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Install kit: "Project photo marquee"
Library page: https://astro.baysixmedia.com/components/project-photo-marquee/
Files: 6 required, 1 supporting
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===== FILE (required): src/components/ProjectPhotoMarquee.astro =====
---
/**
* ProjectPhotoMarquee
*
* A "latest projects" band: a centred orange eyebrow between two short rules
* and a two-line navy heading over a faint chevron pattern, then a full-bleed
* strip of tall rounded photo cards that drifts left forever. Each card has a
* white label bar along its bottom edge.
*
* Motion: one full loop of the card set takes `duration` seconds (65 by
* default, as measured). The set is rendered twice; the copy is aria-hidden
* and inert. The strip pauses on hover and while anything inside has focus;
* while a card has keyboard focus the strip snaps to its start so the browser
* can scroll the focused card into view. On appear the title rises 40px and
* each label bar slides in from −160px. Under reduced motion the strip is a
* static, horizontally scrollable row.
*
* Reads --tg-* design tokens from any ancestor, with fallbacks.
*/
export interface ProjectCard {
title: string;
/** Makes the whole card a link. */
href?: string;
image?: { src?: string; alt?: string };
}
export interface ProjectPhotoMarqueeProps {
eyebrow?: string;
heading?: string;
headingLevel?: "h2" | "h3";
cards?: ProjectCard[];
/** Seconds for one full loop of the card set. */
duration?: number;
/** Accessible name of the card list. */
listLabel?: string;
fontStylesheet?: string;
class?: string;
id?: string;
}
interface Props extends ProjectPhotoMarqueeProps {}
const {
eyebrow = "Latest Projects",
heading = "",
headingLevel = "h2",
cards = [],
duration = 65,
listLabel = "Recent projects",
fontStylesheet = "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Outfit:wght@400;500;600;700&family=DM+Sans:wght@400;500;600&display=swap",
class: className,
id,
} = Astro.props;
const SAFE = /^(?:https?:|mailto:|tel:|[#/.?])/i;
const safeHref = (href: string) => (SAFE.test(href.trim()) ? href.trim() : "#");
const Heading = headingLevel;
/* No cards, no band: the eyebrow and heading never render on their own. */
const list = (cards ?? []).filter((c) => c && c.title);
const seconds = Number.isFinite(duration) && duration > 0 ? duration : 65;
---
{list.length > 0 && (
<>
{fontStylesheet && <link rel="stylesheet" href={fontStylesheet} />}
<section class:list={["ppm", className]} id={id} data-ppm-root style={`--ppm-duration: ${seconds}s;`}>
<div class="ppm-title" data-ppm-appear>
{
eyebrow && (
<p class="ppm-eyebrow">
<span class="ppm-rule" aria-hidden="true" />
<span>{eyebrow}</span>
<span class="ppm-rule" aria-hidden="true" />
</p>
)
}
{heading && <Heading class="ppm-heading">{heading}</Heading>}
</div>
{
list.length > 0 && (
<div class="ppm-viewport" data-ppm-viewport data-ppm-appear>
<div class="ppm-track">
{[0, 1].map((copy) => (
<ul
class="ppm-set"
aria-label={copy === 0 ? listLabel : undefined}
aria-hidden={copy === 1 ? "true" : undefined}
inert={copy === 1}
data-ppm-copy={copy === 1 ? "" : undefined}
>
{list.map((card) => {
const src = card.image?.src ?? "";
const alt = card.image?.alt ?? "";
const Tag = card.href ? "a" : "div";
return (
<li class="ppm-item">
<Tag class="ppm-card" href={card.href ? safeHref(card.href) : undefined}>
{src ? (
<img class="ppm-img" src={src} alt={alt} width="720" height="960" loading="lazy" decoding="async" />
) : (
<span class="ppm-ph" role="img" aria-label={`Image placeholder: ${card.title}`}>
<span class="ppm-ph-text" aria-hidden="true">
<span class="ppm-ph-label">Image</span>
