> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: /llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Comment Cards

> Social comments typing on over footage: avatar pop, username and time, per-character typewriter, likes row; image avatars or initials chips

# Comment Cards

Social comments typing on over footage: avatar pop, username and time, per-character typewriter, likes row; image avatars or initials chips

**Comment Cards**

```html yt-comment-card.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gsap@3.14.2/dist/gsap.min.js"></script>
    <style>
      *,
      *::before,
      *::after {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        box-sizing: border-box;
      }
      body {
        background: transparent;
        overflow: hidden;
      }
      #yt-cc-root {
        /* ---- yt tokens: override in the host to re-skin the family ---- */
        --yt-font: "Inter", -apple-system, sans-serif;
        --yt-ink: #1d1d1f;
        --yt-ink-dim: #5a5a5f;
        /* overlay-scheme text over footage — distinct from the --yt-ink board tokens */
        --yt-text: #ffffff;
        --yt-text-dim: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.72);
        --yt-red: #e62e2e;
        --yt-cyan: #35c8d9;
        --yt-scanline-alpha: 0.04;
        --yt-scanline-gap: 3px;

        position: relative;
        width: 1920px;
        height: 1080px;
        overflow: hidden;
        background: transparent; /* overlays footage or a yt-lcd board */
        font-family: var(--yt-font);
      }
      /* optional full-frame LCD pass while comments are up */
      #yt-cc-scan {
        position: absolute;
        inset: 0;
        display: none;
        background: repeating-linear-gradient(
          0deg,
          rgba(0, 0, 0, var(--yt-scanline-alpha)) 0 1px,
          transparent 1px var(--yt-scanline-gap)
        );
      }
      #yt-cc-col {
        position: absolute;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        gap: 40px;
      }
      .yt-cc-card {
        display: flex;
        gap: 22px;
        align-items: flex-start;
      }
      .yt-cc-avatar {
        flex: none;
        width: 64px;
        height: 64px;
        border-radius: 50%;
        overflow: hidden;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        justify-content: center;
        font-weight: 700;
        font-size: 26px;
        color: #ffffff;
        box-shadow: 0 6px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
      }
      .yt-cc-avatar img {
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        object-fit: cover;
      }
      .yt-cc-meta {
        display: flex;
        align-items: baseline;
        gap: 14px;
      }
      .yt-cc-user {
        font-weight: 700;
        font-size: 27px;
      }
      .yt-cc-time {
        font-weight: 400;
        font-size: 23px;
      }
      .yt-cc-text {
        margin-top: 8px;
        font-weight: 500;
        font-size: 34px;
        line-height: 1.35;
        letter-spacing: -0.01em;
        max-width: 860px;
      }
      .yt-cc-text .ch {
        opacity: 0;
      }
      .yt-cc-row {
        margin-top: 12px;
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        gap: 10px;
        font-weight: 600;
        font-size: 22px;
        opacity: 0;
      }
      .yt-cc-row svg {
        width: 24px;
        stroke-width: 2.4;
        stroke-linecap: round;
        stroke-linejoin: round;
        fill: none;
      }
      .yt-cc-reply {
        margin-left: 18px;
        letter-spacing: 0.1em;
      }
      /* scheme: overlay (white over footage, w/ shadow) vs light (ink on boards) */
      .yt-overlay .yt-cc-user,
      .yt-overlay .yt-cc-text {
        color: var(--yt-text);
        text-shadow: 0 2px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
      }
      .yt-overlay .yt-cc-time,
      .yt-overlay .yt-cc-row {
        color: var(--yt-text-dim);
        text-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
      }
      .yt-overlay .yt-cc-row svg {
        stroke: var(--yt-text-dim);
      }
      .yt-light .yt-cc-user,
      .yt-light .yt-cc-text {
        color: var(--yt-ink);
      }
      .yt-light .yt-cc-time,
      .yt-light .yt-cc-row {
        color: var(--yt-ink-dim);
      }
      .yt-light .yt-cc-row svg {
        stroke: var(--yt-ink-dim);
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div
      id="yt-cc-root"
      data-composition-id="yt-comment-card"
      data-start="0"
      data-duration="8"
      data-width="1920"
      data-height="1080"
    >
      <div id="yt-cc-scan"></div>
      <div id="yt-cc-col"></div>
      <div
        id="yt-cc-drv"
        class="clip"
        data-start="0"
        data-duration="8"
        data-track-index="0"
        style="position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none"
      ></div>
    </div>
    <script>
      (function () {
        window.__timelines = window.__timelines || {};

        /* ---- published parameters (inspector-style CONFIG) ----
           Social comments typing on over footage — creator-style
           comment cards. avatar: image path, or null -> initials chip. */
        var CONFIG = {
          scheme: "overlay", // "overlay" (white over footage) | "light" (ink on boards)
          comments: [
            {
              avatar: null,
              initials: "PW",
              avatarHue: 210, // initials-chip hue when no image
              username: "@pixelwaves",
              time: "2 days ago",
              text: "Your videos are the best!",
              likes: 47,
            },
            {
              avatar: null,
              initials: "FR",
              avatarHue: 340,
              username: "@framerate",
              time: "1 day ago",
              text: "That camera move at 0:12 though 🔥",
