tomevault-io Studio chart performance
Use when a chart feels sluggish in Studio but similar charts (e.g. pie-chart) are fine.
One-line rule
Keep enter animation on paths if you need it, then drop Motion path subscriptions and isolate hover so Studio slider and legend updates don't replay expensive arc/path math across every series every frame.
1. Find what re-renders on every interaction
Studio updates displayState on every slider tick and on legend/slice hover. Trace:
- Does hover live in the same context as data, scales, and animation config?
- Does the preview recreate children (
data.map, pattern defs, motion props) every render? - Does the chart remount unnecessarily (
keytied to motion signature vs manual replay)?
Pattern: Split context like cartesian / pie charts — stable slice (data, geometry, animation config) vs hover slice (hoveredIndex, tooltip). Consumers that don't need hover use only the stable hook (usePieStable, useRingStable, useChartStable, …).
Studio pan: Wrap chart render in StudioChartRender (packages/studio/src/components/studio-chart-render.tsx) so camera pan / FPS counter parent updates skip the chart tree when render props are unchanged.
2. Treat SVG path d animation as expensive
Animating d with Motion / useTransform + d3 arc (or similar) runs layout + paint every frame, per series.
| Prefer | Avoid |
|---|---|
transform / opacity for hover (compositor-friendly) |
Continuous d morphing after enter is done |
Static d once enter finishes |
Keeping Motion subscriptions on d for the chart's lifetime |
| Enter animation only, then static paths | Re-running enter path math on unrelated prop changes |
Pattern: useMountProgress for enter → when progress ≥ 1 (useEnterComplete), render static paths and only animate hover with x/y/opacity/scale on a motion.g wrapper (not per-path scale on motion.path).
Shared hook: packages/ui/src/charts/use-enter-complete.ts
3. Memoize chart shell context
Unmemoized provider values force all children to reconcile on every parent render.
- Memoize the stable context object with explicit deps (data, arcs/radii, dimensions, callbacks).
- Memoize hover context on
hoveredIndex+ stablesetHoveredIndex(useCallbackin chart shell). - Match
isLoadedto ring/cartesian:useEffect+ timeout, not a lazyuseStateinitializer.
Reference: pie-context.tsx, ring-context.tsx, chart-context.tsx, PieChartCore / RingChartCore useMemo on provider value.
4. Studio preview–specific wins
Chart-agnostic; apply in packages/studio/src/components/charts/*-studio*.tsx:
| Win | How |
|---|---|
| Conditional defs | Only pass patternDefs / gradients when a series uses patterns |
| Memo derived data | Colored/mapped data arrays; slice/series lists (useMemo, deps: dataSeed + design fields that affect color) |
| Memo motion enter | Don't call getStudioMotionEnterProps inline; useMemo with motion-only deps (not full state) |
| Memo legend hover | { hoveredIndex, setHoveredIndex } in useMemo — already in studio-legend-hover.tsx |
| Memo chart body | memo() wrapper; pass primitives (chartKey, chartSize, data) not whole ctx so pan/shell re-renders skip rebuild |
| Disable glow in Studio | showGlow={false} on series components |
Reference: pie-studio-preview.tsx, ring-studio-preview.tsx
5. Compare against a “fast” sibling in Studio
Diff the slow chart against one that feels smooth in the same editor (usually pie-chart):
| Check | Slow chart often has | Fast chart often has |
|---|---|---|
| Shell | Inline render, extra defs | StudioChartShell + conditional patterns |
| Series count | Many animated paths | Fewer paths or simpler geometry |
| Hover | Context + full tree re-render | Stable subscribers; hover on motion.g / translate |
| Enter | Path d wipe per series |
Static d after enter; transform-only hover |
| Pan | Chart tree rebuilds every frame | StudioChartRender memo boundary |
6. Validation bar
Before opening a PR:
pnpm lint
pnpm --filter @bklitui/ui check-types
pnpm --filter @bklitui/studio check-types
# scoped production build when touching studio/web
Manual /studio?chart=<slug>:
- Enter animation
- Hover / legend sync
- Drag geometry sliders (no unnecessary remount)
- Canvas pan (space + drag) after enter — FPS near pie-chart baseline
- Pattern/gradient mode if supported
Chart status (bklit-ui)
| Chart | Slug | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pie | pie-chart |
✅ Reference (#120) |
| Ring | ring-chart |
✅ Aligned to checklist (context split, static paths, StudioChartRender, preview memo) |
| Radar / Funnel / Choropleth | various | Partial — run checklist |
| Cartesian / scatter / live-line | various | ✅ #91 decimation + hover batching |
| Sankey | sankey-chart |
useTransform on link stroke — candidate for useEnterComplete |
| Gauge | gauge-chart |
Low priority (single arc) |
Key files
| Area | Path |
|---|---|
| Enter-complete hook | packages/ui/src/charts/use-enter-complete.ts |
| Pie reference | packages/ui/src/charts/pie-slice.tsx, pie-context.tsx, pie-studio-preview.tsx |
| Ring | packages/ui/src/charts/ring.tsx, ring-chart.tsx, ring-studio-preview.tsx |
| Pan isolation | packages/studio/src/components/studio-chart-render.tsx |
| Registry | packages/studio/src/lib/registry.tsx |
Source: bklit/bklit-ui — distributed by TomeVault.