hlivekit

name

hlivekit

description

Use the hlivekit toolkit (github.com/SamHennessy/hlive/hlivekit) for common HLive needs — dynamic lists of components (ComponentList / hlivekit.List), giving an input focus, running server logic after a browser diff applies (OnDiffApply), real-time fan-out updates (PubSub), element-visibility events, scroll/redirect helpers, and preempt-disable-on-click. Use when an HLive task involves any of these patterns or imports the hlivekit package.

HLiveKit

hlivekit is HLive's companion toolkit of reusable patterns. Import alongside the core package:

import (
    l "github.com/SamHennessy/hlive"
    "github.com/SamHennessy/hlive/hlivekit"
)

Pick the helper that matches the need:

Dynamic lists — ComponentList

For lists whose items are added/removed at runtime (search results, todo items, table rows). It tracks items and runs their teardown when removed, avoiding leaks.

list := hlivekit.List("tbody")           // shortcut for NewComponentList
// ...add it to the tree like any node...

list.AddItem(l.CM("tr",                  // items are Teardowner (CM components)
    l.T("td", key),
    l.T("td", value),
))
list.RemoveItems(item)                   // remove specific items
list.RemoveAllItems()                    // clear

Constructors: hlivekit.List(name, ...) / hlivekit.NewComponentList(name, ...). Methods: Add, AddItem(items ...l.Teardowner), RemoveItems, RemoveAllItems.

hlivekit.NewComponentListSimple(...) is a lighter variant without the memory cleanup logic — only use it when you manage item lifetimes yourself.

It's idiomatic to populate the list inside a CM component's SetMount (see the hlive-core skill) so it fills when the component appears:

cm := l.CM("table", list)
cm.SetMount(func(ctx context.Context) {
    for _, row := range fetchRows(ctx) {
        list.AddItem(l.CM("tr", l.T("td", row.Name)))
    }
})

Focus — Focus

Give an input focus from the server (no JS). Add it as an attribute; pair with a one-shot focus binding + FocusRemove so it only fires once:

input := l.C("input")
input.Add(hlivekit.Focus(), l.OnOnce("focus", func(ctx context.Context, _ l.Event) {
    hlivekit.FocusRemove(input)
}))

Run server logic after a diff applies — OnDiffApply

Fires a handler once HLive's diff has been applied in the browser. Useful for chaining updates (animation frames) or reacting to a render completing.

comp.Add(hlivekit.OnDiffApply(func(ctx context.Context, e l.Event) { /* ... */ }))

Also hlivekit.OnDiffApplyOnce(...). See _example/callback and _example/animation.

Real-time updates — PubSub

Server-side publish/subscribe to fan out changes to many connected sessions (or between components in one session). One PubSub is shared across the app.

pubSub := hlivekit.NewPubSub()
page.DOM().HTML().Add(hlivekit.InstallPubSub(pubSub)) // install once per page

// subscribe a handler to topics
pubSub.Subscribe(hlivekit.NewSub(func(m hlivekit.QueueMessage) {
    // react; call l.Render(ctx)/RenderComponent to push updates
}), "my-topic")

// publish from anywhere
pubSub.Publish("my-topic", payload)

Key API: NewPubSub(), InstallPubSub(ps), ps.Subscribe(sub, topics...), ps.Unsubscribe(...), ps.Publish(topic, value), NewSub(onMessageFn). For components that subscribe on mount there's ComponentPubSub (hlivekit.CPS / NewComponentPubSub / WrapComponentPubSub) with SetMountPubSub. See _example/pubsub/pubsub.go.

Other helpers

• OnElementVisible(handler) / OnElementVisibleOnce — fire when an element scrolls into view (lazy-load, infinite scroll).
• ScrollIntoView(alignToTop) / ScrollIntoViewRemove, ScrollTop(val) / ScrollTopRemove — control scrolling from the server.
• Redirect(url) — issue a client-side redirect as an attribute.
• PreemptDisableOn(eventBinding) — disable a control in the browser immediately on click (before the round-trip) to prevent double-submits.

Reference

hlivekit/README.md and the source: hlivekit/componentList.go, hlivekit/focus.go, hlivekit/diffapply.go, hlivekit/pubsub.go, hlivekit/elementVisible.go, hlivekit/scrollIntoView.go, hlivekit/scrollTop.go, hlivekit/redirect.go, hlivekit/preemptDisableOnClick.go. Examples: _example/todo, _example/pubsub, _example/callback, _example/url_params.