<span class="ppm-ph-spec">3:4 · 720 × 960 px</span>
</span>
</span>
)}
<span class="ppm-label">
<span class="ppm-label-text">{card.title}</span>
</span>
</Tag>
</li>
);
})}
</ul>
))}
</div>
</div>
)
}
</section>
</>
)}
<style>
.ppm {
--ppm-navy: var(--tg-navy, #020e28);
--ppm-orange: var(--tg-orange, #fd5523);
--ppm-display: var(--tg-font-display, Outfit, "Outfit Placeholder", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif);
--ppm-body: var(--tg-font-body, "DM Sans", "DM Sans Placeholder", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif);
--ppm-ease: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
--ppm-card-w: 290px;
--ppm-gap: 24px;
box-sizing: border-box;
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
gap: 40px;
padding: 60px 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #f1f2f4;
/* A faint chevron texture, redrawn rather than copied. */
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='48' height='24' viewBox='0 0 48 24'%3E%3Cpath d='M0 18 12 6l12 12 12-12 12 12' fill='none' stroke='%23020e28' stroke-opacity='.045' stroke-width='1.2'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
background-size: 48px 24px;
color: var(--ppm-navy);
font-family: var(--ppm-body);
}
.ppm *,
.ppm *::before,
.ppm *::after {
box-sizing: border-box;
}
.ppm-title {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: flex-start;
gap: 20px;
width: 100%;
max-width: 1293px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 20px;
}
.ppm .ppm-eyebrow {
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
gap: 12px;
margin: 0;
font: 600 16px/1 var(--ppm-display);
text-transform: uppercase;
color: var(--ppm-orange);
}
.ppm-rule {
display: none;
width: 40px;
height: 1px;
background: currentColor;
}
.ppm-heading {
margin: 0;
max-width: 577px;
font: 600 32px/1.2 var(--ppm-display);
color: var(--ppm-navy);
overflow-wrap: anywhere;
}
/* ---- the strip ---- */
.ppm-viewport {
/* Hidden, not clip: when a card takes keyboard focus the browser must be
able to scroll it into view. The script puts scrollLeft back after. */
overflow-x: hidden;
padding-block: 6px;
margin-block: -6px;
}
.ppm-track {
display: flex;
width: max-content;
animation: ppm-drift var(--ppm-duration) linear infinite;
}
.ppm .ppm-set {
display: flex;
gap: var(--ppm-gap);
margin: 0;
/* Trailing gap inside each set so −50% lands exactly on the copy. */
padding: 0 var(--ppm-gap) 0 0;
list-style: none;
}
.ppm-item {
flex: none;
width: var(--ppm-card-w);
}
.ppm-card {
position: relative;
display: block;
aspect-ratio: 3 / 4;
border-radius: 20px;
overflow: hidden;
color: inherit;
text-decoration: none;
}
a.ppm-card:focus-visible {
outline: 3px solid var(--ppm-orange);
outline-offset: -3px;
}
.ppm-img {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
object-fit: cover;
}
.ppm-label {
position: absolute;
left: 14px;
right: 14px;
bottom: 14px;
display: flex;
padding: 10px 13px;
border-radius: 5px;
background: #fff;
transition:
opacity 0.8s var(--ppm-ease),
transform 0.8s var(--ppm-ease);
}
.ppm-label-text {
font: 600 20px/1.4 var(--ppm-display);
color: var(--ppm-navy);
white-space: nowrap;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
a.ppm-card:focus-visible .ppm-label {
outline: 2px solid var(--ppm-orange);
}
.ppm-ph {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
display: grid;
place-items: center;
padding: 16px;
text-align: center;
background: repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, #e6e9ee 0 12px, #edf0f3 12px 24px);
color: rgb(2 14 40 / 0.62);
}
.ppm-ph-text {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
align-items: center;
gap: 8px;
margin-bottom: 60px;
}
.ppm-ph-label {
font: 500 12px/1 var(--ppm-body);
