Enhance link control UI with rich URL previews

packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/index.js

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ function LinkControl( {
 	suggestionsQuery = {},
 	noURLSuggestion = false,
 	createSuggestionButtonText,
+	hasRichPreviews = false,
 } ) {
 	if ( withCreateSuggestion === undefined && createSuggestion ) {
 		withCreateSuggestion = true;
@@ -249,8 +250,10 @@ function LinkControl( {
 
 			{ value && ! isEditingLink && ! isCreatingPage && (
 				<LinkPreview
+					key={ value?.url } // force remount when URL changes to avoid race conditions for rich previews
 					value={ value }
 					onEditClick={ () => setIsEditingLink( true ) }
+					hasRichPreviews={ hasRichPreviews }
 				/>
 			) }
 

packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/link-preview.js

@@ -7,49 +7,121 @@ import classnames from 'classnames';
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
-import { Button, ExternalLink } from '@wordpress/components';
+import {
+	Button,
+	ExternalLink,
+	__experimentalText as Text,
+} from '@wordpress/components';
 import { filterURLForDisplay, safeDecodeURI } from '@wordpress/url';
+import { Icon, globe } from '@wordpress/icons';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import { ViewerSlot } from './viewer-slot';
 
-export default function LinkPreview( { value, onEditClick } ) {
+import useRemoteUrlData from './use-remote-url-data';
+
+export default function LinkPreview( {
+	value,
+	onEditClick,
+	hasRichPreviews = false,
+} ) {
+	// Avoid fetching if rich previews are not desired.
+	const maybeRemoteURL = hasRichPreviews ? value?.url : null;
+
+	const { richData, isFetching } = useRemoteUrlData( maybeRemoteURL );
+
+	// Rich data may be an empty object so test for that.
+	const hasRichData = richData && Object.keys( richData ).length;
+
 	const displayURL =
 		( value && filterURLForDisplay( safeDecodeURI( value.url ), 16 ) ) ||
 		'';
-
 	return (
 		<div
 			aria-label={ __( 'Currently selected' ) }
 			aria-selected="true"
 			className={ classnames( 'block-editor-link-control__search-item', {
 				'is-current': true,
+				'is-rich': hasRichData,
+				'is-fetching': !! isFetching,
+				'is-preview': true,
 			} ) }
 		>
-			<span className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-header">
-				<ExternalLink
-					className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-title"
-					href={ value.url }
-				>
-					{ ( value && value.title ) || displayURL }
-				</ExternalLink>
-				{ value && value.title && (
-					<span className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-info">
-						{ displayURL }
+			<div className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-top">
+				<span className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-header">
+					<span
+						className={ classnames(
+							'block-editor-link-control__search-item-icon',
+							{
+								'is-image': richData?.icon,
+							}
+						) }
+					>
+						{ richData?.icon ? (
+							<img src={ richData?.icon } alt="" />
+						) : (
+							<Icon icon={ globe } />
+						) }
+					</span>
+					<span className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-details">
+						<ExternalLink
+							className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-title"
+							href={ value.url }
+						>
+							{ richData?.title || value?.title || displayURL }
+						</ExternalLink>
+						{ value?.url && (
+							<span className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-info">
+								{ displayURL }
+							</span>
+						) }
 					</span>
-				) }
-			</span>
-
-			<Button
-				variant="secondary"
-				onClick={ () => onEditClick() }
-				className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-action"
-			>
-				{ __( 'Edit' ) }
-			</Button>
-			<ViewerSlot fillProps={ value } />
+				</span>
+
+				<Button
+					variant="secondary"
+					onClick={ () => onEditClick() }
+					className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-action"
+				>
+					{ __( 'Edit' ) }
+				</Button>
+				<ViewerSlot fillProps={ value } />
+			</div>
+
+			{ ( hasRichData || isFetching ) && (
+				<div className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-bottom">
+					<div
+						aria-hidden={ ! richData?.image }
+						className={ classnames(
+							'block-editor-link-control__search-item-image',
+							{
+								'is-placeholder': ! richData?.image,
+							}
+						) }
+					>
+						{ richData?.image && (
+							<img src={ richData?.image } alt="" />
+						) }
+					</div>
+					<div
+						aria-hidden={ ! richData?.description }
+						className={ classnames(
+							'block-editor-link-control__search-item-description',
+							{
+								'is-placeholder': ! richData?.description,
+							}
+						) }
+					>
+						{ richData?.description && (
+							<Text truncate numberOfLines="2">
+								{ richData.description }
+							</Text>
+						) }
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			) }
 		</div>
 	);
 }

packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/style.scss

@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 $block-editor-link-control-number-of-actions: 1;
+$preview-image-height: 140px;
+
+@keyframes loadingpulse {
+	0% {
+		opacity: 1;
+	}
+	50% {
+		opacity: 0;
+	}
+	100% {
+		opacity: 1;
+	}
+}
 