              likes: 12,
            },
          ],
          x: 140,
          y: null, // null = vertically centered
          typeCharDelay: 0.024, // s per character (capped so a comment types <= 2.2s)
          scanlines: false, // full-frame LCD pass while comments are up
          animationIn: true,
          animationOut: true,
        };

        var DUR = 8;
        function clamp(v, lo, hi) {
          return Math.min(hi, Math.max(lo, v));
        }
        var OUT = clamp(DUR * 0.06, 0.25, 0.6);

        var root = document.getElementById("yt-cc-root");
        var col = document.getElementById("yt-cc-col");
        root.classList.add(CONFIG.scheme === "light" ? "yt-light" : "yt-overlay");
        if (CONFIG.scanlines) document.getElementById("yt-cc-scan").style.display = "block";

        var THUMB =
          '<svg viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M7 11v9M7 11l3.2-6.4a2 2 0 0 1 3.6 1.2V9h4.6a2 2 0 0 1 2 2.4l-1.2 6a2 2 0 0 1-2 1.6H7M7 11H4a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v7a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h3"/></svg>';

        /* build cards */
        CONFIG.comments.forEach(function (c, i) {
          var card = document.createElement("div");
          card.className = "yt-cc-card";
          card.id = "yt-cc-card-" + i;

          var av = document.createElement("div");
          av.className = "yt-cc-avatar";
          av.id = "yt-cc-av-" + i;
          if (c.avatar) {
            var img = document.createElement("img");
            img.src = c.avatar;
            av.appendChild(img);
          } else {
            av.textContent = c.initials || "?";
            av.style.background =
              "linear-gradient(135deg, hsl(" +
              (c.avatarHue || 210) +
              ", 62%, 52%), hsl(" +
              ((c.avatarHue || 210) + 40) +
              ", 62%, 42%))";
          }
          card.appendChild(av);

          var body = document.createElement("div");
          var meta = document.createElement("div");
          meta.className = "yt-cc-meta";
          meta.id = "yt-cc-meta-" + i;
          var user = document.createElement("span");
          user.className = "yt-cc-user";
          user.textContent = c.username;
          var time = document.createElement("span");
          time.className = "yt-cc-time";
          time.textContent = c.time || "";
          meta.appendChild(user);
          meta.appendChild(time);
          body.appendChild(meta);

          var text = document.createElement("div");
          text.className = "yt-cc-text";
          text.id = "yt-cc-text-" + i;
          Array.from(c.text).forEach(function (ch) {
            var span = document.createElement("span");
            span.className = "ch";
            span.textContent = ch;
            text.appendChild(span);
          });
          body.appendChild(text);

          var row = document.createElement("div");
          row.className = "yt-cc-row";
          row.id = "yt-cc-row-" + i;
          row.innerHTML =
            THUMB + "<span>" + (c.likes || 0) + '</span><span class="yt-cc-reply">REPLY</span>';
          body.appendChild(row);
          card.appendChild(body);
          col.appendChild(card);
        });

        /* position (measure after building) */
        col.style.left = CONFIG.x + "px";
        var rect = col.getBoundingClientRect();
        col.style.top =
          (CONFIG.y === null ? Math.round((1080 - rect.height) / 2) : CONFIG.y) + "px";

        var tl = gsap.timeline({ paused: true });

        /* comments enter sequentially: avatar pops, meta fades, text types, row fades */
        var t = CONFIG.animationIn ? 0.3 : 0;
        CONFIG.comments.forEach(function (c, i) {
          var av = "#yt-cc-av-" + i,
            meta = "#yt-cc-meta-" + i,
            row = "#yt-cc-row-" + i;
          var chars = document.querySelectorAll("#yt-cc-text-" + i + " .ch");
          var delay = Math.min(CONFIG.typeCharDelay, 2.2 / Math.max(1, chars.length));

          gsap.set(av, { opacity: 0, scale: 0.5 });
          gsap.set(meta, { opacity: 0, y: 10 });
          tl.to(av, { opacity: 1, scale: 1, duration: 0.45, ease: "back.out(1.6)" }, t);
          tl.to(meta, { opacity: 1, y: 0, duration: 0.4, ease: "power2.out" }, t + 0.12);
          t += 0.4;
          tl.to(chars, { opacity: 1, duration: 0.02, stagger: delay, ease: "none" }, t);
          t += chars.length * delay + 0.15;
          tl.to(row, { opacity: 1, duration: 0.35, ease: "power2.out" }, t);
          t += 0.5;
        });

        /* exit + hard kill (auto-scaled out) */
        if (CONFIG.animationOut) {
          tl.to(col, { opacity: 0, y: -18, duration: OUT, ease: "power2.in" }, DUR - OUT - 0.05);
        }
        tl.set(root, { visibility: "hidden" }, DUR - 0.02);

        window.__timelines["yt-comment-card"] = tl;
      })();
    </script>
  </body>
</html>
```

Copy npx hyperframes add yt-comment-card to the clipboard

That writes one file: `compositions/yt-comment-card.html`.

## Add it to your video

It runs for 8 seconds at 1920×1080. Paste this into your composition:

```html index.html
<div
  data-composition-id="yt-comment-card"
  data-composition-src="compositions/yt-comment-card.html"
  data-start="0"
  data-duration="8"
  data-track-index="1"
  data-width="1920"
  data-height="1080"
></div>
```

Move it in time with `data-start`. Put it on a different timeline row with
`data-track-index`. See [data attributes](/concepts/data-attributes.md) for the rest.

{/* hf:generated-footer */}

Tagged `social` `comments` `creator` `overlay`.

## Related topics

* [Browse the complete Catalog](/catalog.md)
* [Add assets and Catalog items in the browser editor](/studio/assets-and-blocks.md)
* [Put blocks together into one video](/concepts/compositions.md)
