@lightningjs/blits 1.45.2 → 1.47.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.47.0
+
+_26 jan 2026_
+
+- Fixed issue with reactivity guard vite plugin failing for commented-out code
+- Fixed issue with autosizing of holder node by adding extra `eol` check
+- Added support for _variants_ to the Theme plugin
+
+## v1.46.0
+
+_22 jan 2026_
+
+- Improved Announcer on Comcast devices
+- Added new `afterEach` router hook
+- Added router option to dynamically disable `back`-key handling by the router
+- Added `this.$debounce`-method
+- Added automatic inspector data items (`$componentType`, `$hasFocus` and `$isTransitioning`)
+- Added functionality to auto size the holder node of a Component when the wrapper Element has dimensions
+- Bumped Lightning renderer to v2.20.4 with correct handling of failed textures
+
 ## v1.45.2
 
-_29 dec 2026_
+_13 jan 2026_
 
 - Updated renderer to v2.20.2
 

package/index.d.ts

@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
      * @default 1
      */
     volume?: number,
+    /**
+     * Whether to enable utterance keep-alive (prevents pausing on some platforms)
+     *
+     * @default undefined
+     */
+    enableUtteranceKeepAlive?: boolean
   }
 
   export interface AnnouncerUtterance<T = any> extends Promise<T> {
@@ -321,6 +327,11 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
     */
     back(): boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * Enable or disable RouterView history navigation on Back input
+     */
+    backNavigation: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Get the current route read-only
     */
@@ -328,17 +339,17 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
 
     /**
      * Get the list of all routes
-     */
+    */
     readonly routes: Route[];
 
     /**
      * Get navigating state
-     */
+    */
     readonly navigating: boolean;
 
     /**
      * Reactive router state
-     */
+    */
     state: {
       /**
        * Path of the current route
@@ -371,28 +382,6 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
     // Empty by design: extend in your app via TypeScript module augmentation.
   }
 
-  export interface LanguagePlugin {
-    translate(key: string, ...replacements: any[]): string
-    readonly language: string
-    set(language: string): void
-    translations(translationsObject: Record<string, unknown>): void
-    load(file: string): Promise<void>
-  }
-
-  export interface ThemePlugin {
-    get<T = unknown>(key: string): T | undefined
-    get<T>(key: string, fallback: T): T
-    set(theme: string): void
-  }
-
-  export interface StoragePlugin {
-    get<T = unknown>(key: string): T | null
-    set(key: string, value: unknown): boolean
-    remove(key: string): void
-    clear(): void
-  }
-
-  export type AppStatePlugin<TState extends Record<string, unknown> = Record<string, unknown>> = TState
 
   export interface ComponentBase extends CustomComponentProperties {
     /**
@@ -444,6 +433,26 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
     */
     $clearTimeout: (id: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>) => void
 
+    /**
+    * Debounce a function execution, preventing memory leaks and function re-allocation
+    * @param name - Unique identifier for this debounce instance (unique per component instance)
+    * @param callback - Function to debounce
+    * @param ms - Delay in milliseconds
+    * @param args - Arguments to pass to the callback
+    */
+    $debounce: (name: string, callback: (...args: any[]) => void, ms?: number, ...args: any[]) => ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
+
+    /**
+    * Clear a specific debounce by name
+    * @param name - The name of the debounce to clear
+    */
+    $clearDebounce: (name: string) => void
+
+    /**
+    * Clear all debounces registered on the component (automatically called on component destroy)
+    */
+    $clearDebounces: () => void
+
     /**
     * Set an interval that is automatically cleaned upon component destroy
     */
@@ -658,6 +667,7 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
   export interface RouterHooks {
     init?: () => Promise<void> | void;
     beforeEach?: (to: Route, from: Route) => string | Route | Promise<string | Route> | void;
+    afterEach?: (to: Route, from: Route) => string | Route | Promise<string | Route> | void;
     error?: (err: string) => string | Route | Promise<string | Route> | void;
   }
 
