components: implement marquee label component

components/mobileshell/qml/components/MarqueeLabel.qml

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ *   SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Yari Polla <skilvingr@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *   SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import QtQuick 2.15
+
+import org.kde.plasma.core 2.0 as PlasmaCore
+import org.kde.plasma.components 3.0 as PlasmaComponents
+
+/**
+ * This is a simple marquee (flowing) label based on PlasmaComponents Label.Array()
+ * 
+ * 
+ */
+PlasmaComponents.Label {
+    id: root
+                
+    required property string inputText
+    required property real rightPadding
+    
+    property int interval: PlasmaCore.Units.veryLongDuration
+    
+    readonly property int charactersOverflow: Math.ceil((txtMeter.width - parent.width + 2*rightPadding) / font.pointSize)
+    readonly property string displayedText: inputText.substring(step, step + inputText.length - charactersOverflow)
+    property int step: 0
+    
+    TextMetrics {
+      id: txtMeter
+      font.pointSize: root.font.pointSize
+      text: inputText
+    }
+    
+    Timer {              
+        property bool paused: false
+        
+        interval: root.interval
+        running: visible && charactersOverflow > 0
+        repeat: true
+        onTriggered: {
+            if (paused) {
+                if (step != 0) {
+                    step = 0;
+                } else {
+                    interval /= 3;
+                    paused = false;
+                }                        
+            } else {
+                step = (step + 1) % inputText.length;
+                    
+                if (step === charactersOverflow) {
+                    interval *= 3;
+                    paused = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        onRunningChanged: {
+            if (!running) {
+                step = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    text: displayedText
+}

components/mobileshell/resources.qrc

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         <file>qml/actiondrawer/PortraitContentContainer.qml</file>
         
         <file>qml/components/BaseItem.qml</file>
+        <file>qml/components/MarqueeLabel.qml</file>
         <file>qml/components/StartupFeedback.qml</file>
         <file>qml/components/util.js</file>
         <file>qml/components/VelocityCalculator.qml</file>