Processing Steps Check
Three stages clear across a horizontal rail, each hand-off filling the segment to the next marker.
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import { Fragment, useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { AnimatePresence, motion, useReducedMotion } from "motion/react";
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* Vibary · Processing Steps Check
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* A three-stage job reporting itself across a horizontal rail. A stage
* finishing is two beats, not one: the marker settles into its finishedAbout this pattern
A short server-side job — upload, convert, publish — reported as three markers on a horizontal rail. A stage clearing is two beats rather than one: the marker settles into its finished state, then the segment between it and the next marker fills left to right. That fill is what carries the eye along; without it, three markers changing colour are three unrelated events instead of one job moving. The running marker breathes in opacity only, never in size, because a marker that grows drags the rail's alignment with it. Stage names hold one size and one position throughout and carry their state in strength alone, and each elapsed time fades into a line that was already reserved for it.
Where it shows up
Screens we drew to show where this motion usually sits. Illustrations, not captures of any product.
- Code review
Build stages clear in order with the elapsed time settling under each one.
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