letter-spacing: 0.08em;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
.ppm-ph-spec {
font: 400 12px/1.2 var(--ppm-body);
}
@keyframes ppm-drift {
from {
transform: translateX(0);
}
to {
transform: translateX(-50%);
}
}
.ppm-viewport:hover .ppm-track,
.ppm-viewport:focus-within .ppm-track {
animation-play-state: paused;
}
/* Keyboard focus on a card: stop the drift outright so the track sits at
its start and the browser's scroll-into-view lands on the right card. */
.ppm-viewport:has(:focus-visible) .ppm-track {
animation: none;
}
/* ---- appear: hidden start only once the script marks the root ready ---- */
.ppm-title {
transition:
opacity 0.8s var(--ppm-ease),
transform 0.8s var(--ppm-ease);
}
.ppm[data-ppm-anim] .ppm-title:not([data-in]) {
opacity: 0;
transform: translateY(40px);
}
.ppm[data-ppm-anim] .ppm-viewport:not([data-in]) .ppm-label {
opacity: 0;
transform: translateX(-160px);
}
/* ---- tablet ---- */
@media (min-width: 810px) {
.ppm {
--ppm-card-w: 330px;
--ppm-gap: 30px;
gap: 50px;
padding: 90px 0;
}
.ppm-title {
align-items: center;
text-align: center;
}
.ppm-rule {
display: block;
}
.ppm-heading {
font-size: 40px;
}
.ppm-label {
left: 20px;
right: 20px;
bottom: 20px;
padding: 13px;
}
.ppm-label-text {
font-size: 24px;
line-height: 34px;
}
}
/* ---- desktop: 360 × 480 cards, 30px apart ---- */
@media (min-width: 1200px) {
.ppm {
--ppm-card-w: 360px;
gap: 58px;
padding: 120px 0;
}
.ppm .ppm-eyebrow {
font-size: 18px;
}
.ppm-heading {
font-size: 48px;
line-height: 57.6px;
}
}
/* ---- reduced motion: a still, scrollable row ---- */
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.ppm-track {
animation: none;
}
.ppm-viewport {
overflow-x: auto;
scrollbar-width: thin;
}
.ppm .ppm-set[data-ppm-copy] {
display: none;
}
.ppm .ppm-set {
padding-left: 20px;
}
.ppm-title,
.ppm-label {
transition: none;
}
}
@media (forced-colors: active) {
.ppm-card {
border: 1px solid CanvasText;
}
.ppm-label {
border: 1px solid CanvasText;
}
.ppm-rule {
background: CanvasText;
}
}
</style>
<script>
/*
* Appear on scroll, plus one clean-up for keyboard users. One
* IntersectionObserver per instance watches the title and the strip and
* sets `data-in` on each once. When focus leaves the strip, the scroll the
* browser made to reveal a focused card is put back to 0 so the resumed
* drift starts from a clean origin. Everything is released on
* astro:before-swap. The drift itself is pure CSS and runs without JS.
*/
function initProjectPhotoMarquee(root: HTMLElement) {
if (root.dataset.ppmReady !== undefined) return;
root.dataset.ppmReady = "";
const controller = new AbortController();
const { signal } = controller;
const viewport = root.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-ppm-viewport]");
const reduced = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches;
if (viewport && !reduced) {
// The browser leaves a half-visible card where it is; bring the
// whole focused card into the strip (horizontal only).
viewport.addEventListener(
"focusin",
(event) => {
const card = (event.target as HTMLElement).closest<HTMLElement>(".ppm-card");
if (!card) return;
requestAnimationFrame(() => {
const v = viewport.getBoundingClientRect();
const c = card.getBoundingClientRect();
if (c.right > v.right) viewport.scrollLeft += c.right - v.right + 16;
else if (c.left < v.left) viewport.scrollLeft -= v.left - c.left + 16;
});
},
{ signal },
);
viewport.addEventListener(
"focusout",
(event) => {
const next = (event as FocusEvent).relatedTarget as Node | null;
if (!next || !viewport.contains(next)) viewport.scrollLeft = 0;
},
{ signal },
);
}
if (!reduced && "IntersectionObserver" in window) {
// The hidden start pose applies only from here on.
