From d6b48fb3acfae0a5f734f8ab42b8a697d58fae39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Logan <logan@ljones.me>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:04:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(player): stop the seek bar resizing as its clocks count

Two different things moved it and they need different answers. Digits
in a proportional font are different widths, so 1:11 is narrower than
4:08 and the bar breathed once a second -- tabular figures fix that.
The character *count* changes too, at the hundredth minute and whenever
the right-hand clock is toggled to remaining and grows a minus sign,
which a figure width cannot fix -- so each clock reserves the widest
string this track can put in it.

The budget is per track rather than a constant: reserving six
characters on every track would push the slider in by a character at
each end to buy nothing.

Measured in the component tier: 4.5px of drift across three positions
before, none after.

Refs #13
---
 .../audio-player/seekbar/seek-bar.ts          | 39 ++++++++++++++++++-
 frontend/test/components/transport.test.ts    | 35 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/audio-player/seekbar/seek-bar.ts b/frontend/src/components/audio-player/seekbar/seek-bar.ts
index 95f38aa..5ef3ea6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/audio-player/seekbar/seek-bar.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/audio-player/seekbar/seek-bar.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,29 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
       align-items: center;
     }
 
+    /* The clocks must not resize as they count.
+
+       Two things move them, and they need different answers. Digits in
+       a proportional font are different widths, so 1:11 is narrower
+       than 4:08 and the bar breathed once a second -- that is what
+       tabular figures fix. The character *count* changes too, at the
+       hundredth minute and whenever the right-hand clock is toggled to
+       remaining and grows a minus sign, and a figure width cannot fix
+       that -- so each clock also reserves the widest string this track
+       can put in it. The budget is per track rather than a constant
+       because reserving six characters on every track would push the
+       slider in by a character at each end for nothing. */
+    #seek-bar-container small,
+    .time-toggle {
+      font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+      flex: 0 0 auto;
+      min-width: calc(var(--yj-clock-chars, 5) * 1ch);
+    }
+
+    #seek-bar-container small {
+      text-align: left;
+    }
+
     .time-toggle {
       background: none;
       border: none;
@@ -76,6 +99,9 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
       font: inherit;
       font-size: var(--wa-font-size-s, 0.875rem);
       cursor: pointer;
+      /* One more for the minus sign the remaining form carries. */
+      min-width: calc((var(--yj-clock-chars, 5) + 1) * 1ch);
+      text-align: right;
     }
 
     .time-toggle:hover,
@@ -219,8 +245,19 @@ export class SeekBar extends LitElement {
       : formatSeconds(this.trackLength);
     const rightTime = this.hasTrack ? rightLabel : '--:--';
 
+    // The widest string either clock can hold for *this* track. The
+    // duration is the longest elapsed value there can be, so its length
+    // is the budget; `--:--` is five, which is also the floor.
+    const clockChars = Math.max(
+      5,
+      this.hasTrack ? formatSeconds(this.trackLength).length : 0,
+    );
+
     return html`
-      <div id="seek-bar-container">
+      <div
+        id="seek-bar-container"
+        style="--yj-clock-chars: ${clockChars}"
+      >
         <small data-testid="elapsed-time">${elapsedTime}</small>
         <wa-slider
           label="Seek"
diff --git a/frontend/test/components/transport.test.ts b/frontend/test/components/transport.test.ts
index 3312fb5..f3e97c5 100644
--- a/frontend/test/components/transport.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/test/components/transport.test.ts
@@ -227,6 +227,41 @@ describe('<seek-bar>', () => {
     expect(text(el, '[data-testid="remaining-time"]')).toBe('01:30');
   });
 
+  it('keeps the slider still as the clocks count', async () => {
+    const el = await fixture('seek-bar');
+
+    emit(Events.TrackChanged, { ...TRACK, trackChangeId: 31 });
+    await flush();
+    await el.updateComplete;
+
+    const slider = () =>
+      shadow(el, 'wa-slider')!.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const before = slider();
+
+    // 1:11 against 4:08 is the reported jitter: different digits, and
+    // in a proportional font different widths. Toggling the right-hand
+    // clock is the other half -- the minus sign is a whole character.
+    for (const positionSeconds of [8, 71, 88]) {
+      emit(Events.PlaybackPositionChanged, {
+        positionSeconds,
+        trackLength: 90,
+        trackChangeId: 31,
+        seq: positionSeconds,
+        playing: true,
+      });
+      await flush();
+      await el.updateComplete;
+
+      expect(slider().width).toBeCloseTo(before.width, 1);
+      expect(slider().left).toBeCloseTo(before.left, 1);
+    }
+
+    await click(el, '[data-testid="remaining-time"]');
+    await el.updateComplete;
+
+    expect(slider().width).toBeCloseTo(before.width, 1);
+  });
+
   it('renders the position the backend reports rather than its own count', async () => {
     const el = await fixture('seek-bar');