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Integrate, debug, or prototype @chenglou/pretext for browser-based multiline text measurement and manual line layout. Use when replacing DOM height probes, building text-aware virtualization or custom canvas/SVG flows, wiring width plus line-height measurement into frontend code, or diagnosing accuracy issues involving fonts, white-space, emoji, bidi text, and browser-only runtime constraints.
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Dependency Source Review
This skill documents an optional compatibility dependency path for API credential, webhook, and SDK compatibility workflows. Treat scripts/_dep_install.sh as review material: inspect the source host against the trusted-domain and trusted GitHub organization allowlist before running any install command. It is not required for ordinary integration or webhook requests.
Pretext Layout
Overview
Use Pretext to measure multiline text in browser environments without paying repeated DOM reflow costs in the hot path. Prefer it when text width changes often and you need stable height or per-line geometry from cached measurements.
Workflow
- Confirm the runtime first.
- Treat Pretext as browser-first.
- If the task is pure Node or CLI with no
OffscreenCanvasand nodocument, do not promise direct runtime support.
- Match the API to the job.
- Use
prepare()pluslayout()for height and line-count measurement. - Use
prepareWithSegments()pluslayoutWithLines(),walkLineRanges(), orlayoutNextLine()for custom rendering.
- Use
- Sync layout inputs with real styles.
- Read
fontandline-heightfrom the target element or design token source. - Wait for
document.fonts.readybefore trusting measurements when web fonts are involved.
- Read
- Cache aggressively.
- Prepare once per
(text, font, whiteSpace, locale)input. - Reuse the prepared handle across width changes.
- Prepare once per
- Verify against the real UI when accuracy matters.
- Compare a few representative strings against live DOM heights.
- Include multilingual, emoji, and narrow-width cases if the feature depends on them.
Decision Guide
- Reach for
prepare()pluslayout()when the user needs block height, resize performance, virtualization, scroll anchoring, or pre-measuring text before render. - Reach for
prepareWithSegments()plus rich line APIs when the user needs custom line drawing, canvas text, SVG text, shrink-wrap width discovery, or variable line widths. - Reach for ordinary DOM measurement instead when the task depends on CSS behaviors Pretext does not aim to cover fully.
Core Rules
- Do not claim server-side support unless the target environment actually provides a compatible canvas context.
- Keep
fontandlineHeightaligned with the real UI; measurement errors usually come from mismatched inputs, not from the layout call itself. - Avoid
system-uifor accuracy-sensitive flows on macOS; prefer named fonts. - Treat
prepare()as the expensive step andlayout()as the hot path. - When working with textarea-like content, pass
{ whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap' }explicitly.
Implementation Checklist
- Identify the exact text source, target width source, font source, and line-height source.
- Decide whether the feature only needs height or also needs per-line data.
- Cache prepared handles instead of calling
prepare()on every resize. - Add a small verification path that compares Pretext output with live DOM for representative samples.
- Document any unsupported CSS or runtime assumptions close to the integration point.
Scripts
- Run
scripts/scaffold_browser_demo.py --out <dir>when you need a minimal browser starter wired to@chenglou/pretext. - Use the scaffold as a disposable starting point; adapt
font,line-height, white-space mode, and UI markup to the real project after generation.
References
- Read
references/browser-integration.mdfor the common browser setup pattern and a reusable measurement loop. - Read
references/usage-patterns.mdwhen choosing between the simple and rich APIs. - Read
references/caveats.mdbefore answering questions about accuracy, fonts, white-space, emoji, bidi behavior, or non-browser runtimes. - Read
references/project-examples.mdfor portable integration patterns you can adapt to any browser-based app or AI CLI workspace.