root.dataset.ppmAnim = "";
const observer = new IntersectionObserver(
(entries) => {
for (const entry of entries) {
if (!entry.isIntersecting) continue;
(entry.target as HTMLElement).dataset.in = "";
observer.unobserve(entry.target);
}
},
{ threshold: 0.15 },
);
root.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-ppm-appear]").forEach((el) => observer.observe(el));
signal.addEventListener("abort", () => observer.disconnect());
}
document.addEventListener(
"astro:before-swap",
() => {
controller.abort();
delete root.dataset.ppmReady;
delete root.dataset.ppmAnim;
},
{ once: true, signal },
);
}
const boot = () =>
document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-ppm-root]").forEach(initProjectPhotoMarquee);
if (document.readyState === "loading") {
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", boot, { once: true });
} else {
boot();
}
document.addEventListener("astro:page-load", boot);
</script>
===== END src/components/ProjectPhotoMarquee.astro =====
===== FILE (supporting): src/components/ProjectPhotoMarquee.md =====
# Project photo marquee
A "latest projects" band: a centred eyebrow between two short rules and a
two-line heading over a faint chevron texture, then a full-bleed strip of tall
rounded photo cards, each with a white label bar, drifting left forever.
Catalog page: `/components/project-photo-marquee`
## Purpose
Show off work without a carousel's controls: the strip moves on its own,
stops when someone points at it, and every card can link to a case study.
Part of the Northpass (Transigo-style) family; reads the `--tg-*` tokens.
## Files required
**`ProjectPhotoMarquee.astro`** — the whole component. No imports.
`ProjectPhotoMarquee.md` — this file.
`public/project-photo-marquee/project-1.webp` … `project-5.webp` (720×960) —
optional demo photos, passed by the catalog demo.
## Basic usage
```astro
<ProjectPhotoMarquee
heading="Recent Lanes We Planned, Moved And Delivered"
cards={[
{ title: "Ocean Freight", href: "/work/ocean", image: { src: "/img/ship.webp", alt: "Container ship at berth" } },
{ title: "Warehousing", href: "/work/warehouse", image: { src: "/img/racks.webp", alt: "Pallet racking" } },
]}
/>
```
Use at least four cards: the set is doubled for the loop, and a short set on a
wide screen leaves the loop seam easy to spot.
## Props
| Prop | Type | Default | What it does |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `eyebrow` | `string?` | `"Latest Projects"` | Generic label, shown only alongside cards. `""` drops it. |
| `heading` | `string?` | `""` | Max 577px wide, centred from 810px. Empty drops it. |
| `headingLevel` | `"h2" \| "h3"?` | `"h2"` | |
| `cards` | `ProjectCard[]?` | `[]` | `{ title, href?, image?: { src?, alt? } }`. With `href` the whole card is a link. A card without `title` is dropped. With no cards the band renders nothing. |
| `duration` | `number?` | `65` | Seconds for one full loop of the set. |
| `listLabel` | `string?` | `"Recent projects"` | Accessible name of the list. |
| `fontStylesheet` | `string?` | Outfit + DM Sans | `""` skips the link. |
| `class`, `id` | `string?` | — | |
`image.src: ""` (or no image) renders a labelled 3:4 placeholder.
## Behaviour
| Element | Effect | Measured / chosen |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Strip | `translateX(0)` → `-50%` of a doubled set, linear, infinite | full loop ≈ 65s, as measured |
| Strip hover / focus-within | `animation-play-state: paused` | approximation |
| Card with keyboard focus | drift stops at its origin; the script scrolls the strip so the whole focused card is visible, and resets that scroll when focus leaves | accessibility addition |
| Title appear | fades up from `translateY(40px)` | as measured |
| Label bars appear | slide in from `translateX(-160px)` and fade, clipped by the card | −160.198px measured |
The drift is pure CSS and runs without JS. The script (one
IntersectionObserver plus focusin/focusout on the strip, all on one
AbortController released on `astro:before-swap`) handles the appear and the
focus scroll; the hidden label pose exists only while the root has
`data-ppm-anim`.
## Accessibility
- A real `<ul>` with an accessible name. The duplicate set is `aria-hidden`
and `inert`, so it is neither read nor tabbable.
