<!-- Or specific features -->
<script src="/js/hyperclay.js?features=save,edit-mode-helpers,toast" type="module"></script>

Contributing

  1. Fork the repository
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Make your changes
  4. Run npm run generate:deps to update the dependency graph
  5. Test your changes with npm run dev
  6. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
  7. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  8. Open a Pull Request

License

MIT © Hyperclay

Third-Party Credits

This project includes the following open-source libraries:

  • HyperMorph - DOM morphing with content-based element matching (0BSD)
  • Sortable.js - Drag-and-drop library (MIT)

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