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Phase 1 of the Bones roadmap (BON-2): a new stylesheet export, @camp-dev/bones/auto.css, that skeletonizes markup with no data-bone attributes. Set aria-busy="true" on a loading region and every leaf element in it renders as a bone. data-bone marks shape and aria-busy marks state, so this layer keys on state alone.

How it works:

  • auto.css starts with @import "./bones.css", so one import is a complete setup. bones.css itself is unchanged, byte for byte.
  • A leaf is :not(:has(*)). Leaves default to text bones with the same bar geometry as [data-bone="text"], so they inherit the page's type scale. Replaced elements and form controls (img, svg, video, canvas, picture, button, input, select, textarea) fill their own box instead.
  • Text leaves cycle :nth-child(4n…) widths of 85/100/92/60% so runs of lines look organic.
  • [data-bones-auto="off"] exempts a subtree. Elements with data-bone, and their descendants, are always left to bones.css.
  • Every rule lives in @layer bones-auto, so page CSS outranks the auto rules without !important. The trade-off: page CSS that sets color keeps that text visible over its bar. The README documents this.
  • Auto bones default to shimmer and respect data-bone-animate scopes. prefers-reduced-motion falls back to pulse and forced-colors swaps to GrayText — including inside data-bone-animate scopes, where the overrides are nested so scope proximity cannot defeat them (caught in review by a real-browser measurement; see Testing).

Also adds packages/bones/sandbox/auto.html (a committed toggle fixture, excluded from the published package), README entries for the new export, and a minor changeset.

Follow-ups to file: collapse the repeated selector prefix with CSS nesting, consider iframe/audio/object/embed in the block-override list, and pin the grouped animation selectors in the tests.

Testing

  • 17 new jsdom selector-contract tests in packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts (suite 42 → 59, all passing). They read the shipped file, pin its selectors, and assert which fixture elements match: leaf detection, both exemptions, block-override classification, and width bucketing.
  • Manual validation on three real pages per the spec, using headless Chromium:
    1. The sandbox page: busy state shows the width cycle, filled blocks for img/button/input, the exempt live region, and the bones.css-styled explicit data-bone element; the loaded state renders normally.
    2. The demo app (temporary uncommitted layout patch): leaves bone, branches keep structure, images get the block tile.
    3. The docs site (same approach): sidebar, headings, and prose leaves bone correctly.
  • Reduced-motion measurement with --force-prefers-reduced-motion: under <body data-bone-animate="shimmer"> the ::after animation resolves to bone-pulse; without the flag it stays bone-shimmer; with no data-bone-animate attribute it resolves to bone-pulse. Before the fix in the last commit, the first case incorrectly stayed bone-shimmer.
  • vp check passes (format + lint, type-aware).

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added an optional stylesheet for automatically displaying skeleton loading states within busy sections.
    • Supports text, media, embedded content, form controls, and varied text widths.
    • Added shimmer and pulse animations with opt-out controls while preserving explicitly marked skeleton elements.
    • Includes reduced-motion and forced-colors accessibility support.
    • Added a package export and sandbox example for previewing and toggling automatic skeleton states.
  • Documentation

    • Documented standalone installation, usage, opt-out behavior, CSS layering, animation overrides, and fallback behavior.

hunterbecton and others added 5 commits August 21, 2026 13:34
… auto.css

Nests prefers-reduced-motion and forced-colors media overrides inside each
data-bone-animate @scope block so scope proximity no longer defeats the
unscoped accessibility rules that follow them in the cascade. Documents the
auto.css export in both READMEs with usage and layer/scope limitations.
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The pull request adds @camp-dev/bones/auto.css. The stylesheet imports the base stylesheet and renders automatic skeletons in busy regions. It adds package exports, documentation, a sandbox, tests, and a release changeset.