 .block-editor-link-control {
 	position: relative;
@@ -141,31 +154,51 @@ $block-editor-link-control-number-of-actions: 1;
 	}
 
 	&.is-current {
+		flex-direction: column; // allow for stacking.
 		background: transparent;
 		border: 0;
 		width: 100%;
 		cursor: default;
 		padding: $grid-unit-20;
-		padding-left: $grid-unit-30;
 	}
 
 	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-header {
 		display: block;
+		flex-direction: row;
+		align-items: flex-start;
 		margin-right: $grid-unit-10;
 		overflow: hidden;
 		white-space: nowrap;
 	}
 
+	&.is-preview .block-editor-link-control__search-item-header {
+		display: flex;
+		flex: 1; // fill available space.
+	}
+
+	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-details {
+		overflow: hidden; // clip to force text ellipsis.
+	}
+
 	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-icon {
-		margin-right: 1em;
-		min-width: 24px;
+		position: relative;
+		top: 0.2em;
+		margin-right: $grid-unit-10;
+		width: 18px; // half of 32px to improve perceived resolution.
+		height: 18px; // half of 32px to improve perceived resolution.
+
+		svg,
+		img {
+			max-width: none;
+			width: 18px; // half of 32px to improve perceived resolution.
+		}
 	}
 
+
 	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-info,
 	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-title {
 		overflow: hidden;
 		text-overflow: ellipsis;
-		padding-right: $grid-unit-30;
 
 		.components-external-link__icon {
 			position: absolute;
@@ -189,6 +222,10 @@ $block-editor-link-control-number-of-actions: 1;
 		span {
 			font-weight: normal;
 		}
+
+		svg {
+			display: none; // specifically requested to be removed visually as well.
+		}
 	}
 
 	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-info {
@@ -206,6 +243,109 @@ $block-editor-link-control-number-of-actions: 1;
 		background-color: $gray-100;
 		border-radius: 2px;
 	}
+
+	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-description {
+		padding-top: 12px;
+		margin: 0;
+
+		&.is-placeholder {
+			margin-top: 12px;
+			padding-top: 0;
+			height: 28px;
+			display: flex;
+			flex-direction: column;
+			justify-content: space-around;
+
+			&::before,
+			&::after {
+				display: block;
+				content: "";
+				height: 0.7em;
+				width: 100%;
+				background-color: $gray-100;
+				border-radius: 3px;
+			}
+		}
+
+		.components-text {
+			font-size: 0.9em;
+		}
+	}
+
+	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-image {
+		display: flex;
+		width: 100%;
+		background-color: $gray-100;
+		justify-content: center;
+		height: $preview-image-height; // limit height
+		max-height: $preview-image-height; // limit height
+		overflow: hidden;
+		border-radius: 2px;
+		margin-top: 12px;
+
+		&.is-placeholder {
+			background-color: $gray-100;
+			border-radius: 3px;
+		}
+
+		img {
+			display: block; // remove unwanted space below image
+			max-width: 100%;
+			height: $preview-image-height; // limit height
+			max-height: $preview-image-height; // limit height
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+.block-editor-link-control__search-item-top {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: row;
+	width: 100%; // clip.
+}
+
+.block-editor-link-control__search-item-bottom {
+	transition: opacity 1.5s;
+	min-height: 100px;
+	width: 100%;
+}
+
+
+.block-editor-link-control__search-item.is-fetching {
+
+	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-description {
+		&::before,
+		&::after {
+			animation: loadingpulse 1s linear infinite;
+			animation-delay: 0.5s; // avoid animating for fast network responses
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-image {
+		animation: loadingpulse 1s linear infinite;
+		animation-delay: 0.5s; // avoid animating for fast network responses
+	}
+
+	.block-editor-link-control__search-item-icon {
+		svg,
+		img {
+			opacity: 0;
+		}
+
+		&::before {
+			content: "";
+			display: block;
+			background-color: $gray-100;
+			position: absolute;
+			top: 0;
+			left: 0;
+			right: 0;
+			bottom: 0;
+			border-radius: 100%;
+			animation: loadingpulse 1s linear infinite;
+			animation-delay: 0.5s; // avoid animating for fast network responses
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 .block-editor-link-control__loading {