🔔 DotNotify

iOS-glass particle notifications — dots fly in from random positions, merge into a frosted-glass card, and explode back into dots on dismiss.

✨ Features

| Feature | Details | |---|---| | 🌊 Particle entry | 65 dots fly in from random positions with comet trails and glow halos | | 💥 Particle exit | 52 dots explode outward on dismiss | | 🧊 iOS glass card | backdrop-filter: blur(40px) saturate(220%) — real frosted glass | | ⏸️ Hover pause | Timer freezes on card hover, dots pulse up | | 🖼️ Developer images | Pass a URL, File object, or <img> element as the notification icon | | 🎵 Web Audio sound | Zero-file sound via Web Audio API | | 📦 Stack & queue | Up to 4 stacked, extras queue automatically | | 👆 Swipe dismiss | Drag left/right to fling away | | 🔘 Action buttons | Retry, Dismiss — any labels you want | | 💍 Ring progress | Circular countdown ring around the icon as alternative to dots | | 🎨 4 themes | ios-glass · dark · light · minimal | | 🔷 TypeScript | Full .d.ts included | | ⚡ Promise API | await notify.fire(...) — knows how it was dismissed | | 0️⃣ Zero deps | Pure vanilla JS, no external libraries |

📦 Installation

npm install dotnotify

Or via CDN (no build step):

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dotnotify/dist/dotnotify.min.js"></script>

🚀 Quick Start

import DotNotify from 'dotnotify';

const notify = DotNotify({ position: 'top-right' });

notify.fire({
  type: 'success',
  title: 'Logged in!',
  message: 'Welcome back, Rahul.',
});

That's it. Dots fly in, card appears, dots explode when it disappears.

📐 Configuration

DotNotify(config) — Global Config

const notify = DotNotify({
  position: 'top-right',   // 'top-right' | 'top-left' | 'bottom-right' | 'bottom-left'
  theme:    'ios-glass',   // 'ios-glass' | 'dark' | 'light' | 'minimal'
  sound:    false,         // Web Audio ping on appear
  maxStack: 4,             // Max simultaneous notifications
  duration: 4200,          // Auto-dismiss after N milliseconds
  zIndex:   99999,         // CSS z-index
});

🔥 notify.fire(options) — Full API

const result = await notify.fire({
  // ── Required ──────────────────────────────
  type:    'error',                  // 'error' | 'success' | 'warning' | 'info'
  title:   'Login Failed',
  message: 'Invalid credentials. Please try again.',

  // ── Icon / Image ──────────────────────────
  image:     'https://example.com/avatar.png',  // URL   ← developer picture
  // image:  fileInput.files[0],                // File  ← from <input type="file">
  // image:  document.querySelector('#myImg'),  // HTMLImageElement
  // icon:   '🔥',                              // Emoji (when no image)
  // icon:   '<svg>...</svg>',                  // SVG string

  thumbnail: 'https://example.com/preview.jpg', // Small image beside message

  // ── Override per-notification ─────────────
  theme:         'ios-glass',   // Override global theme
  duration:      6000,          // Override global duration (ms)
  app:           'My App',      // Override app label above title
  sound:         true,          // Override global sound setting
  progressStyle: 'dots',        // 'dots' | 'ring'

  // ── Action Buttons ────────────────────────
  actions: [
    { label: 'Retry',   primary: true,  onClick: () => retryLogin() },
    { label: 'Dismiss', primary: false, onClick: () => {}           },
  ],
});

// result = { dismissed: 'action' | 'timeout' | 'swipe-left' | 'swipe-right' | 'close', action?: 'Retry' | 'Dismiss' }
console.log(result.dismissed); // 'action'
console.log(result.action);    // 'Retry'

🖼️ Developer Images — Full Guide

DotNotify lets developers put any image — user avatar, app logo, product thumbnail — into the notification icon area. Three ways to do it:

1. URL string (most common)

notify.fire({
  type:    'info',
  title:   'New message from Priya',
  message: 'Hey, can we jump on a call?',
  image:   'https://i.pravatar.cc/150?img=47',   // any image URL
});

2. File object — from <input type="file">

<input type="file" id="avatar" accept="image/*">

document.getElementById('avatar').addEventListener('change', (e) => {
  const file = e.target.files[0];

  notify.fire({
    type:    'success',
    title:   'Profile picture updated',
    message: 'Your new avatar looks great!',
    image:   file,   // ← File object directly, no FileReader needed
  });
});

3. Drag and drop

document.addEventListener('drop', (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
  const file = e.dataTransfer.files[0];
  if (!file?.type.startsWith('image/')) return;

  notify.fire({
    type:    'info',
    title:   'File received',
    message: file.name,
    image:   file,
  });
});

4. Existing <img> element

const img = document.querySelector('#user-avatar');

notify.fire({
  type:    'success',
  title:   'Logged in',
  message: 'Welcome back!',
  image:   img,   // ← pass the element directly
});

5. Thumbnail (secondary image beside message)

notify.fire({
  type:      'info',
  title:     'New photo shared',
  message:   'Suresh shared a photo with you.',
  image:     'https://example.com/suresh-avatar.jpg',   // icon area
  thumbnail: 'https://example.com/photo-preview.jpg',   // beside message
});

🎨 Themes

// Per-notification theme override:
notify.fire({ type: 'error', title: 'Oops', message: '...', theme: 'light' });

| Theme | Look | |---|---| | ios-glass | Deep dark frosted glass — blur 40px, barely-visible tint | | dark | Opaque near-black, strong shadow | | light | White frosted glass, for light-background sites | | minimal | Ultra-thin dark card, no sheen |