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Automatic skeleton stylesheet

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Automatic skeleton selectors and animation
packages/bones/src/css/auto.css
Adds skeleton styling for eligible leaves, replaced elements, and form controls within aria-busy="true" regions. Supports opt-outs, explicit bones, deterministic widths, animation scopes, reduced motion, and forced colors.
Automatic skeleton behavior tests
packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts
Tests stylesheet structure, selector matching, exemptions, block treatments, width buckets, animation modes, reduced motion, and forced colors.
Package entry point and usage examples
packages/bones/package.json, packages/bones/vite.config.ts, README.md, packages/bones/README.md, packages/bones/sandbox/auto.html, .changeset/auto-skeleton-stylesheet.md
Exports @camp-dev/bones/auto.css. Documents standalone usage and animation behavior. Adds a sandbox that toggles the busy state and records the release change.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4a2cb

The new auto-skeleton stylesheet adds state-driven skeletons, but some replaced or void elements such as iframe, object, hr, and br may receive text bars instead of block-style treatment. This is a bounded visual correctness risk that is mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up.

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packages/bones/package.json (1)

31-33: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Reconsider the export name before the minor release.

The package already exposes ./css without a file extension. The new entry is ./auto.css. Two naming styles in one public surface are hard to change later. ./auto or ./css/auto would match the existing style.

If the extension is intentional so that bundlers and editors treat the specifier as CSS, keep it and ignore this note.

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In `@packages/bones/package.json` around lines 31 - 33, Review the new package
export key for consistency with the existing extensionless ./css export; rename
"./auto.css" to the preferred extensionless "./auto" or "./css/auto" entry if
the extension is not intentional, while preserving its style and default
targets.
packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts (1)

74-93: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a test for the busy host itself.

The selectors match only descendants of [aria-busy="true"]. A <p aria-busy="true"> therefore gets no bone. Pin that behavior, because it is the property most likely to change by accident.

💚 Suggested test
   test("an empty leaf still matches", () => {
     mount('<section aria-busy="true"><p id="empty"></p></section>');
     expect(el("empty").matches(TEXT_LEAF)).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  test("the busy host itself does not match", () => {
+    mount('<p id="host" aria-busy="true">copy</p>');
+    expect(el("host").matches(TEXT_LEAF)).toBe(false);
+  });
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In `@packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts` around lines 74 - 93, Add a test in
the existing “text-leaf trigger” suite that mounts a busy host element itself,
such as a paragraph with aria-busy="true", and asserts it does not match
TEXT_LEAF; keep the test focused on confirming only descendants of the busy host
match.
packages/bones/src/css/auto.css (1)

18-42: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Consider CSS nesting to declare the leaf selector once.

The text-leaf selector chain is repeated about 20 times in this file. The exemption list, the override list, and the svg */picture */select * tail must stay identical in every copy. One missed copy produces a silent behavior split.

CSS nesting lets you write the chain once per block and attach &::before, &::after, and &:nth-child(...) under it. Nesting with a single & selector does not change specificity, so the cascade behavior stays the same. Note that packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts pins flat selector text through ruleSelectors, so that helper would need to resolve nested selectors.

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In `@packages/bones/src/css/auto.css` around lines 18 - 42, Refactor the repeated
text-leaf selector chains in the auto CSS rules to define each chain once and
nest the ::before, ::after, and :nth-child selectors beneath it, preserving
identical exemption and override lists and cascade specificity. Update
ruleSelectors in the auto CSS tests to flatten or resolve nested selectors so
existing selector assertions continue to work.
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Inline comments:
In `@packages/bones/src/css/auto.css`:
- Around line 24-37: Update the selector exclusions in auto.css: add iframe,
embed, object, audio, and progress/meter to the replaced-element block override
list near the existing block override, and add hr and br to the text-leaf :not
exclusion list. Keep these elements from receiving the text-leaf positioning and
bar styles.
- Line 273: Document in both Automatic skeletons README sections that browsers
without `@scope` ignore the auto-animation overrides, causing
data-bone-animate="pulse" and "none" to fall back to the unscoped bone-shimmer
default; note that the unscoped prefers-reduced-motion rule still applies.

