Hi everyone,

I’m facing an issue with using dynamic imports in Next.js. When I load a component dynamically, there’s a noticeable delay before it appears. While I understand this behavior is expected due to how dynamic works, it negatively impacts the user experience.

Here’s a simplified example of my code:

"use client";

import dynamic from "next/dynamic";
import { useState } from "react";

const SearchSideBar = dynamic(() => import('@/app/components/home/Navbar/SearchSideBar'));

const MobileMenu = () => {
    const [isSearchBarOpen, setIsSearchBarOpen] = useState(false);
    const [isSearchBarVisible, setIsSearchBarVisible] = useState(false);
    const [isAnimating, setIsAnimating] = useState(false);

    const toggleSearchSidebar = () => {
        if (isAnimating || isSearchBarVisible) return;
        setIsAnimating(true);
        setIsSearchBarVisible(true);
        setIsSearchBarOpen(true);
    };

    const handleSearchSidebarClose = () => {
        setIsSearchBarOpen(false);
        setTimeout(() => {
            setIsSearchBarVisible(false);
            setIsAnimating(false);
        }, 300);
    };

    return (
        <div>
            <button onClick={toggleSearchSidebar}>Open Search Sidebar</button>
            {isSearchBarVisible && (
                <SearchSideBar isOpen={isSearchBarOpen} toggleSidebar={handleSearchSidebarClose} />
            )}
        </div>
    );
};

export default MobileMenu;

As you can see, I’m loading the SearchSideBar component dynamically using dynamic. The problem is that there’s a delay between when the user interacts with the button and when the component fully renders.

I’d like to know if there are ways to improve this:

- How can I preload the dynamically imported component so the delay is reduced or eliminated?
- Are there best practices for dynamically importing components that rely on animations or user-triggered actions?


Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

Thanks!