feat: show a skeleton while menu is loading

src/components/Menu/Context/MenuProvider.tsx

@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@ import { LocationContext, TocContext } from './contexts'
 type MenuProviderProps = PropsWithChildren<{
     toc: TableOfContent
     url: PageURL
+    isLoading?: boolean
 }>
 
-export function MenuProvider({ toc, url, children }: MenuProviderProps): JSX.Element {
+export function MenuProvider({ toc, url, children, isLoading = false }: MenuProviderProps): JSX.Element {
     const breadcrumbs = getBreadCrumbs(toc, url)
+    const tocContextValue = { toc, isLoading }
     const locationContextValue = { url, breadcrumbs }
 
     return (
-        <TocContext.Provider value={toc}>
+        <TocContext.Provider value={tocContextValue}>
             <LocationContext.Provider value={locationContextValue}>
                 {children}
             </LocationContext.Provider>

src/components/Menu/Context/contexts.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { createContext } from 'react'
 import { type PageDescriptor, type PageURL, type TableOfContent } from '../../../features/toc'
 
+type TocContextValue = {
+    toc: TableOfContent
+    isLoading: boolean
+}
+
 type LocationContextValue = {
     url: PageURL
     breadcrumbs: PageDescriptor[]
@@ -14,7 +19,11 @@ const defaultToc: TableOfContent = {
 const defaultUrl = '/'
 const defaultBreadCrumbs: PageDescriptor[] = []
 
-export const TocContext = createContext<TableOfContent>(defaultToc)
+export const TocContext = createContext<TocContextValue>({
+    toc: defaultToc,
+    isLoading: true,
+})
+
 export const LocationContext = createContext<LocationContextValue>({
     url: defaultUrl,
     breadcrumbs: defaultBreadCrumbs,

src/components/Menu/Context/hooks.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { buildMenu, type PageId, type SectionHighlight } from '../../../features
 import { LocationContext, TocContext } from './contexts'
 
 export const useMenuItems = (parentId: PageId = '', level: number = 0, highlight: SectionHighlight) => {
-    const toc = useContext(TocContext)
+    const { toc } = useContext(TocContext)
     const currentLocation = useContext(LocationContext)
 
     const items = buildMenu(toc, {
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ export const useMenuItems = (parentId: PageId = '', level: number = 0, highlight
 
     return items
 }
+
+export const useIsLoading = () => {
+    const { isLoading } = useContext(TocContext)
+
+    return isLoading
+}

src/components/Menu/Item/Item.module.css

@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 
 .text {
     position: relative;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+}
+
+.loader {
+    /* Make right side of the skeletons column more dynamic */
+    width: 80%;
 }
 
 .toggle {

src/components/Menu/Item/Item.tsx

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router-dom'
 
 import { MenuItem } from '../../../features/toc'
 import { Chevron } from '../../Chevron'
+import { Skeleton } from '../../Skeleton'
 
 import styles from './Item.module.css'
 
 type BaseItemProps = {
     item: MenuItem
+    isLoading?: boolean
 }
 
 type LeafItemProps = BaseItemProps
@@ -52,26 +54,36 @@ function OptionalLink({ to, className, children, onClick }: OptionalLinkProps) {
 }
 
 export function Item(props: ItemProps): JSX.Element {
-    const { item } = props
+    const { item, isLoading } = props
 
     const linkClassName = clsx(
         styles.link,
-        getItemHighlightStyles(item),
+        !isLoading && getItemHighlightStyles(item),
+    )
+
+    const textClassName = clsx(
+        styles.text,
+        isLoading && styles.skeleton
     )
 
     const ariaLevel = Math.min(item.level + 1, INDENT_LEVEL_LIMIT)
 
-    const onLinkClick = isSubMenuItemProps(props) && !props.open ?
+    const onLinkClick = isSubMenuItemProps(props) && !isLoading && !props.open ?
         props.onToggle : undefined
 
+    const itemUrl = isLoading ? '' : item.url
+
     return (
         <li className={styles.item} aria-level={ariaLevel}>
-            <OptionalLink to={item.url} className={linkClassName} onClick={onLinkClick}>
-                <span className={styles.text}>
-                    {isSubMenuItemProps(props) && (
+            <OptionalLink to={itemUrl} className={linkClassName} onClick={onLinkClick}>
+                <span className={textClassName}>
+                    {isSubMenuItemProps(props) && !isLoading && (
                         <Chevron className={styles.toggle} open={props.open} onClick={props.onToggle} />
                     )}
-                    {item.title}
+                    {isLoading ?
+                        <Skeleton className={styles.loader} /> :
+                        item.title
+                    }
                 </span>
             </OptionalLink>
         </li>

src/components/Menu/Menu.test.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ import { renderInApp } from '../../test'
 import { Menu } from './Menu'
 
 describe('components/Menu', () => {
+    it('should render skeletons while TOC is loading', async () => {
+        const toc: TableOfContent = tocTwoLevels
+        const currentUrl = '/bar.html'
+
+        act(() => {
+            renderInApp(<Menu isLoading toc={toc} />, { url: currentUrl })
+        })
+
+        expect(await screen.findByRole('navigation')).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+
     it('should build a menu and highlight current page', async () => {
         const toc: TableOfContent = tocFlat
         const currentUrl = '/bar.html'

src/components/Menu/Menu.tsx

@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ import styles from './Menu.module.css'
 
