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Utility for simulated motion preferences
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| // DEBUG TOOL FOR MOTION PREF | |
| // WILL CREATE DUPLICATE RULES BASED ON '(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)' block exactly | |
| // WILL NOT ADDRESS STALE matchMedia objects / handlers created before this runs | |
| (function initMotionToggle() { | |
| // Create and inject the checkbox UI | |
| const toggleContainer = document.createElement('div'); | |
| toggleContainer.innerHTML = ` | |
| <label style="display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; cursor: pointer;"> | |
| <input type="checkbox" id="motion-toggle" style="cursor: pointer;"> | |
| <span>Simulate prefers-reduced-motion</span> | |
| </label> | |
| `; | |
| Object.assign(toggleContainer.style, { | |
| position: 'fixed', | |
| bottom: '1rem', | |
| left: '1rem', | |
| zIndex: '9999', | |
| background: 'white', | |
| padding: '0.75rem 1rem', | |
| border: '2px solid #ccc', | |
| borderRadius: '6px', | |
| fontFamily: 'monospace', | |
| fontSize: '14px', | |
| boxShadow: '0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.15)' | |
| }); | |
| document.body.appendChild(toggleContainer); | |
| const motionToggle = document.getElementById('motion-toggle'); | |
| let mockMotionEnabled = false; | |
| const listeners = new Set(); | |
| // Override matchMedia for JS | |
| const originalMatchMedia = window.matchMedia; | |
| window.matchMedia = function(query) { | |
| if (query === '(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)') { | |
| return { | |
| matches: mockMotionEnabled, | |
| media: query, | |
| addEventListener: (event, callback) => { | |
| if (event === 'change') listeners.add(callback); | |
| }, | |
| removeEventListener: (event, callback) => { | |
| if (event === 'change') listeners.delete(callback); | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| } | |
| return originalMatchMedia.call(window, query); | |
| }; | |
| // AUTO-GENERATE CSS RULES FROM MEDIA QUERY | |
| function injectMockReducedMotionCSS() { | |
| for (const sheet of document.styleSheets) { | |
| try { | |
| for (const rule of sheet.cssRules) { | |
| if (rule.type === CSSRule.MEDIA_RULE && | |
| rule.conditionText === '(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)') { | |
| const mockRules = []; | |
| for (const innerRule of rule.cssRules) { | |
| if (innerRule.type === CSSRule.STYLE_RULE) { | |
| const selector = innerRule.selectorText; | |
| const cssText = innerRule.style.cssText; | |
| let newSelector; | |
| if (selector === ':root') { | |
| newSelector = ':root.mock-reduced-motion'; | |
| } else { | |
| newSelector = ':root.mock-reduced-motion ' + selector; | |
| } | |
| mockRules.push(`${newSelector} { ${cssText} }`); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| const styleEl = document.createElement('style'); | |
| styleEl.textContent = '/* Auto-generated mock reduced motion */\n' + mockRules.join('\n'); | |
| document.head.appendChild(styleEl); | |
| console.log('✓ Generated mock-reduced-motion CSS rules'); | |
| return; | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } catch (e) { | |
| // Cross-origin stylesheets will throw | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| // Generate the CSS on init | |
| injectMockReducedMotionCSS(); | |
| // Connect checkbox | |
| motionToggle.addEventListener('change', (e) => { | |
| mockMotionEnabled = e.target.checked; | |
| document.documentElement.classList.toggle('mock-reduced-motion', mockMotionEnabled); | |
| const event = { matches: mockMotionEnabled }; | |
| listeners.forEach(callback => callback(event)); | |
| console.log('prefers-reduced-motion:', mockMotionEnabled); | |
| }); | |
| // Initialize from system preference | |
| const actualPref = originalMatchMedia.call(window, '(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)'); | |
| motionToggle.checked = actualPref.matches; | |
| mockMotionEnabled = actualPref.matches; | |
| if (actualPref.matches) { | |
| document.documentElement.classList.add('mock-reduced-motion'); | |
| } | |
| })(); |
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