Add link to docs for prerender indicator and allow disabling

examples/with-stomp/next.config.js

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ module.exports = {
   env: {
     STOMP_SERVER: process.env.STOMP_SERVER
   }
-}
+}

packages/next-server/server/config.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ const defaultConfig: { [key: string]: any } = {
   target: 'server',
   poweredByHeader: true,
   compress: true,
+  devIndicators: {
+    buildActivity: true,
+    autoPrerender: true,
+  },
   onDemandEntries: {
     maxInactiveAge: 60 * 1000,
     pagesBufferLength: 2,

packages/next/README.md

@@ -2152,6 +2152,20 @@ There is no configuration or special handling required.
 > **Note**: If you have a [custom `<Document>`](#custom-document) with `getInitialProps` be sure you check if `ctx.req` is defined before assuming the page is server-side rendered.
 > `ctx.req` will be `undefined` for pages that are prerendered.
 
+## Automatic Prerender Indicator
+
+When a page qualifies for automatic prerendering we show an indicator to let you know. This is helpful since the automatic prerendering optimization can be very beneficial and knowing immediately in development if it qualifies can be useful. See above for information on the benefits of this optimization.
+
+In some cases this indicator might not be as useful like when working on electron applications. For these cases you can disable the indicator in your `next.config.js` by setting
+
+```js
+module.exports = {
+  devIndicators: {
+    autoPrerender: false
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Production deployment
 
 To deploy, instead of running `next`, you want to build for production usage ahead of time. Therefore, building and starting are separate commands:

packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts

@@ -510,9 +510,18 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
         'process.env.__NEXT_EXPORT_TRAILING_SLASH': JSON.stringify(
           config.exportTrailingSlash
         ),
-        'process.env.__NEXT_MODERN_BUILD': config.experimental.modern && !dev,
-        'process.env.__NEXT_GRANULAR_CHUNKS':
-          config.experimental.granularChunks && !dev,
+        'process.env.__NEXT_MODERN_BUILD': JSON.stringify(
+          config.experimental.modern && !dev
+        ),
+        'process.env.__NEXT_GRANULAR_CHUNKS': JSON.stringify(
+          config.experimental.granularChunks && !dev
+        ),
+        'process.env.__NEXT_BUILD_INDICATOR': JSON.stringify(
+          config.devIndicators.buildActivity
+        ),
+        'process.env.__NEXT_PRERENDER_INDICATOR': JSON.stringify(
+          config.devIndicators.autoPrerender
+        ),
         ...(isServer
           ? {
               // Fix bad-actors in the npm ecosystem (e.g. `node-formidable`)

packages/next/client/dev/prerender-indicator.js

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export default function initializeBuildWatcher () {
   shadowHost.style.height = 0
   shadowHost.style.zIndex = 99998
   shadowHost.style.transition = 'all 100ms ease'
-  shadowHost.title = 'Click to hide for page'
 
   document.body.appendChild(shadowHost)
 
@@ -47,10 +46,6 @@ export default function initializeBuildWatcher () {
     }
   }
 
-  shadowHost.addEventListener('click', () => {
-    shadowHost.style.opacity = 0
-    shadowHost.style.pointerEvents = 'none'
-  })
   shadowHost.addEventListener('mouseenter', () => {
     container.classList.add(`${prefix}expanded`)
   })
@@ -70,16 +65,17 @@ function createContainer (prefix) {
   const container = document.createElement('div')
   container.id = `${prefix}container`
   container.innerHTML = `
-    <div id="${prefix}icon-wrapper">
-      <svg width="15" height="20" viewBox="0 0 60 80" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
-      <path d="M36 3L30.74 41H8L36 3Z" fill="black"/>
-      <path d="M25 77L30.26 39H53L25 77Z" fill="black"/>
-      <path d="M13.5 33.5L53 39L47.5 46.5L7 41.25L13.5 33.5Z" fill="black"/>
-      </svg>
-      Prerendered Page
-    </div>
+    <a href="https://nextjs.org/docs#automatic-prerender-indicator" target="_blank">
+      <div id="${prefix}icon-wrapper">
+          <svg width="15" height="20" viewBox="0 0 60 80" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+          <path d="M36 3L30.74 41H8L36 3Z" fill="black"/>
+          <path d="M25 77L30.26 39H53L25 77Z" fill="black"/>
+          <path d="M13.5 33.5L53 39L47.5 46.5L7 41.25L13.5 33.5Z" fill="black"/>
+          </svg>
+          Prerendered Page
+      </div>
+    </a>
   `
-
   return container
 }
 
@@ -116,12 +112,18 @@ function createCss (prefix) {
       animation: ${prefix}fade-in 0.1s ease-in-out;
     }
 
