Centered Timeline
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npx shadcn@latest add https://webinnoventix.com/r/tl-centered.json"use client";
import { useId, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
import type { KeyboardEvent } from "react";
import { AnimatePresence, motion, useReducedMotion } from "motion/react";
type Category = "product" | "growth" | "team";
type Filter = Category | "all";
interface Milestone {
id: string;
date: string;
title: string;
category: Category;
summary: string;
metric: { value: string; label: string };
details: string[];
}
const MILESTONES: Milestone[] = [
{
id: "m1",
date: "Q1 2023",
title: "Three founders, one whiteboard",
category: "team",
summary:
"Cadence began as a weekend prototype for tracking the decisions design teams keep re-litigating.",
metric: { value: "3", label: "people" },
details: [
"Signed a six-person studio as customer zero before writing a line of production code.",
"Rented a corner of a shared workspace in Lisbon and a single external monitor.",
"Set a rule we still keep: ship something a real user can touch every Friday.",
],
},
{
id: "m2",
date: "Q3 2023",
title: "Private beta ships",
category: "product",
summary:
"We opened the editor to 120 hand-picked teams and rebuilt the core twice on their feedback.",
metric: { value: "120", label: "beta teams" },
details: [
"Cut first-run onboarding from fourteen steps down to four.",
"Replaced the homegrown sync layer with CRDTs after a near-miss data-loss scare.",
"Median time-to-first-project dropped below five minutes.",
],
},
{
id: "m3",
date: "Q2 2024",
title: "Crossed 1,000 active teams",
category: "growth",
summary: "Word of mouth did the work our tiny ad budget never could.",
metric: { value: "1,000", label: "active teams" },
details: [
"Net revenue retention held at 118% through the quarter.",
"A free tier launched in March now feeds roughly 40% of paid conversions.",
"Support first-response stayed under two hours despite eight-times the volume.",
],
},
{
id: "m4",
date: "Q4 2024",
title: "Real-time collaboration goes live",
category: "product",
summary: "Multiplayer editing shipped after nine unglamorous months of latency work.",
metric: { value: "<80ms", label: "edit latency" },
details: [
"Cursor and selection updates settle under eighty milliseconds across regions.",
"Presence, inline comments, and version history landed in one release.",
"Rolled out to every plan — collaboration never sits behind a paywall.",
],
},
{
id: "m5",
date: "Q2 2025",
title: "Series A — $18M",
category: "growth",
summary: "We raised to invest in security, reliability, and a lot fewer 3am pages.",
metric: { value: "$18M", label: "raised" },
details: [
"Led by a fund that had quietly been a paying customer for over a year.",
"Kept the round deliberately small to protect team ownership.",
"Earmarked a third of it for infrastructure before anything else.",
],
},
{
id: "m6",
date: "Q1 2026",
title: "SOC 2 Type II & EU data residency",
category: "product",
summary: "Enterprise asked, and we spent two quarters earning the checkmarks honestly.",
metric: { value: "99.98%", label: "uptime" },
details: [
"Completed a clean SOC 2 Type II audit with zero exceptions.",
"Added EU-only data residency for regulated and public-sector customers.",
"Published a live status page and a plain-English security overview.",
],
},
];
const CATEGORY_META: Record<
Category,
{ label: string; dot: string; text: string; chip: string }
> = {
product: {
label: "Product",
dot: "bg-indigo-500",
text: "text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400",
chip: "bg-indigo-50 text-indigo-700 ring-1 ring-indigo-200 dark:bg-indigo-500/10 dark:text-indigo-300 dark:ring-indigo-500/25",
},
growth: {
label: "Growth",
dot: "bg-emerald-500",
text: "text-emerald-600 dark:text-emerald-400",
chip: "bg-emerald-50 text-emerald-700 ring-1 ring-emerald-200 dark:bg-emerald-500/10 dark:text-emerald-300 dark:ring-emerald-500/25",
},
team: {
label: "Team",
dot: "bg-amber-500",
text: "text-amber-600 dark:text-amber-400",
chip: "bg-amber-50 text-amber-800 ring-1 ring-amber-200 dark:bg-amber-500/10 dark:text-amber-300 dark:ring-amber-500/25",
},
};
const FILTERS: { key: Filter; label: string }[] = [
{ key: "all", label: "All" },
{ key: "product", label: "Product" },
{ key: "growth", label: "Growth" },
{ key: "team", label: "Team" },
