Feat: add text overlay

[mohammed-danyal]

Description

Implemented a lightweight text overlay system for the video editor.

This PR adds support for:

• creating text overlays directly on the video preview
• dragging/repositioning text on the canvas
• inline text editing
• basic text styling controls
• toolbar integration near the rotate controls
• rendering text overlays during export

The implementation was intentionally kept minimal to preserve the existing architecture and avoid unnecessary UI refactors.

Related Issue

Closes #717

Type of Contribution

• Bug fix
• New feature
• Documentation update
• GSSoC contribution

Participant Info

• GitHub username: Mohammed-danyal
• Contribution level (Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced): Intermediate

Screen Recording

bandicam.2026-05-19.18-46-24-180.mp4

Checklist

• I have read the contribution guidelines
• My changes follow the project structure
• I have tested my changes in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari
• bun run lint passes (no ESLint errors)
• bunx tsc --noEmit passes (no TypeScript errors)
• New interactive elements have aria-label / accessible names
• No console.log statements left in
• This PR is related to a valid issue
• Screen recording attached above (required for UI/feature/design changes)

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[github-actions]

👋 Thanks for your PR, @mohammed-danyal!

Welcome to Reframe — a browser-based video editor built for everyone 🎬

🟠 GSSoC'26 PR detected — thanks for contributing under GirlScript Summer of Code 2026!

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Happy coding! 🎉

[github-actions]

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[mohammed-danyal]

resolved the merge conflicts, please check @magic-peach

[magic-peach]

Hey @mohammed-danyal! This PR has merge conflicts with main. Please rebase to resolve them:

git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
# resolve any conflicts
git push --force-with-lease

Once rebased and CI passes, this can be reviewed for merge.

[mohammed-danyal]

hi @magic-peach , thank you for the reminder, I've fixed the merge conflicts.

[mohammed-danyal]

@magic-peach can you please merge the pr!
thank you

[magic-peach]

Hey @mohammed-danyal! Thanks for working on text overlay support — that's a meaningful feature.

This PR currently has merge conflicts with main. Please rebase:

git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
# resolve any conflicts
git push --force-with-lease origin <your-branch>

Once rebased and CI passes, I'll do a full review of the implementation.

[magic-peach]

Hey @mohammed-danyal! This PR has merge conflicts with main that need to be resolved before review. Please rebase:

git fetch origin
git rebase origin/main
# resolve any conflicts
git push --force-with-lease

Once rebased and CI passes, the text overlay feature will be reviewed for merging. Thanks!