+    #${prefix}container a {
+      color: inherit;
+      text-decoration: none;
+    }
+
     #${prefix}icon-wrapper {
       width: 140px;
       height: 20px;
       display: flex;
       flex-shrink: 0;
       align-items: center;
+      position: relative;
     }
 
     #${prefix}icon-wrapper svg {
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ function createCss (prefix) {
     }
 
     #${prefix}container.${prefix}expanded {
-      width: 140px;
+      width: 135px;
     }
 
     #${prefix}container.${prefix}visible {

packages/next/client/next-dev.js

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ window.next = next
 initNext({ webpackHMR })
   .then(emitter => {
     initOnDemandEntries({ assetPrefix: prefix })
-    initializeBuildWatcher()
-    initializePrerenderIndicator()
+    if (process.env.__NEXT_BUILD_INDICATOR) initializeBuildWatcher()
+    if (process.env.__NEXT_PRERENDER_INDICATOR) initializePrerenderIndicator()
 
     let lastScroll
 

test/integration/build-indicator/test/index.test.js

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /* eslint-env jest */
 /* global jasmine */
-import fs from 'fs'
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import { join } from 'path'
 import webdriver from 'next-webdriver'
 import { findPort, launchApp, killApp, waitFor } from 'next-test-utils'
 
 jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 1000 * 60 * 5
 const appDir = join(__dirname, '..')
+const nextConfig = join(appDir, 'next.config.js')
 let appPort
 let app
 
@@ -24,42 +25,68 @@ const installCheckVisible = browser => {
 }
 
 describe('Build Activity Indicator', () => {
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    appPort = await findPort()
-    app = await launchApp(appDir, appPort)
-  })
-  afterAll(() => killApp(app))
+  describe('Enabled', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await fs.remove(nextConfig)
+      appPort = await findPort()
+      app = await launchApp(appDir, appPort)
+    })
+    afterAll(() => killApp(app))
 
-  it('Adds the build indicator container', async () => {
-    const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/')
-    const html = await browser.eval('document.body.innerHTML')
-    expect(html).toMatch(/__next-build-watcher/)
-    await browser.close()
-  })
+    it('Adds the build indicator container', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/')
+      const html = await browser.eval('document.body.innerHTML')
+      expect(html).toMatch(/__next-build-watcher/)
+      await browser.close()
+    })
 
-  it('Shows the build indicator when a page is built during navigation', async () => {
-    const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/')
-    await installCheckVisible(browser)
-    await browser.elementByCss('#to-a').click()
-    await waitFor(500)
-    const wasVisible = await browser.eval('window.showedBuilder')
-    expect(wasVisible).toBe(true)
-    await browser.close()
-  })
+    it('Shows the build indicator when a page is built during navigation', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/')
+      await installCheckVisible(browser)
+      await browser.elementByCss('#to-a').click()
+      await waitFor(500)
+      const wasVisible = await browser.eval('window.showedBuilder')
+      expect(wasVisible).toBe(true)
+      await browser.close()
+    })
+
+    it('Shows build indicator when page is built from modifying', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/b')
+      await installCheckVisible(browser)
+      const pagePath = join(appDir, 'pages/b.js')
+      const origContent = await fs.readFile(pagePath, 'utf8')
+      const newContent = origContent.replace('b', 'c')
 
-  it('Shows build indicator when page is built from modifying', async () => {
-    const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/b')
-    await installCheckVisible(browser)
-    const pagePath = join(appDir, 'pages/b.js')
-    const origContent = fs.readFileSync(pagePath, 'utf8')
-    const newContent = origContent.replace('b', 'c')
+      await fs.writeFile(pagePath, newContent, 'utf8')
+      await waitFor(500)
+      const wasVisible = await browser.eval('window.showedBuilder')
 
-    fs.writeFileSync(pagePath, newContent, 'utf8')
-    await waitFor(500)
-    const wasVisible = await browser.eval('window.showedBuilder')
+      expect(wasVisible).toBe(true)
+      await fs.writeFile(pagePath, origContent, 'utf8')
+      await browser.close()
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('Disabled with next.config.js', () => {
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await fs.writeFile(
+        nextConfig,
+        'module.exports = { devIndicators: { buildActivity: false } }',
+        'utf8'
+      )
+      appPort = await findPort()
+      app = await launchApp(appDir, appPort)
+    })
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await killApp(app)
+      await fs.remove(nextConfig)
+    })
 
-    expect(wasVisible).toBe(true)
-    fs.writeFileSync(pagePath, origContent, 'utf8')
-    await browser.close()
+    it('Does not add the build indicator container', async () => {
+      const browser = await webdriver(appPort, '/')
+      const html = await browser.eval('document.body.innerHTML')
+      expect(html).not.toMatch(/__next-build-watcher/)
+      await browser.close()
+    })
   })
 })