In `@README.md`:
- Line 39: Update the auto.css entry-point table and “Automatic skeletons”
documentation in README.md and packages/bones/README.md (anchor: README.md lines
39-39; sibling: packages/bones/README.md lines 39-39) to state that auto.css
includes bones.css and is self-sufficient, making a separate /css import
optional; use identical wording in both files.

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In `@packages/bones/package.json`:
- Around line 31-33: Review the new package export key for consistency with the
existing extensionless ./css export; rename "./auto.css" to the preferred
extensionless "./auto" or "./css/auto" entry if the extension is not
intentional, while preserving its style and default targets.

In `@packages/bones/src/css/auto.css`:
- Around line 18-42: Refactor the repeated text-leaf selector chains in the auto
CSS rules to define each chain once and nest the ::before, ::after, and
:nth-child selectors beneath it, preserving identical exemption and override
lists and cascade specificity. Update ruleSelectors in the auto CSS tests to
flatten or resolve nested selectors so existing selector assertions continue to
work.

In `@packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts`:
- Around line 74-93: Add a test in the existing “text-leaf trigger” suite that
mounts a busy host element itself, such as a paragraph with aria-busy="true",
and asserts it does not match TEXT_LEAF; keep the test focused on confirming
only descendants of the busy host match.
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Address the CodeRabbit review on #30:

- Add iframe, embed, object, audio, progress, and meter to the block
  override list so they fill their own box instead of getting a text bar.
  Leave hr and br untouched. Exclude object descendants like the other
  block elements with renderable children.
- State in both READMEs that auto.css imports bones.css, so a separate
  /css import is optional.
- Document that the data-bone-animate overrides rely on @scope: without
  it, auto bones always shimmer, though prefers-reduced-motion still
  falls back to pulse.
- Pin that the busy host itself gets no bone, and cover the new
  elements in the selector-contract tests (suite 59 -> 62).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
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On the three nitpicks from the CodeRabbit review:

  • Export name (./auto.css vs ./css): keeping the extension. It is intentional — the specifier reads as a stylesheet at the import site (import "@camp-dev/bones/auto.css"), and the design spec chose the name deliberately. CodeRabbit's note allows for this case.
  • Busy-host test: added in bd8e56f — <p aria-busy="true"> itself matching nothing is now pinned.
  • CSS nesting refactor: deferred, as noted in the PR description's follow-ups. The flat selector copies are pinned by the test suite, so a missed copy fails tests rather than splitting behavior silently.

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packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts (1)

145-168: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Consider adding a case for the object * descendant exclusion.

TEXT_LEAF excludes object *, and the stylesheet added that entry for <object> fallback content. No test covers a leaf element inside <object>. Add one case so a future edit to the exclusion tail fails loudly.

🧪 Suggested additional case
   test("hr and br stay untouched", () => {
     mount('<section aria-busy="true"><hr id="hr" /><br id="br" /></section>');
     for (const id of ["hr", "br"]) {
       expect(el(id).matches(BLOCK_LEAF)).toBe(false);
       expect(el(id).matches(TEXT_LEAF)).toBe(false);
     }
   });
+
+  test("object fallback content is not skeletonized", () => {
+    mount(
+      '<section aria-busy="true"><object id="object"><span id="fallback">alt</span></object></section>',
+    );
+    expect(el("object").matches(BLOCK_LEAF)).toBe(true);
+    expect(el("fallback").matches(TEXT_LEAF)).toBe(false);
+  });
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In `@packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts` around lines 145 - 168, Add a test
case in the auto-CSS tests covering a leaf descendant inside an object element,
and assert it is excluded from TEXT_LEAF while preserving the existing object
block-bone behavior. Anchor the case to the existing TEXT_LEAF and BLOCK_LEAF
checks in the embedded-content tests.
packages/bones/src/css/auto.css (1)

18-51: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Consider collapsing the duplicated selector lists with CSS nesting.

