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Timeline

A timeline component with sticky header and scroll beam follow.

Changelog from my journey

I've been working on Aceternity for the past 2 years. Here's a timeline of my journey.

2024

Built and launched Aceternity UI and Aceternity UI Pro from scratch

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Early 2023

I usually run out of copy, but when I see content this big, I try to integrate lorem ipsum.

Lorem ipsum is for people who are too lazy to write copy. But we are not. Here are some more example of beautiful designs I built.

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Changelog

Deployed 5 new components on Aceternity today

✅ Card grid component
✅ Startup template Aceternity
✅ Random file upload lol
✅ Himesh Reshammiya Music CD
✅ Salman Bhai Fan Club registrations open
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Installation

Install dependencies

npm i framer-motion clsx tailwind-merge @tabler/icons-react

Add util file

lib/utils.ts
import { ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
  return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}

Copy the source code

components/ui/timeline.tsx

"use client";
import {
  useMotionValueEvent,
  useScroll,
  useTransform,
  motion,
} from "framer-motion";
import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 
interface TimelineEntry {
  title: string;
  content: React.ReactNode;
}
 
export const Timeline = ({ data }: { data: TimelineEntry[] }) => {
  const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const [height, setHeight] = useState(0);
 
  useEffect(() => {
    if (ref.current) {
      const rect = ref.current.getBoundingClientRect();
      setHeight(rect.height);
    }
  }, [ref]);
 
  const { scrollYProgress } = useScroll({
    target: containerRef,
    offset: ["start 10%", "end 50%"],
  });
 
  const heightTransform = useTransform(scrollYProgress, [0, 1], [0, height]);
  const opacityTransform = useTransform(scrollYProgress, [0, 0.1], [0, 1]);
 
  return (
    <div
      className="w-full bg-white dark:bg-neutral-950 font-sans md:px-10"
      ref={containerRef}
    >
      <div className="max-w-7xl mx-auto py-20 px-4 md:px-8 lg:px-10">
        <h2 className="text-lg md:text-4xl mb-4 text-black dark:text-white max-w-4xl">
          Changelog from my journey
        </h2>
        <p className="text-neutral-700 dark:text-neutral-300 text-sm md:text-base max-w-sm">
          I&apos;ve been working on Aceternity for the past 2 years. Here&apos;s
          a timeline of my journey.
        </p>
      </div>
 
      <div ref={ref} className="relative max-w-7xl mx-auto pb-20">
        {data.map((item, index) => (
          <div
            key={index}
            className="flex justify-start pt-10 md:pt-40 md:gap-10"
          >
            <div className="sticky flex flex-col md:flex-row z-40 items-center top-40 self-start max-w-xs lg:max-w-sm md:w-full">
              <div className="h-10 absolute left-3 md:left-3 w-10 rounded-full bg-white dark:bg-black flex items-center justify-center">
                <div className="h-4 w-4 rounded-full bg-neutral-200 dark:bg-neutral-800 border border-neutral-300 dark:border-neutral-700 p-2" />
              </div>
              <h3 className="hidden md:block text-xl md:pl-20 md:text-5xl font-bold text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-500 ">
                {item.title}
              </h3>
            </div>
 
            <div className="relative pl-20 pr-4 md:pl-4 w-full">
              <h3 className="md:hidden block text-2xl mb-4 text-left font-bold text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-500">
                {item.title}
              </h3>
              {item.content}{" "}
            </div>
          </div>
        ))}
        <div
          style={{
            height: height + "px",
          }}
          className="absolute md:left-8 left-8 top-0 overflow-hidden w-[2px] bg-[linear-gradient(to_bottom,var(--tw-gradient-stops))] from-transparent from-[0%] via-neutral-200 dark:via-neutral-700 to-transparent to-[99%]  [mask-image:linear-gradient(to_bottom,transparent_0%,black_10%,black_90%,transparent_100%)] "
        >
          <motion.div
            style={{
              height: heightTransform,
              opacity: opacityTransform,
            }}
            className="absolute inset-x-0 top-0  w-[2px] bg-gradient-to-t from-purple-500 via-blue-500 to-transparent from-[0%] via-[10%] rounded-full"
          />
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
};

Props

PropTypeRequiredDescription
dataTimelineEntry[]YesAn array of timeline entries.
type TimelineEntry = {
  title: string;
  content: React.ReactNode;
};
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