improved UX + improved performance

components/LinkViews/Layouts/CardView.tsx

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 import LinkCard from "@/components/LinkViews/LinkCard";
 import { LinkIncludingShortenedCollectionAndTags } from "@/types/global";
+import { link } from "fs";
+import { GridLoader } from "react-spinners";
 
 export default function CardView({
   links,
-  showCheckbox = true,
   editMode,
+  isLoading,
 }: {
   links: LinkIncludingShortenedCollectionAndTags[];
-  showCheckbox?: boolean;
   editMode?: boolean;
+  isLoading?: boolean;
 }) {
   return (
     <div className="grid min-[1900px]:grid-cols-4 xl:grid-cols-3 sm:grid-cols-2 grid-cols-1 gap-5">
@@ -23,6 +25,15 @@ export default function CardView({
           />
         );
       })}
+
+      {isLoading && links.length > 0 && (
+        <GridLoader
+          color="oklch(var(--p))"
+          loading={true}
+          size={20}
+          className="fixed top-5 right-5 opacity-50 z-30"
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }

components/LinkViews/Layouts/ListView.tsx

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import LinkList from "@/components/LinkViews/LinkList";
 import { LinkIncludingShortenedCollectionAndTags } from "@/types/global";
+import { GridLoader } from "react-spinners";
 
 export default function ListView({
   links,
   editMode,
+  isLoading,
 }: {
   links: LinkIncludingShortenedCollectionAndTags[];
   editMode?: boolean;
+  isLoading?: boolean;
 }) {
   return (
     <div className="flex gap-1 flex-col">
@@ -21,6 +24,15 @@ export default function ListView({
           />
         );
       })}
+
+      {isLoading && links.length > 0 && (
+        <GridLoader
+          color="oklch(var(--p))"
+          loading={true}
+          size={20}
+          className="fixed top-5 right-5 opacity-50 z-30"
+        />
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }

components/LinkViews/LinkCard.tsx

@@ -162,12 +162,18 @@ export default function LinkCard({ link, flipDropdown, editMode }: Props) {
             {unescapeString(link.name || link.description) || link.url}
           </p>
 
-          <div title={link.url || ""} className="w-fit">
-            <div className="flex gap-1 item-center select-none text-neutral mt-1">
-              <i className="bi-link-45deg text-lg mt-[0.15rem] leading-none"></i>
-              <p className="text-sm truncate">{shortendURL}</p>
-            </div>
-          </div>
+          <Link
+            href={link.url || ""}
+            target="_blank"
+            title={link.url || ""}
+            onClick={(e) => {
+              e.stopPropagation();
+            }}
+            className="flex gap-1 item-center select-none text-neutral mt-1 hover:opacity-70 duration-100"
+          >
+            <i className="bi-link-45deg text-lg mt-[0.10rem] leading-none"></i>
+            <p className="text-sm truncate">{shortendURL}</p>
+          </Link>
         </div>
 
         <hr className="divider mt-2 mb-1 last:hidden border-t border-neutral-content h-[1px]" />

components/LinkViews/LinkComponents/LinkCollection.tsx

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {
   CollectionIncludingMembersAndLinkCount,
   LinkIncludingShortenedCollectionAndTags,
 } from "@/types/global";
+import Link from "next/link";
 import { useRouter } from "next/router";
 import React from "react";
 
@@ -15,12 +16,12 @@ export default function LinkCollection({
   const router = useRouter();
 
   return (
-    <div
+    <Link
+      href={`/collections/${link.collection.id}`}
       onClick={(e) => {
-        e.preventDefault();
-        router.push(`/collections/${link.collection.id}`);
+        e.stopPropagation();
       }}
-      className="flex items-center gap-1 max-w-full w-fit hover:opacity-70 duration-100"
+      className="flex items-center gap-1 max-w-full w-fit hover:opacity-70 duration-100 select-none"
       title={collection?.name}
     >
       <i
@@ -28,6 +29,6 @@ export default function LinkCollection({
         style={{ color: collection?.color }}
       ></i>
       <p className="truncate capitalize">{collection?.name}</p>
-    </div>
+    </Link>
   );
 }

components/LinkViews/LinkList.tsx

@@ -144,10 +144,18 @@ export default function LinkCardCompact({
                   <LinkCollection link={link} collection={collection} />
                 ) : undefined}
                 {link.url ? (
-                  <div className="flex items-center gap-1 w-fit text-neutral truncate">
-                    <i className="bi-link-45deg text-lg" />
-                    <p className="truncate w-full select-none">{shortendURL}</p>
-                  </div>
+                  <Link
+                    href={link.url || ""}
+                    target="_blank"
+                    title={link.url || ""}
+                    onClick={(e) => {
+                      e.stopPropagation();
+                    }}
+                    className="flex gap-1 item-center select-none text-neutral mt-1 hover:opacity-70 duration-100"
+                  >
+                    <i className="bi-link-45deg text-lg mt-[0.1rem] leading-none"></i>
+                    <p className="text-sm truncate">{shortendURL}</p>
+                  </Link>
                 ) : (
                   <div className="badge badge-primary badge-sm my-1 select-none">
                     {link.type}