feat: add clear to spinner

.changeset/loose-days-hug.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clack/prompts": patch
+---
+
+Add `clear` method to spinner for stopping and clearing.

packages/prompts/src/progress-bar.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export function progress({
 		stop: spin.stop,
 		cancel: spin.cancel,
 		error: spin.error,
+		clear: spin.clear,
 		advance,
 		isCancelled: spin.isCancelled,
 		message: (msg: string) => advance(0, msg),

packages/prompts/src/spinner.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface SpinnerResult {
 	cancel(msg?: string): void;
 	error(msg?: string): void;
 	message(msg?: string): void;
+	clear(): void;
 	readonly isCancelled: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ export const spinner = ({
 		}, delay);
 	};
 
-	const _stop = (msg = '', code = 0): void => {
+	const _stop = (msg = '', code = 0, silent: boolean = false): void => {
 		if (!isSpinnerActive) return;
 		isSpinnerActive = false;
 		clearInterval(loop);
@@ -177,10 +178,12 @@ export const spinner = ({
 					? color.red(S_STEP_CANCEL)
 					: color.red(S_STEP_ERROR);
 		_message = msg ?? _message;
-		if (indicator === 'timer') {
-			output.write(`${step}  ${_message} ${formatTimer(_origin)}\n`);
-		} else {
-			output.write(`${step}  ${_message}\n`);
+		if (!silent) {
+			if (indicator === 'timer') {
+				output.write(`${step}  ${_message} ${formatTimer(_origin)}\n`);
+			} else {
+				output.write(`${step}  ${_message}\n`);
+			}
 		}
 		clearHooks();
 		unblock();
@@ -189,6 +192,10 @@ export const spinner = ({
 	const stop = (msg = ''): void => _stop(msg, 0);
 	const cancel = (msg = ''): void => _stop(msg, 1);
 	const error = (msg = ''): void => _stop(msg, 2);
+	// TODO (43081j): this will leave the initial S_BAR since we purposely
+	// don't erase that in `clearPrevMessage`. In future, we may want to treat
+	// `clear` as a special case and remove the bar too.
+	const clear = (): void => _stop('', 0, true);
 
 	const message = (msg = ''): void => {
 		_message = removeTrailingDots(msg ?? _message);
@@ -200,6 +207,7 @@ export const spinner = ({
 		message,
 		cancel,
 		error,
+		clear,
 		get isCancelled() {
 			return isCancelled;
 		},

packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/spinner.test.ts.snap

@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > can be aborted by a signal 1`] = `
 ]
 `;
 
+exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > clear > stops and clears the spinner from the output 1`] = `
+[
+  "<cursor.hide>",
+  "│
+",
+  "◒  Loading",
+  "<cursor.left count=1>",
+  "<erase.down>",
+  "<cursor.show>",
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`spinner (isCI = false) > indicator customization > custom delay 1`] = `
 [
   "<cursor.hide>",
@@ -570,6 +582,20 @@ exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > can be aborted by a signal 1`] = `
 ]
 `;
 
+exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > clear > stops and clears the spinner from the output 1`] = `
+[
+  "<cursor.hide>",
+  "│
+",
+  "◒  Loading...",
+  "
+",
+  "<cursor.left count=1>",
+  "<erase.down>",
+  "<cursor.show>",
+]
+`;
+
 exports[`spinner (isCI = true) > indicator customization > custom delay 1`] = `
 [
   "<cursor.hide>",

packages/prompts/test/spinner.test.ts

@@ -425,4 +425,18 @@ describe.each(['true', 'false'])('spinner (isCI = %s)', (isCI) => {
 
 		expect(output.buffer).toMatchSnapshot();
 	});
+
+	describe('clear', () => {
+		test('stops and clears the spinner from the output', () => {
+			const result = prompts.spinner({ output });
+
+			result.start('Loading');
+
+			vi.advanceTimersByTime(80);
+
+			result.clear();
+
+			expect(output.buffer).toMatchSnapshot();
+		});
+	});
 });