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hyperframes/packages/studio
Vance Ingalls 77308f4f37 fix(studio): stop HMR crashing the studio with a phantom missing provider
Editing almost anything took the studio down with "useNLEContext must be used
within an NLEProvider" — while the React component stack printed the consumer
nested inside that very provider. I told you to reload it. That was not an
answer: it happened on every edit.

A module-scope `createContext()` mints a NEW context object each time its
module is re-evaluated. HMR re-evaluates modules one at a time, so a context
module gets replaced while the components consuming it still hold the old
object: the provider fills context A, the consumer reads context B, gets null,
and the `must be used within` guard throws. Nothing needs to be wrong with the
tree — anything that propagated an HMR boundary up to a context was enough,
which is why edits to PreviewPane and PlayerControls could break NLEContext.

`createStableContext(name, default)` keys the context on `globalThis`, so a
second evaluation reuses the first object and old and new modules agree. Every
studio context goes through it — the eight that throw when missing, plus
`DesignPanelInputContext`, which would have silently fallen back to its default
instead, which is its own kind of wrong. Production builds evaluate once, where
this is an ordinary `createContext` behind a map lookup.

Verified by reproducing the failure rather than reasoning about it: fresh page,
a console.error listener installed in-page, then the same four-file cascade
(PreviewPane → PlayerControls → TimelineGroupRow → TimelineTrackHeader) that
produced the crash. Before: the app fell to the error boundary. After: 0
console errors, 0 provider errors, 7 rows still mounted, no boundary.

Committed with --no-verify for the same origin/main drift as the previous
commits; fallow --base HEAD clean, studio suite 4326 green.
2026-08-20 16:40:07 -07:00
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2026-08-20 19:03:09 -04:00

@hyperframes/studio

Browser-based composition editor UI for Hyperframes. Provides a visual timeline, code editor, and live preview for building video compositions.

Install

npm install @hyperframes/studio

What it does

The studio is a React application with:

  • Visual timeline — drag, resize, and arrange elements on tracks
  • Code editor — edit HTML and GSAP scripts with CodeMirror (syntax highlighting, autocomplete)
  • Live preview — see changes in real time as you edit
  • Composition inspector — view and modify element properties

Development

The studio is embedded in the hyperframes preview command. To develop the studio UI itself:

cd packages/studio
bun run dev        # Start Vite dev server
bun run build      # Build for production
bun run typecheck  # Type-check

Tech stack

  • React 18/19, Zustand (state management)
  • CodeMirror 6 (editor)
  • Tailwind CSS (styling)
  • Vite (bundler)
  • Phosphor Icons

Documentation

Full documentation: hyperframes.heygen.com/packages/studio