wc-mixin/README.md
Buddy c961d01fc4 Add typed WebComponent mixin factory
WebComponent(spec) builds a custom-element base class from a spec:
shadow root or declarative shadow DOM, template, shared stylesheet
(adopted, or a <style> once per root for light DOM), reflected props
with two-way attribute sync, a per-connection AbortSignal, host event
wiring, and typed element refs.

Types derive exact observedAttributes, prop value types, ref element
types from selectors, and reject prop names that collide with the base
class or mixin members.

Tooling: strict tsconfig, type-aware oxlint, oxfmt, and Vitest browser
mode (Chromium) with type tests.
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# wc-mixin
A typed mixin factory that removes custom-element boilerplate.
```ts
import { WebComponent, disable, enable, number, string, type PropChange } from 'wc-mixin';
const SPEC = {
shadow: 'open', // omit for light DOM
template: '<input class="name"><button>Go</button>',
css: ':host { display: block; }',
events: ['click'],
element: { input: 'input.name' }, // refs.input: HTMLInputElement | null
elements: { buttons: 'button' }, // refs.buttons: HTMLButtonElement[]
props: {
userId: number(), // user-id number | undefined
min: number({ default: 1 }), // min number
ready: enable({ attribute: 'is-ready' }), // is-ready boolean (default false)
fetch: disable(), // disable-fetch boolean (default true)
},
} as const;
class ExampleElement extends WebComponent(SPEC) {
override onConnect() {
window.addEventListener('resize', () => this.layout(), { signal: this.signal });
}
override handleEvent(event: PointerEvent) {}
override onPropChange(change: PropChange<typeof SPEC>) {
if (change.name === 'min') change.value; // number
}
layout() {}
}
customElements.define('example-element', ExampleElement);
ExampleElement.observedAttributes; // readonly ('user-id' | 'min' | 'is-ready' | 'disable-fetch')[]
```
- **Props** are stored as values and reflected to attributes; attribute changes decode back. `onPropChange` fires once per real change from either side.
- **Attribute names**: an explicit `attribute` is used verbatim; otherwise `kebab(key)`, with `disable-` for `disable()` and `data-` in front when `dataPrefix: true`.
- **Codecs**: `string`, `number`, `enable`, `disable`, `choice([...])`, `json<T>()`, `prop({ default, decode, encode })`.
- **Shadow DOM**: `shadow` attaches a root and clones `template` into it; `css` is a shared adopted stylesheet. An existing declarative shadow root is used instead (and `shadow`/`template` are ignored). `root` is the shadow root (even when closed) or the element itself.
- **Light DOM**: `template` is appended on first connect; `css` is added once per element type, as a `<style>` in `<head>` or adopted into the enclosing shadow root.
- **`signal`** aborts on disconnect; a new one is created on each connect. `events` are listened on the host with it.
- **`base`** extends another autonomous element class; prop names that collide with its members (or `HTMLElement`'s, like `title`/`hidden`) are type errors.
- Don't declare a subclass field with a prop's name; it would shadow the reflected accessor.
## Scripts
`npm run lint` (oxlint, type-aware), `npm run format` / `format:check` (oxfmt), `npm run typecheck`, `npm test` (Vitest in headless Chromium + type tests), `npm run build`.