From 2d95c5e62ba2c491af4e3443461e4eeee2582b5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: WardPearce <wardpearce@pm.me>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:26:31 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] Improved player timeline tooltip

---
 materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte | 86 ++++++++++++-------
 materialious/src/lib/css/global.css           |  8 ++
 2 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
index 3e819dad..64b45c1c 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/components/Player.svelte
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 	let playerSliderDebounce: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>;
 	let playerVolumeElement: HTMLElement | undefined = $state();
 	let playerIsFullscreen: boolean = $state(false);
+	let playerTimelineTooltip: HTMLDivElement | undefined = $state();
 	let playerInitalInteract = true;
 
 	const playerTimelineSlider = new Slider({
@@ -1099,26 +1100,41 @@
 	}
 
 	let requestAnimationTooltip: number | undefined;
+	let latestMouseX: number | undefined;
+
 	function timelineMouseMove(event: MouseEvent) {
-		if (requestAnimationTooltip) return;
+		latestMouseX = event.clientX;
 
-		requestAnimationTooltip = requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-			if (!playerSliderElement) return;
-			const rect = playerSliderElement.getBoundingClientRect();
-
-			const percent = Math.min(
-				Math.max((event.clientX - rect.left) / playerSliderElement.clientWidth, 0),
-				1
-			);
-
-			playerTimelineTimeHover = percent * (data.video.lengthSeconds ?? 0);
-
-			document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--timeline-tooltip-left', `${percent * 100}%`);
-
-			setPlayerTimelineChapters(playerTimelineTimeHover);
+		if (!requestAnimationTooltip) {
+			requestAnimationTooltip = requestAnimationFrame(updateTooltip);
+		}
+	}
 
+	function updateTooltip() {
+		if (!playerSliderElement || latestMouseX === undefined) {
 			requestAnimationTooltip = undefined;
-		});
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const rect = playerSliderElement.getBoundingClientRect();
+		const percent = Math.min(Math.max((latestMouseX - rect.left) / rect.width, 0), 1);
+
+		playerTimelineTimeHover = percent * (data.video.lengthSeconds ?? 0);
+		setPlayerTimelineChapters(playerTimelineTimeHover);
+
+		if (playerTimelineTooltip) {
+			const tooltipWidth = playerTimelineTooltip.offsetWidth;
+			const tooltipHeight = playerTimelineTooltip.offsetHeight;
+			const sliderWidth = playerSliderElement.clientWidth;
+
+			let left = percent * sliderWidth;
+			left = Math.min(Math.max(left, tooltipWidth / 2), sliderWidth - tooltipWidth / 2);
+			playerTimelineTooltip.style.transform = `translateX(${left - tooltipWidth / 2}px)`;
+
+			playerTimelineTooltip.style.top = `${-tooltipHeight - 5}px`;
+		}
+
+		requestAnimationTooltip = undefined;
 	}
 
 	function onVideoClick(
@@ -1302,31 +1318,26 @@
 				onmousemove={timelineMouseMove}
 				bind:this={playerSliderElement}
 			>
+				{#snippet timelineTooltip()}
+					{#if playerCloestSponsor}
+						{sponsorSegments[playerCloestSponsor.category]}
+						<br />
+					{:else if playerCloestTimestamp}
+						{playerCloestTimestamp.title}
+						<br />
+					{/if}
+				{/snippet}
 				<div class="track">
 					{#if !userManualSeeking}
-						<div class="tooltip" style="position: absolute;left: var(--timeline-tooltip-left);">
-							{#if playerCloestSponsor}
-								{sponsorSegments[playerCloestSponsor.category]}
-								<br />
-							{:else if playerCloestTimestamp}
-								{playerCloestTimestamp.title}
-								<br />
-							{/if}
-
+						<div bind:this={playerTimelineTooltip} class="timeline tooltip">
+							{@render timelineTooltip()}
 							{videoLength(playerTimelineTimeHover)}
 						</div>
 					{/if}
 					<div class="range"></div>
 					<div {...playerTimelineSlider.thumb}>
 						<div class="tooltip thumb-tooltip">
-							{#if playerCloestSponsor}
-								{sponsorSegments[playerCloestSponsor.category]}
-								<br />
-							{:else if playerCloestTimestamp}
-								{playerCloestTimestamp.title}
-								<br />
-							{/if}
-
+							{@render timelineTooltip()}
 							{videoLength(currentTime)}
 						</div>
 					</div>
@@ -1808,4 +1819,13 @@
 	.hide-cursor {
 		cursor: none;
 	}
+
+	.timeline.tooltip {
+		position: absolute;
+		left: 0;
+		transform: translateX(0%);
+		transition: none;
+		pointer-events: none;
+		will-change: transform;
+	}
 </style>
diff --git a/materialious/src/lib/css/global.css b/materialious/src/lib/css/global.css
index 7cefd1cd..249f1ccc 100644
--- a/materialious/src/lib/css/global.css
+++ b/materialious/src/lib/css/global.css
@@ -121,6 +121,14 @@ menu {
 	margin: 0 !important;
 }
 
+.tooltip {
+	background-color: var(--surface) !important;
+	border: 0.1px solid var(--primary) !important;
+	box-shadow: none !important;
+	border-radius: 0.25rem !important;
+	color: var(--on-surface) !important;
+}
+
 @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
 	menu.mobile {
 		position: fixed !important;