@@ -681,6 +691,25 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
      * ```
      */
     routes?: Route[]
+
+    /**
+     * Enable or disable RouterView history navigation on Back input
+     * 
+     * @default true
+     * 
+     * @remarks
+     * This is an app-wide setting that affects all RouterView instances in your application.
+     * The router state is global and shared across all router instances.
+     * 
+     * @example
+     * ```js
+     * router: {
+     *   backNavigation: false, // Disable automatic back navigation
+     *   routes: [...]
+     * }
+     * ```
+     */
+    backNavigation?: boolean
   }
 
   export type ApplicationConfig<P extends Props, S, M, C, W> = ComponentConfig<P, S, M, C, W> & (
@@ -781,6 +810,7 @@ declare module '@lightningjs/blits' {
 
   export interface RouteHooks {
     before?: (to: Route, from: Route) => string | Route | Promise<string | Route>;
+    after?: (to: Route, from: Route) => string | Route | Promise<string | Route>;
   }
 
   export type Route = {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lightningjs/blits",
-  "version": "1.45.2",
+  "version": "1.47.0",
   "description": "Blits: The Lightning 3 App Development Framework",
   "bin": "bin/index.js",
   "exports": {
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@lightningjs/msdf-generator": "^1.2.0",
-    "@lightningjs/renderer": "^2.20.2",
+    "@lightningjs/renderer": "^2.20.4",
     "magic-string": "^0.30.21"
   },
   "repository": {

package/scripts/prepublishOnly.js

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import fs from 'fs'
 import path from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import compiler from '../src/lib/precompiler/precompiler.js'
 import { exec } from 'child_process'
 
@@ -84,4 +85,9 @@ function formatFileWithESLint(filePath) {
   })
 }
 
-precompileComponents()
+// Only run if this file is executed directly (not imported)
+if (fileURLToPath(import.meta.url) === process.argv[1]) {
+  precompileComponents()
+}
+
+export { precompileComponents, processDirectory, processFile, formatFileWithESLint }

package/src/announcer/announcer.js

@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ let currentId = null
 let debounce = null
 
 // Global default utterance options
-let globalDefaultOptions = {}
+let globalDefaultOptions = {
+  enableUtteranceKeepAlive: !/android/i.test((window.navigator || {}).userAgent || ''),
+}
 
 const noopAnnouncement = {
   then() {},
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@ const toggle = (v) => {
 
 const speak = (message, politeness = 'off', options = {}) => {
   if (active === false) return noopAnnouncement
-
   return addToQueue(message, politeness, false, options)
 }
 
@@ -106,6 +107,8 @@ const addToQueue = (message, politeness, delay = false, options = {}) => {
   return done
 }
 
+let currentResolveFn = null
+
 const processQueue = async () => {
   if (isProcessing === true || queue.length === 0) return
   isProcessing = true
@@ -113,11 +116,13 @@ const processQueue = async () => {
   const { message, resolveFn, delay, id, options = {} } = queue.shift()
 
   currentId = id
+  currentResolveFn = resolveFn
 
   if (delay) {
     setTimeout(() => {
       isProcessing = false
       currentId = null
+      currentResolveFn = null
       resolveFn('finished')
       processQueue()
     }, delay)
@@ -138,19 +143,21 @@ const processQueue = async () => {
           Log.debug(`Announcer - finished speaking: "${message}" (id: ${id})`)
 
           currentId = null
+          currentResolveFn = null
           isProcessing = false
           resolveFn('finished')
           processQueue()
         })
         .catch((e) => {
           currentId = null
+          currentResolveFn = null
           isProcessing = false
           Log.debug(`Announcer - error ("${e.error}") while speaking: "${message}" (id: ${id})`)
           resolveFn(e.error)
           processQueue()
         })
       debounce = null
-    }, 200)
+    }, 300)
   }
 }
 
@@ -158,13 +165,52 @@ const polite = (message, options = {}) => speak(message, 'polite', options)
 
 const assertive = (message, options = {}) => speak(message, 'assertive', options)
 