 type MenuProps = {
     toc: TableOfContent
+    isLoading?: boolean
 }
 
-export function Menu({ toc }: MenuProps): JSX.Element {
+export function Menu({ toc, isLoading }: MenuProps): JSX.Element {
     const currentUrl = useCurrentPageUrl()
 
     return (
         <nav className={styles.menu}>
             <ul className={styles.list}>
-                <MenuProvider toc={toc} url={currentUrl}>
+                <MenuProvider toc={toc} url={currentUrl} isLoading={isLoading}>
                     <Section parentId='' level={0} />
                 </MenuProvider>
             </ul>

src/components/Menu/Section/Section.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useState } from 'react'
 import { type MenuItem, type PageId, type SectionHighlight } from '../../../features/toc'
-import { useMenuItems } from '../Context/hooks'
+import { useIsLoading, useMenuItems } from '../Context/hooks'
 import { Item } from '../Item/Item'
 
 type SectionProps = {
@@ -12,29 +12,31 @@ type SectionProps = {
 type SubMenuProps = {
     item: MenuItem
     level: number
+    isLoading: boolean
 }
 
 export function Section({ parentId, level, highlight }: SectionProps): JSX.Element {
+    const isLoading = useIsLoading()
     const items = useMenuItems(parentId, level, highlight)
 
     return (
         <>
             {items.map((item) => {
                 if (!item.hasChildren) {
-                    return (<Item key={item.id} item={item} />)
+                    return (<Item isLoading={isLoading} key={item.id} item={item} />)
                 }
 
                 return (
-                    <SubMenu key={item.id} item={item} level={level + 1} />
+                    <SubMenu isLoading={isLoading} key={item.id} item={item} level={level + 1} />
                 )
             })}
         </>
     )
 }
 
-function SubMenu({ item, level }: SubMenuProps): JSX.Element {
+function SubMenu({ item, level, isLoading }: SubMenuProps): JSX.Element {
     const subMenuHighlight = item.highlight === 'active' ? 'child' : item.highlight
-    const [ isOpen, setOpen ]  = useState(item.defaultOpenState)
+    const [ isOpen, setOpen ]  = useState(isLoading ? true : item.defaultOpenState)
 
     const onToggle = () => {
         setOpen(value => !value)
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ function SubMenu({ item, level }: SubMenuProps): JSX.Element {
         <>
             <Item
                 hasChildren
+                isLoading={isLoading}
                 item={item}
                 open={isOpen}
                 onToggle={onToggle}

src/components/Menu/__snapshots__/Menu.test.tsx.snap

@@ -325,3 +325,94 @@ exports[`components/Menu > should close a submenu when clicking on a chevron 2`]
   </ul>
 </nav>
 `;
+
+exports[`components/Menu > should render skeletons while TOC is loading 1`] = `
+<nav
+  class="_menu_29d207"
+>
+  <ul
+    class="_list_29d207"
+  >
+    <li
+      aria-level="1"
+      class="_item_daf4a6"
+    >
+      <span
+        class="_link_daf4a6"
+      >
+        <span
+          class="_text_daf4a6 _skeleton_daf4a6"
+        >
+          <span
+            class="_skeleton_2cc9eb _loader_daf4a6"
+          />
+        </span>
+      </span>
+    </li>
+    <li
+      aria-level="2"
+      class="_item_daf4a6"
+    >
+      <span
+        class="_link_daf4a6"
+      >
+        <span
+          class="_text_daf4a6 _skeleton_daf4a6"
+        >
+          <span
+            class="_skeleton_2cc9eb _loader_daf4a6"
+          />
+        </span>
+      </span>
+    </li>
+    <li
+      aria-level="2"
+      class="_item_daf4a6"
+    >
+      <span
+        class="_link_daf4a6"
+      >
+        <span
+          class="_text_daf4a6 _skeleton_daf4a6"
+        >
+          <span
+            class="_skeleton_2cc9eb _loader_daf4a6"
+          />
+        </span>
+      </span>
+    </li>
+    <li
+      aria-level="1"
+      class="_item_daf4a6"
+    >
+      <span
+        class="_link_daf4a6"
+      >
+        <span
+          class="_text_daf4a6 _skeleton_daf4a6"
+        >
+          <span
+            class="_skeleton_2cc9eb _loader_daf4a6"
+          />
+        </span>
+      </span>
+    </li>
+    <li
+      aria-level="1"
+      class="_item_daf4a6"
+    >
+      <span
+        class="_link_daf4a6"
+      >
+        <span
+          class="_text_daf4a6 _skeleton_daf4a6"
+        >
+          <span
+            class="_skeleton_2cc9eb _loader_daf4a6"
+          />
+        </span>
+      </span>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
+</nav>
+`;

src/components/Root/Root.tsx

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import { Layout } from '../Layout'
 import { Menu } from '../Menu'
 
-import tocUrl from '/toc.json?url'
-import { DocPage } from '../DocPage/DocPage'
 import { useGetTocQuery } from '../../features/toc'
+import { DocPage } from '../DocPage/DocPage'
+import tocUrl from '/toc.json?url'
 
 export function Root() {
     const query = useGetTocQuery(tocUrl)
 
     return (
         <Layout>
             <Layout.Sidebar>
-                {query.isSuccess && (<Menu toc={query.data} />)}
+                {!query.isError && (<Menu toc={query.data} isLoading={true} />)}
             </Layout.Sidebar>
             <Layout.Main>
                 {query.isSuccess && (<DocPage toc={query.data} />)}