The text-leaf exclusion list appears 12 times and the block :is() list appears 7 times in this file. I checked every occurrence in this diff and all copies are consistent, so there is no defect today. The risk is drift: adding one element later requires 19 synchronized edits, and a single miss produces a visible artifact that only a selector-contract test would catch.

CSS nesting can hoist each list into one parent rule and reuse it for the pseudo-elements, the width buckets, and the animation modes. This keeps specificity identical because & expands to the same compound selector.

♻️ Sketch of the nesting approach for the text-leaf rules
 [aria-busy="true"]
   :not(:has(*)):not(
     [data-bone],
     [data-bone] *,
     [data-bones-auto="off"],
     [data-bones-auto="off"] *
   ):not(
     img, svg, video, canvas, picture, iframe, embed, object, audio,
     button, input, select, textarea, progress, meter, hr, br,
     svg *, picture *, select *, object *
   ) {
   color: transparent;
   position: relative;
   min-width: 4ch;
   min-height: 1lh;
+
+  &::before {
+    content: "\200b";
+  }
+
+  &::after {
+    content: "";
+    position: absolute;
+    inset-inline: 0;
+    top: calc((1lh + 1cap) / 2 - 1ex);
+    height: 1ex;
+    background-color: var(--bone-base);
+    border-radius: var(--bone-radius);
+    pointer-events: none;
+  }
+
+  &:nth-child(4n + 1) { width: 85%; }
+  &:nth-child(4n + 2) { width: 100%; }
+  &:nth-child(4n + 3) { width: 92%; }
+  &:nth-child(4n) { width: 60%; }
 }

Defer this if the current shape is deliberate for browser-support reasons. If you keep the duplication, the selector-contract tests in packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts are the safeguard, so keep asserting the exact selector text.

Also applies to: 129-151

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In `@packages/bones/src/css/auto.css` around lines 18 - 51, Refactor the repeated
selector exclusions in the auto.css rules by hoisting the text-leaf and
block-element lists into CSS nesting and reusing them across the pseudo-element,
width-bucket, and animation-mode rules. Preserve the current matching behavior
and specificity; if supported browser constraints prevent nesting, retain the
duplication and keep the selector-contract assertions in auto-css.test.ts exact.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@packages/bones/src/css/auto.css`:
- Around line 18-51: Refactor the repeated selector exclusions in the auto.css
rules by hoisting the text-leaf and block-element lists into CSS nesting and
reusing them across the pseudo-element, width-bucket, and animation-mode rules.
Preserve the current matching behavior and specificity; if supported browser
constraints prevent nesting, retain the duplication and keep the
selector-contract assertions in auto-css.test.ts exact.

In `@packages/bones/tests/auto-css.test.ts`:
- Around line 145-168: Add a test case in the auto-CSS tests covering a leaf
descendant inside an object element, and assert it is excluded from TEXT_LEAF
while preserving the existing object block-bone behavior. Anchor the case to the
existing TEXT_LEAF and BLOCK_LEAF checks in the embedded-content tests.

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An object with fallback children keeps its block bone while the
children match neither text-leaf nor block rules, covering the
object * exclusion tail. Suite 62 -> 63.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
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On the second round of nitpicks:

  • object fallback test: added in 4a2cb30 — an object with fallback children keeps its block bone while the children match neither TEXT_LEAF nor BLOCK_LEAF, pinning the object * exclusion tail (suite 62 → 63).
  • CSS nesting refactor: skipped, per the browser-constraint escape hatch in the finding. The auto rules currently require :has() (Safari 15.4+, Chrome 105+). CSS nesting needs Safari 16.5+ and Chrome 112+, so hoisting the shared lists into nested rules would silently drop the whole feature in Safari 15.4–16.4 and Chrome 105–111 — a support regression with no behavior change. The selector-contract tests also pin the flat selectors verbatim and feed them to Element.matches(), which keeps the copies from drifting. This stays a filed follow-up as noted in the PR description.

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