+// Clear debounce timer
+const clearDebounceTimer = () => {
+  if (debounce !== null) {
+    clearTimeout(debounce)
+    debounce = null
+  }
+}
+
 const stop = () => {
+  // Clear debounce timer if speech hasn't started yet
+  clearDebounceTimer()
+
+  // Always cancel speech synthesis to ensure clean state
   speechSynthesis.cancel()
+
+  // Store resolve function before resetting state
+  const resolveFn = currentResolveFn
+
+  // Reset state
+  currentId = null
+  currentResolveFn = null
+  isProcessing = false
+
+  // Resolve promise if there was an active utterance
+  if (resolveFn !== null) {
+    resolveFn('interrupted')
+  }
 }
 
 const clear = () => {
+  // Clear debounce timer
+  clearDebounceTimer()
+
+  // Resolve all pending items in queue
+  while (queue.length > 0) {
+    const item = queue.shift()
+    if (item.resolveFn) {
+      Log.debug(`Announcer - clearing queued item: "${item.message}" (id: ${item.id})`)
+      item.resolveFn('cleared')
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Reset state
+  currentId = null
+  currentResolveFn = null
   isProcessing = false
-  queue.length = 0
 }
 
 const configure = (options = {}) => {

package/src/announcer/speechSynthesis.js

@@ -19,33 +19,61 @@ import { Log } from '../lib/log.js'
 
 const syn = window.speechSynthesis
 
-const isAndroid = /android/i.test((window.navigator || {}).userAgent || '')
-
-const utterances = new Map() // Strong references with unique keys
+const utterances = new Map() // id -> { utterance, timer, ignoreResume }
 
 let initialized = false
-let infinityTimer = null
 
-const clear = () => {
-  if (infinityTimer) {
-    clearTimeout(infinityTimer)
-    infinityTimer = null
+const clear = (id) => {
+  const state = utterances.get(id)
+  if (state === undefined) {
+    return
+  }
+  if (state.timer !== null) {
+    clearTimeout(state.timer)
+    state.timer = null
   }
+  utterances.delete(id)
 }
 
-const resumeInfinity = (target) => {
-  if (!target || infinityTimer) {
-    return clear()
+const startKeepAlive = (id) => {
+  const state = utterances.get(id)
+
+  // utterance status: utterance was removed (cancelled or finished)
+  if (state == undefined) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Clear existing timer for this specific utterance
+  if (state.timer !== null) {
+    clearTimeout(state.timer)
+    state.timer = null
+  }
+
+  // syn status: syn might be undefined or cancelled
+  if (!syn) {
+    clear(id)
+    return
   }
 
   syn.pause()
   setTimeout(() => {
-    syn.resume()
+    // utterance status: utterance might have been removed during setTimeout
+    const currentState = utterances.get(id)
+    if (currentState) {
+      currentState.ignoreResume = true
+      syn.resume()
+    }
   }, 0)
 
-  infinityTimer = setTimeout(() => {
-    resumeInfinity(target)
-  }, 5000)
+  // Check if utterance still exists before scheduling next cycle
+  if (utterances.has(id) === true) {
+    state.timer = setTimeout(() => {
+      // Double-check utterance still exists before resuming
+      if (utterances.has(id) === true) {
+        startKeepAlive(id)
+      }
+    }, 5000)
+  }
 }
 
 const defaultUtteranceProps = {
@@ -57,45 +85,124 @@ const defaultUtteranceProps = {
 }
 
 const initialize = () => {
+  // syn api check: syn might not have getVoices method
+  if (!syn || typeof syn.getVoices !== 'function') {
+    initialized = false
+    return
+  }
+
   const voices = syn.getVoices()
   defaultUtteranceProps.voice = voices[0] || null
   initialized = true
 }
 
