🌀 LUR-E 🌀

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Overview

LUR-E is an experimental UI library focused on efficient memory management, advanced reactivity, and compatibility with modern web standards. It provides a low-level API for DOM manipulation, enhanced CSS integration, and supports web components out of the box.

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✨ Features

• Efficient Memory Management
• Advanced Cache & Reaction System
• Low-Level DOM Manipulation
• Full CSS Compatibility
• Web Components Support
• Experimental Typed OM
• Attribute Mutation Observer
• Reactive Input Handling

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🔌 API Overview

The core API provides a concise and powerful way to work with the DOM:

• E(Element|Selector, { attributes, dataset, style, ... }, children[] | mapped)
  • Create a DOM element with specified properties and children.
• M(Array|Set, generateCb)
  • Map arrays or sets to DOM elements.
• H(DOMCode)
  • Create static DOM HTML from code.
• T(String|StringRef)
  • Create a TextNode object.

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API Specification

This is a consolidated, human-friendly overview of the public API exported from src/index.ts. For the full, generated reference, see the markdown files under ./docs/.

Imports

import {
  // Core
  bindBeh, bindCtrl, bindHandler, bindWith, bindForms,
  $observeInput, $observeAttribute,
  // Refs
  makeRef, attrRef, valueRef, valueAsNumberRef, localStorageRef,
  sizeRef, checkedRef, scrollRef, visibleRef, matchMediaRef, hashTargetRef, orientRef, makeWeakRef,
  // Node
  E, M, Q, createElement, H,
  // Extensions (selected)
  bindDraggable, grabForDrag, agWrapEvent,
} from "fest/lure";

Quick Start

// Create an element
const el = E("div", {
  attributes: { id: "app" },
  classList: new Set(["box"]),
  style: { padding: "8px" },
}, [
  "Hello",
]);

document.body.append(el as Node);

Core

• bindBeh(element, store, behavior): Invoke behavior on store changes.
• bindCtrl(element, ctrlCb): Wire common input/change/click listeners.
• bindHandler(element, value, prop, handler, set?, withObserver?): Generic bridge for refs → DOM.
• bindWith(el, prop, value, handler, set?, withObserver?): Apply once and affected.
• bindForms(fields?, wrapper?, state?): Two-way bind inputs within a container to a reactive state.
• $observeInput(element, ref?, prop = "value"): Sync input property to ref.
• $observeAttribute(el, ref?, prop): Sync attribute to ref.

Refs

Create reactive references, often linked to DOM state:

• makeRef(host?, type?, link?, ...args)
• attrRef(host, name), valueRef(host, name), valueAsNumberRef(host, name)
• localStorageRef(key), sizeRef(host, prop?), checkedRef(host), scrollRef(host, prop?), visibleRef(host)
• matchMediaRef(query), hashTargetRef(), orientRef(host)
• makeWeakRef(initial?, behavior?)

Node API

E: Element factory with bindings

const out = E("button", {
  attributes: { title: "Click me" },
  properties: { disabled: false },
  on: { click: (e) => console.log("clicked", e) },
}, ["OK"]);

JSX factory

// Use with JSX if configured (jsxFactory: createElement)
const v = createElement("div", { className: "c" }, ["hello"]);

Q: Query wrapper

const box = Q("#app");
box.attr.id = "app2"; // example of reactive wrapper operations

M: Reactive mapping

M(observable, mapper) maps a reactive array/set into DOM. Returns a reactive fragment-like node.

import { observe } from "fest/object";

const rxItems = iterated(["A", "B", "C"]);
const list = H`<ul>${M(rxItems, (x) => H`<li>${x}</li>`)}</ul>`;

// later
rxItems.push("D"); // DOM updates

H and HTML Templates

H supports both raw HTML strings and tagged template strings.

• Raw string starting/ending with </> → parsed into Node/DocumentFragment.
• Plain string → Text node.
• Function → invoked and processed recursively.
• Tagged template → interpolates values into content/attributes/events/props.

Attribute/prop/event/ref prefixes inside tagged templates:

• attr:* → HTML attribute
• prop:* → DOM property
• on:* or @* → event listener
• ref or ref:* → assigns element to ref(s)

Examples:

// Raw string → Node
const el = H("<div class=box>hello</div>");

// Tagged template → content interpolation
const name = "World";
const title = H`<h1 class="title">Hello, ${name}!</h1>`;

// Dynamic tag: supports tag#id.class1.class2
const tag = "button.primary";
const btn = H`<${tag}>Click</${tag}>`;

// Attributes/props/events/refs
const ref = { value: null as HTMLElement | null };
const click = (e: Event) => console.log("clicked", e);
const button = H`<button attr:title=${"Click"} prop:disabled=${false} on:click=${click} ref=${ref}>OK</button>`;

Static vs Reactive lists in H content:

// Static (non-reactive) mapping in template content
const items = ["A", "B", "C"];
const listStatic = H`<ul>${items.map(x => H`<li>${x}</li>`)}</ul>`;

// Reactive list: use M(...)
import { observe } from "fest/object";
const rxItems = iterated(["A", "B", "C"]);
const listReactive = H`<ul>${M(rxItems, (x) => H`<li>${x}</li>`)}</ul>`;

Multiple top-level nodes produce a DocumentFragment:

const frag = H`<div>one</div><div>two</div>`; // DocumentFragment

Extensions (selection)

Pointer helpers and drag handling:

import { bindDraggable, grabForDrag } from "fest/lure";

const target = H`<div class="draggable" />` as HTMLElement;
bindDraggable(target, () => console.log("drag end"));

Handling refs and DOM elements

Flexible handling of refs and DOM elements:

• Referenced content is also a DOM element (Text node)
• HTML DOM elements also can be placed as content of other DOM elements
• ref(...) are reactive and will be updated when the referenced content changes

import { ref } from "fest/object";
import { H } from "fest/lure";

// referenced content is also a DOM element (`Text` node)
const txt = ref("Hello");
const hookOf = (el: HTMLElement) => { console.log(el); };
const span = H`<span ref=${hookOf}>${txt}</span>`; // span is a DOM element (`HTMLSpanElement`)
const button = H`<button>${span}</button>`;

// Regular DOM elements
const regular = document.createElement("span");
regular.textContent = "Hello";
const another = H`<button>${regular}</button>`;

Documentation

• Full markdown API reference is generated into ./docs/ by:

npm run docs:md

• HTML documentation can be generated by:

npm run docs

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🚧 Roadmap & Plans

• Investigate advanced MutationObserver and IntersectionObserver features for DOM tree changes.
• Explore integration with Web Animations API.
• Research and implement animation-specific features, including scroll-driven animations and animation worklets.
• Consider adding support for ResizeObserver.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check issues page.

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Made with ❤️ by fest-live

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About naming conflicts...

• Originally, project was named as BLU.E.
  • However, I won't have 'B' as first letter.
• Also, LUR.E also should been named as BLUR.
  • However, I would to save 'E' letter at end.
  • And also, I don't want 'B' as first letter.
• So, I decided to use LUR.E naming.
  • However, that naming still controversial.