- Link cards get a 3px inset orange focus ring plus a ring on the label bar.
- Moving content can be paused (hover or focus), satisfying WCAG 2.2.2's
pause requirement for pointer and keyboard users; reduced-motion users get
no motion at all.
- Under `forced-colors: active` cards and labels get real borders.
## Reduced motion
The copy set is removed, the animation is off, and the strip becomes a still,
horizontally scrollable row (thin scrollbar) with a 20px leading inset.
## Responsive
| Width | Cards | Gap | Heading | Title block |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| ≥ 1200 | 360 × 480 | 30 | 48/57.6 | centred with rules |
| 810–1199 | 330 × 440 | 30 | 40 | centred with rules |
| < 810 | 290 × 387 | 24 | 32 | left-aligned, no rules (as the phone capture) |
Label bars sit 20px in from the card edges (14px on a phone), Outfit 24/34
(20px on a phone), 13px padding, 5px radius, as measured.
## Images and credits
All five photos are from Unsplash (Unsplash License — free for commercial use,
no attribution required), optimised to WebP at 720×960:
- `project-1.webp` — `U0YDKlJCec0`
- `project-2.webp` — `Beg5nxwR9tA`
- `project-3.webp` — `82ZiY5pzl1c`
- `project-4.webp` — `GK8x_XCcDZg`
- `project-5.webp` — `w0U2ckN9wig`
## Approximations
- **Pause on hover/focus** was not observed on the reference; added for
accessibility and flagged as such.
- **Label timing.** The −160px start pose is measured; the 0.8s ease is not.
Labels all enter together when the strip enters view (the reference's
per-card trigger could not be sampled).
- **Background.** The reference's SVG pattern is redrawn as a faint 48×24
chevron texture on `#f1f2f4`.
- **Phone card size** (290 wide, 3:4) is read from the 390px screenshot; the
capture clips the bottom of the strip.
- Tablet layout is inferred.
===== END src/components/ProjectPhotoMarquee.md =====
===== FILE (required): public/project-photo-marquee/project-1.webp =====
[binary asset — download https://astro.baysixmedia.com/project-photo-marquee/project-1.webp and save it to public/project-photo-marquee/project-1.webp]
===== FILE (required): public/project-photo-marquee/project-2.webp =====
[binary asset — download https://astro.baysixmedia.com/project-photo-marquee/project-2.webp and save it to public/project-photo-marquee/project-2.webp]
===== FILE (required): public/project-photo-marquee/project-3.webp =====
[binary asset — download https://astro.baysixmedia.com/project-photo-marquee/project-3.webp and save it to public/project-photo-marquee/project-3.webp]
===== FILE (required): public/project-photo-marquee/project-4.webp =====
[binary asset — download https://astro.baysixmedia.com/project-photo-marquee/project-4.webp and save it to public/project-photo-marquee/project-4.webp]
===== FILE (required): public/project-photo-marquee/project-5.webp =====
[binary asset — download https://astro.baysixmedia.com/project-photo-marquee/project-5.webp and save it to public/project-photo-marquee/project-5.webp]
--- VERIFIED IN THE COMPONENT LIBRARY ---
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No verification run has been recorded.
No checks have passed yet.
No usable source fingerprint, so these results cannot be tied to the files below.
--- NOT PROVEN ---
- ClientRouter: event-tested only. Handlers respond to dispatched lifecycle events; this has NOT been certified against a real <ClientRouter /> transition.
--- WHAT THIS DOES NOT CERTIFY ---
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library. It says nothing about this project's CSS, routes, layout or data, and nothing
about the component once you adapt it. A verified component is a good starting point,
not a guarantee about the installation you are about to build.
--- TEST IN THIS PROJECT AFTER INSTALLING OR CUSTOMISING ---
- Horizontal overflow at 1440, 1280, 1024, 834, 390 and 320px.
- Keyboard operation end to end, including visible focus.
- The no-JavaScript render.
- prefers-reduced-motion: reduce.
- Two instances on one page, if this project renders more than one.
- If this project uses <ClientRouter />: teardown and reinitialisation across a real navigation.