-const speak = (options) => {
-  const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(options.message)
+const waitForSynthReady = (timeoutMs = 2000, checkIntervalMs = 100) => {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => {
+    if (!syn) {
+      Log.debug('SpeechSynthesis - syn unavailable')
+      resolve()
+      return
+    }
+
+    if (!syn.speaking && !syn.pending) {
+      Log.debug('SpeechSynthesis - ready immediately')
+      resolve()
+      return
+    }
+
+    Log.debug('SpeechSynthesis - waiting for ready state...')
+
+    const startTime = Date.now()
+
+    const intervalId = setInterval(() => {
+      const elapsed = Date.now() - startTime
+      const isReady = !syn.speaking && !syn.pending
+
+      if (isReady) {
+        Log.debug(`SpeechSynthesis - ready after ${elapsed}ms`)
+        clearInterval(intervalId)
+        resolve()
+      } else if (elapsed >= timeoutMs) {
+        Log.debug(`SpeechSynthesis - timeout after ${elapsed}ms, forcing ready`, {
+          speaking: syn.speaking,
+          pending: syn.pending,
+        })
+        clearInterval(intervalId)
+        resolve()
+      }
+    }, checkIntervalMs)
+  })
+}
+
+const speak = async (options) => {
+  // options check: missing required options
+  if (!options || !options.message) {
+    return Promise.reject({ error: 'Missing message' })
+  }
+
+  // options check: missing or invalid id
   const id = options.id
+  if (id === undefined || id === null) {
+    return Promise.reject({ error: 'Missing id' })
+  }
+
+  // utterance status: utterance with same id already exists
+  if (utterances.has(id)) {
+    clear(id)
+  }
+
+  // Wait for engine to be ready
+  await waitForSynthReady()
+
+  const utterance = new SpeechSynthesisUtterance(options.message)
   utterance.lang = options.lang || defaultUtteranceProps.lang
   utterance.pitch = options.pitch || defaultUtteranceProps.pitch
   utterance.rate = options.rate || defaultUtteranceProps.rate
   utterance.voice = options.voice || defaultUtteranceProps.voice
   utterance.volume = options.volume || defaultUtteranceProps.volume
-  utterances.set(id, utterance) // Strong reference
-
-  if (isAndroid === false) {
-    utterance.onstart = () => {
-      resumeInfinity(utterance)
-    }
 
-    utterance.onresume = () => {
-      resumeInfinity(utterance)
-    }
-  }
+  utterances.set(id, { utterance, timer: null, ignoreResume: false })
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    utterance.onend = () => {
-      clear()
-      utterances.delete(id) // Cleanup
-      resolve()
+    utterance.onend = (result) => {
+      clear(id)
+      resolve(result)
     }
 
     utterance.onerror = (e) => {
-      clear()
-      utterances.delete(id) // Cleanup
-      reject(e)
+      Log.warn('SpeechSynthesisUtterance error:', e)
+      clear(id)
+      resolve()
     }
 
-    syn.speak(utterance)
+    if (options.enableUtteranceKeepAlive === true) {
+      utterance.onstart = () => {
+        // utterances status: check if utterance still exists
+        if (utterances.has(id)) {
+          startKeepAlive(id)
+        }
+      }
+
+      utterance.onresume = () => {
+        const state = utterances.get(id)
+        // utterance status: utterance might have been removed
+        if (!state) return
+
+        if (state.ignoreResume === true) {
+          state.ignoreResume = false
+          return
+        }
+
+        startKeepAlive(id)
+      }
+    }
+    // handle error: syn.speak might throw
+    try {
+      syn.speak(utterance)
+    } catch (error) {
+      clear(id)
+      reject(error)
+    }
   })
 }
 
@@ -113,8 +220,20 @@ export default {
   },
   cancel() {
     if (syn !== undefined) {
-      syn.cancel()
-      clear()
+      // timers: clear all timers before cancelling
+      for (const id of utterances.keys()) {
+        clear(id)
+      }
+
+      // handle errors: syn.cancel might throw
+      try {
+        syn.cancel()
+      } catch (error) {
+        Log.error('Error cancelling speech synthesis:', error)
+      }
+
+      // utterances status: ensure all utterances are cleaned up
+      utterances.clear()
     }
   },
   // @todo

package/src/component/base/methods.js

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ export default {
       // pass focus to the parent so we don't get lost in focus limbo
       if (this.hasFocus === true) this.parent.$focus()
 