];
const FOCUS_RING =
"focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-indigo-500 focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-white dark:focus-visible:ring-offset-slate-950";
export default function CenteredTimeline() {
const reduce = useReducedMotion();
const baseId = useId();
const [activeFilter, setActiveFilter] = useState<Filter>("all");
const [openId, setOpenId] = useState<string | null>("m4");
const headerRefs = useRef<(HTMLButtonElement | null)[]>([]);
const counts = useMemo<Record<Filter, number>>(() => {
const base: Record<Filter, number> = { all: MILESTONES.length, product: 0, growth: 0, team: 0 };
for (const m of MILESTONES) base[m.category] += 1;
return base;
}, []);
const visible = useMemo(
() => (activeFilter === "all" ? MILESTONES : MILESTONES.filter((m) => m.category === activeFilter)),
[activeFilter],
);
function focusAt(index: number) {
const n = visible.length;
if (n === 0) return;
const wrapped = ((index % n) + n) % n;
headerRefs.current[wrapped]?.focus();
}
function onHeaderKeyDown(e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLButtonElement>, index: number) {
switch (e.key) {
case "ArrowDown":
e.preventDefault();
focusAt(index + 1);
break;
case "ArrowUp":
e.preventDefault();
focusAt(index - 1);
break;
case "Home":
e.preventDefault();
focusAt(0);
break;
case "End":
e.preventDefault();
focusAt(visible.length - 1);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
return (
<section className="relative w-full overflow-hidden bg-white px-4 py-20 text-slate-900 sm:px-6 sm:py-28 lg:px-8 dark:bg-slate-950 dark:text-slate-100">
<style>{`
@keyframes tlc-ripple {
0% { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(1); opacity: 0.5; }
100% { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) scale(2.7); opacity: 0; }
}
@keyframes tlc-flow {
0% { transform: translateY(-120%); }
100% { transform: translateY(520%); }
}
.tlc-ripple { animation: tlc-ripple 1.9s ease-out infinite; }
.tlc-flow { animation: tlc-flow 5.5s linear infinite; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.tlc-ripple, .tlc-flow { animation: none !important; }
.tlc-flow { opacity: 0; }
}
`}</style>
<div
aria-hidden="true"
className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 top-0 h-64 bg-gradient-to-b from-indigo-50/70 to-transparent dark:from-indigo-500/[0.06]"
/>
<div className="relative mx-auto max-w-5xl">
<header className="mx-auto max-w-2xl text-center">
<span className="inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full bg-slate-100 px-3 py-1 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-slate-600 ring-1 ring-slate-200 dark:bg-slate-900 dark:text-slate-300 dark:ring-slate-800">
<span aria-hidden="true" className="h-1.5 w-1.5 rounded-full bg-indigo-500" />
Our story
</span>
<h2 className="mt-5 text-balance text-3xl font-semibold tracking-tight sm:text-4xl">
The road from prototype to platform
</h2>
<p className="mt-4 text-pretty text-base leading-relaxed text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400">
Six moments that changed how Cadence works. Expand any milestone to see what actually
happened, what broke, and what we learned along the way.
</p>
</header>
<div
role="group"
aria-label="Filter milestones by category"
className="mt-9 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-2"
>
{FILTERS.map((f) => {
const active = activeFilter === f.key;
return (
<button
key={f.key}
type="button"
aria-pressed={active}
onClick={() => {
setActiveFilter(f.key);
setOpenId(null);
}}
className={[
"inline-flex items-center gap-2 rounded-full px-4 py-1.5 text-sm font-medium transition-colors motion-reduce:transition-none",
FOCUS_RING,
active
? "bg-slate-900 text-white dark:bg-white dark:text-slate-900"
: "bg-white text-slate-600 ring-1 ring-slate-200 hover:bg-slate-50 hover:text-slate-900 dark:bg-slate-900 dark:text-slate-300 dark:ring-slate-700 dark:hover:bg-slate-800 dark:hover:text-white",
].join(" ")}
>
{f.label}
<span
className={[
"rounded-full px-1.5 py-0.5 text-[0.6875rem] font-semibold tabular-nums",
active
? "bg-white/20 text-white dark:bg-slate-900/10 dark:text-slate-900"
: "bg-slate-100 text-slate-500 dark:bg-slate-800 dark:text-slate-400",
].join(" ")}
>
{counts[f.key]}
</span>
</button>
);
})}
</div>
<p className="sr-only" role="status" aria-live="polite">
Showing {visible.length} of {MILESTONES.length} milestones.