💍 Ring vs Dots Progress

// Circular ring around the icon
notify.fire({
  type:          'warning',
  title:         'Session expiring',
  message:       'You will be logged out in 60 seconds.',
  progressStyle: 'ring',   // ← ring traces around the icon
});

// Default dot progress bar (14 dots at bottom)
notify.fire({
  type:          'info',
  title:         'Syncing...',
  message:       'Your data is being uploaded.',
  progressStyle: 'dots',   // default
});

⏸️ Hover Behaviour

When a user hovers the card:

• The timer freezes (remembers exact progress, resumes on mouse-leave)
• All pending dots pulse up and glow in the accent color
• Done dots revive slightly
• Individual dot hover expands that dot to 12px with full glow bloom

👆 Swipe to Dismiss

Works on both desktop (click-drag) and mobile (touch). Drag left or right past 80px threshold — the card flings away and dots explode.

const result = await notify.fire({ ... });
if (result.dismissed === 'swipe-left') {
  console.log('User swiped it away');
}

📚 Framework Examples

React

import DotNotify from 'dotnotify';
import { useRef, useCallback } from 'react';

export function useNotify() {
  const notifyRef = useRef(null);

  function getNotify() {
    if (!notifyRef.current) {
      notifyRef.current = DotNotify({ position: 'top-right', theme: 'ios-glass' });
    }
    return notifyRef.current;
  }

  const fire = useCallback((opts) => getNotify().fire(opts), []);
  return { fire };
}

// In any component:
function LoginForm() {
  const { fire } = useNotify();

  async function handleSubmit() {
    try {
      await loginAPI();
      fire({ type: 'success', title: 'Welcome!', message: 'Logged in successfully.' });
    } catch (err) {
      const result = await fire({
        type:    'error',
        title:   'Login Failed',
        message: err.message,
        actions: [{ label: 'Retry', primary: true }],
      });
      if (result.action === 'Retry') handleSubmit();
    }
  }

  return <button onClick={handleSubmit}>Login</button>;
}

Vue 3

// plugins/notify.js
import DotNotify from 'dotnotify';
export const notify = DotNotify({ position: 'top-right', theme: 'ios-glass' });

// main.js
import { notify } from './plugins/notify';
app.config.globalProperties.$notify = notify;

// In component:
this.$notify.fire({ type: 'success', title: 'Done!', message: 'Saved.' });

Vanilla JS (CDN)

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dotnotify/dist/dotnotify.min.js"></script>
<script>
  const notify = DotNotify({ position: 'top-right' });

  document.querySelector('#login-btn').addEventListener('click', async () => {
    const result = await notify.fire({
      type:    'error',
      title:   'Login Failed',
      message: 'Wrong password. Try again or reset.',
      actions: [
        { label: 'Retry',       primary: true },
        { label: 'Reset pass',  onClick: () => location.href = '/reset' },
      ],
    });
    console.log(result); // { dismissed: 'action', action: 'Retry' }
  });
</script>

Next.js / Nuxt

// Works only in browser — wrap in useEffect / onMounted
useEffect(() => {
  const notify = DotNotify({ position: 'top-right' });
  notify.fire({ type: 'info', title: 'Hello', message: 'Page loaded.' });
}, []);

🔧 Instance Methods

const notify = DotNotify({ ... });

// Fire a notification (returns Promise)
await notify.fire({ ... });

// Dismiss all visible notifications immediately
notify.dismissAll();

// Update global config after init
notify.configure({ theme: 'light', sound: true });

🎵 Sound

DotNotify generates a subtle two-tone ping using the Web Audio API — no audio files, no network requests.

const notify = DotNotify({ sound: true });     // enable globally
notify.fire({ ..., sound: false });             // override per-notification
notify.fire({ ..., sound: true });              // override per-notification

Sound frequencies by type:

• error — 440Hz → 330Hz (descending, unsettling)
• success — 523Hz → 659Hz (ascending, happy)
• warning — 466Hz → 440Hz (slight drop, cautionary)
• info — 587Hz → 659Hz (gentle rise, neutral)

🌐 Browser Support

| Browser | Support | |---|---| | Chrome 76+ | ✅ Full | | Safari 14+ | ✅ Full | | Firefox 70+ | ✅ Full | | Edge 79+ | ✅ Full | | iOS Safari 14+ | ✅ Full (touch swipe works) | | Android Chrome | ✅ Full |

backdrop-filter requires Chrome 76+, Safari 9+, Firefox 70+. On older browsers the card still renders — just without the blur effect.

📁 Package Structure

dotnotify/
├── dist/
│   ├── dotnotify.js        ← UMD build (CommonJS + browser global)
│   ├── dotnotify.esm.js    ← ES Module build (import/export)
│   ├── dotnotify.min.js    ← Minified browser build (~9kb gzipped)
│   └── dotnotify.d.ts      ← TypeScript definitions
├── src/
│   └── dotnotify.js        ← Source
├── examples/
│   ├── vanilla.html        ← Vanilla JS demo
│   └── react-example.jsx   ← React demo
├── package.json
└── README.md

🗺️ Roadmap

• [ ] dotnotify/react — official React component wrapper
• [ ] dotnotify/vue — official Vue plugin
• [ ] Custom dot count and dot size
• [ ] Notification center (history panel)
• [ ] CSS custom properties for full theme control
• [ ] RTL support

📄 License

MIT © 2024 Your Name

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. npm install
3. Edit src/dotnotify.js
4. npm run build
5. Open examples/vanilla.html to test
6. Submit a PR