fix(embeds): GIF previews keep their own size and shape (#341)
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Giphy and Tenor link previews forced every GIF into the same box — full
card width, max 200px tall, object-fit: cover — whatever its shape: a
square GIF lost half its height, a portrait one three quarters (only the
middle band showed, so captions and faces at the top/bottom were cut), and
a 100×80 GIF was blown up 4×.

utils/gifPreviewSize.ts (unit-tested) fits the GIF inside 400×320 from
og:image:width/height, keeping its aspect ratio and enlarging small GIFs
at most 2×. The card centres the GIF on the surface colour with
object-fit: contain, reserves the box before it loads, and the GIF badge
sits on the GIF's corner. Without dimensions it shows at natural size,
capped by the card. The >10 MB thumbnail fallback is requested at 2× the
box (800×640) so it isn't upscaled.

Verified headless (fixture previews, desktop / Pixel 7 / 320px phone):
480×200 → 398×166, 300×300 → 320×320 (292×292 on 320px), 240×480 →
160×320, 100×80 → 200×160, all 100% visible; the no-dimension fallback
and narrow cards keep the ratio. tsc clean, 1325 unit tests pass, eslint
0 errors (36 warnings, unchanged), prettier clean.

Fixes #341

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01PPmy3tPq869XDW4njjVaKA
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2026-10-10 22:15:56 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
parent 30e2dbcde9
commit 68f44f0f1c
4 changed files with 133 additions and 10 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
import { keyframes, style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
import { DefaultReset, color, config, toRem } from 'folds';
import { GIF_PREVIEW_MAX_HEIGHT } from '../../utils/gifPreviewSize';
export const UrlPreview = style([
DefaultReset,
@@ -955,12 +956,14 @@ export const PortraitSideLayout = style([
// GIF card (Giphy / Tenor)
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Full card width; a GIF narrower than the card (portrait, square, small) is
// centred on the surface colour instead of being stretched and cropped.
export const GifThumbnailWrapper = style([
DefaultReset,
{
position: 'relative',
display: 'flex',
justifyContent: 'center',
width: '100%',
maxHeight: toRem(200),
overflow: 'hidden',
flexShrink: 0,
backgroundColor: color.Surface.Container,
@@ -972,14 +975,26 @@ export const GifThumbnailWrapper = style([
},
]);
// Wraps just the GIF so the "GIF" badge sits on the GIF's own corner.
export const GifFrame = style([
DefaultReset,
{
position: 'relative',
display: 'block',
maxWidth: '100%',
},
]);
// The inline width/aspect-ratio (from og:image:width/height) sets the size;
// max-width lets a phone's narrower card shrink it, keeping the ratio.
export const GifThumbnailImg = style([
DefaultReset,
{
width: '100%',
maxHeight: toRem(200),
objectFit: 'cover',
objectPosition: 'center',
display: 'block',
maxWidth: '100%',
maxHeight: toRem(GIF_PREVIEW_MAX_HEIGHT),
height: 'auto',
objectFit: 'contain',
},
]);