+      // @todo - is this really necessary?
+      // This cause an issue with auto sizing of parent (and required an extra eol check there)
       for (let key in this[symbols.state]) {
         if (Array.isArray(this[symbols.state][key])) {
           this[symbols.state][key] = []
@@ -120,6 +122,8 @@ export default {
 
       this.$clearTimeouts()
       this.$clearIntervals()
+      this.$clearDebounces()
+
       eventListeners.removeListeners(this)
 
       const rendererEventListenersLength = this[symbols.rendererEventListeners].length

package/src/component/base/router.js

@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ export default {
     value: {
       to,
       back,
+      get backNavigation() {
+        return state.backNavigation !== false
+      },
+      set backNavigation(enabled) {
+        state.backNavigation = enabled !== false
+      },
       get currentRoute() {
         return currentRoute
       },

package/src/component/base/timeouts_intervals.js

@@ -96,4 +96,60 @@ export default {
     enumerable: true,
     configurable: false,
   },
+  $debounce: {
+    value: function (name, fn, ms, ...params) {
+      // early exit when component is marked as end of life
+      if (this.eol === true) return
+
+      // clear existing debounce for this name if it exists
+      const existing = this[symbols.debounces].get(name)
+      if (existing !== undefined) {
+        this.$clearTimeout(existing)
+        this[symbols.debounces].delete(name)
+      }
+
+      // create new timeout
+      const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+        this[symbols.debounces].delete(name)
+        this.$clearTimeout(timeoutId)
+        fn.apply(this, params)
+      }, ms)
+
+      // track timeout in timeouts array for automatic cleanup
+      this[symbols.timeouts].push(timeoutId)
+
+      // store timeoutId per name to enable replace behavior and lifecycle cleanup
+      this[symbols.debounces].set(name, timeoutId)
+
+      return timeoutId
+    },
+    writable: false,
+    enumerable: true,
+    configurable: false,
+  },
+  $clearDebounce: {
+    value: function (name) {
+      const existing = this[symbols.debounces].get(name)
+      if (existing !== undefined) {
+        this.$clearTimeout(existing)
+        this[symbols.debounces].delete(name)
+      }
+    },
+    writable: false,
+    enumerable: true,
+    configurable: false,
+  },
+  $clearDebounces: {
+    value: function () {
+      // clear all timeouts associated with debounces
+      const timeoutIds = Array.from(this[symbols.debounces].values())
+      for (let i = 0; i < timeoutIds.length; i++) {
+        this.$clearTimeout(timeoutIds[i])
+      }
+      this[symbols.debounces].clear()
+    },
+    writable: false,
+    enumerable: true,
+    configurable: false,
+  },
 }

package/src/component/setup/routes.js

@@ -16,12 +16,17 @@
  */
 
 import symbols from '../../lib/symbols.js'
+import { state as routerState } from '../../router/router.js'
 
 export default (component, data) => {
   let routes = data
   if (Array.isArray(data) === false) {
     component[symbols.routerHooks] = data.hooks
     routes = data.routes
+    // Set initial backNavigation value if provided in router config
+    if (data.backNavigation !== undefined) {
+      routerState.backNavigation = data.backNavigation !== false
+    }
   }
   component[symbols.routes] = []
 

package/src/component.js

@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ const Component = (name = required('name'), config = required('config')) => {
     // create an empty array for storing intervals created by this component (via this.$setInterval)
     this[symbols.intervals] = []
 
+    // create a Map for storing debounced functions (via this.$debounce)
+    this[symbols.debounces] = new Map()
+
     // apply the state function (passing in the this reference to utilize configured props)
     // and store a reference to this original state
     this[symbols.originalState] =