</p>
<ol className="relative mt-14">
<div
aria-hidden="true"
className="absolute bottom-0 left-6 top-0 w-0.5 -translate-x-1/2 overflow-hidden rounded-full bg-gradient-to-b from-slate-200 via-slate-200 to-transparent md:left-1/2 dark:from-slate-800 dark:via-slate-800"
>
<span className="tlc-flow absolute inset-x-0 h-24 bg-gradient-to-b from-transparent via-indigo-400/80 to-transparent dark:via-indigo-400/60" />
</div>
{visible.map((m, i) => {
const meta = CATEGORY_META[m.category];
const side: "left" | "right" = i % 2 === 0 ? "left" : "right";
const isOpen = openId === m.id;
const headerId = `${baseId}-h-${m.id}`;
const panelId = `${baseId}-p-${m.id}`;
return (
<motion.li
key={m.id}
initial={reduce ? undefined : { opacity: 0, y: 28 }}
whileInView={reduce ? undefined : { opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
viewport={{ once: true, amount: 0.3 }}
transition={{ duration: 0.5, ease: "easeOut" }}
className="relative pb-10 pl-16 last:pb-0 md:grid md:grid-cols-2 md:gap-x-12 md:pl-0"
>
<span
aria-hidden="true"
className="absolute left-6 top-7 z-10 -translate-x-1/2 md:left-1/2"
>
<span className="relative block h-3.5 w-3.5">
{isOpen && (
<span
className={`tlc-ripple absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 h-3.5 w-3.5 rounded-full ${meta.dot}`}
/>
)}
<span
className={`absolute inset-0 rounded-full ring-4 ring-white dark:ring-slate-950 ${meta.dot}`}
/>
</span>
</span>
<div
className={
side === "left"
? "md:col-start-1 md:pr-3"
: "md:col-start-2 md:row-start-1 md:pl-3"
}
>
<article
className={[
"rounded-2xl border bg-white shadow-sm transition-colors motion-reduce:transition-none dark:bg-slate-900/60",
isOpen
? "border-indigo-300 dark:border-indigo-500/50"
: "border-slate-200 hover:border-slate-300 dark:border-slate-800 dark:hover:border-slate-700",
].join(" ")}
>
<button
type="button"
id={headerId}
ref={(el) => {
headerRefs.current[i] = el;
}}
onKeyDown={(e) => onHeaderKeyDown(e, i)}
onClick={() => setOpenId((prev) => (prev === m.id ? null : m.id))}
aria-expanded={isOpen}
aria-controls={panelId}
className={`flex w-full items-start gap-4 rounded-2xl p-5 text-left md:p-6 ${FOCUS_RING}`}
>
<span className="min-w-0 flex-1">
<span className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
<time className="text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500 dark:text-slate-400">
{m.date}
</time>
<span
className={`inline-flex items-center rounded-full px-2 py-0.5 text-[0.6875rem] font-semibold ${meta.chip}`}
>
{meta.label}
</span>
</span>
<span className="mt-2 block text-lg font-semibold tracking-tight text-slate-900 dark:text-white">
{m.title}
</span>
<span className="mt-1.5 block text-sm leading-relaxed text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-400">
{m.summary}
</span>
</span>
<svg
aria-hidden="true"
viewBox="0 0 20 20"
fill="none"
className={`mt-0.5 h-5 w-5 shrink-0 text-slate-400 transition-transform duration-300 motion-reduce:transition-none ${
isOpen ? "rotate-180" : ""
}`}
>
<path
d="M5 7.5 10 12.5 15 7.5"
stroke="currentColor"
strokeWidth="1.75"
strokeLinecap="round"
strokeLinejoin="round"
/>
</svg>
</button>
<AnimatePresence initial={false}>
{isOpen && (
<motion.div
key="panel"
id={panelId}
role="region"
aria-labelledby={headerId}
initial={reduce ? false : { height: 0, opacity: 0 }}
animate={reduce ? { opacity: 1 } : { height: "auto", opacity: 1 }}
exit={reduce ? { opacity: 0 } : { height: 0, opacity: 0 }}
transition={{ duration: reduce ? 0.15 : 0.32, ease: "easeInOut" }}
className="overflow-hidden"
>
<div className="px-5 pb-5 md:px-6 md:pb-6">
<div className="flex items-baseline gap-2 rounded-xl border border-slate-200 bg-slate-50 px-4 py-3 dark:border-slate-800 dark:bg-slate-950/50">
<span
className={`text-2xl font-semibold tabular-nums tracking-tight ${meta.text}`}
>
{m.metric.value}
</span>
<span className="text-xs font-medium uppercase tracking-wide text-slate-500 dark:text-slate-400">
{m.metric.label}
</span>
</div>
<ul className="mt-4 space-y-2.5">
{m.details.map((d) => (
<li
key={d}
className="flex gap-2.5 text-sm leading-relaxed text-slate-600 dark:text-slate-300"
>
<svg
aria-hidden="true"
viewBox="0 0 20 20"
fill="none"
className={`mt-0.5 h-4 w-4 shrink-0 ${meta.text}`}
>
<path
d="m5 10.5 3.2 3.2L15 6.8"
stroke="currentColor"
strokeWidth="1.75"
strokeLinecap="round"
strokeLinejoin="round"
/>
</svg>
<span>{d}</span>
</li>
))}
</ul>
</div>
</motion.div>
)}
</AnimatePresence>
</article>
</div>
</motion.li>
);
})}
</ol>
<p className="mt-12 text-center text-sm text-slate-500 dark:text-slate-500">
Use <kbd className="rounded border border-slate-300 bg-slate-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 font-sans text-xs text-slate-600 dark:border-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-800 dark:text-slate-300">↑</kbd>{" "}
<kbd className="rounded border border-slate-300 bg-slate-100 px-1.5 py-0.5 font-sans text-xs text-slate-600 dark:border-slate-700 dark:bg-slate-800 dark:text-slate-300">↓</kbd>{" "}
to move between milestones, Enter to expand.
</p>
</div>
</section>
);
}Dependencies
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