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//! Notes activity-bar panel — persistent workspace scratch notes
//! (`.mnml/notes/*.md`). (#8)
//!
//! v1 scope: flat list of note files under the workspace's
//! `.mnml/notes/` directory + a `+ New note` action. Click a row →
//! opens the file in an editor pane (goes through the same markdown
//! preview path as any other `.md`). Notes gitignore themselves by
//! default (the `.mnml/` prefix is already common for mnml-scoped
//! files); users can check them in per-workspace by removing them
//! from `.gitignore`.
use ratatui::{
Frame,
layout::Rect,
style::Style,
text::{Line, Span},
widgets::{Block, Paragraph},
};
use crate::app::App;
use crate::ui::theme;
pub fn draw(frame: &mut Frame, app: &mut App, area: Rect) {
let t = theme::cur();
let bg = t.bg_darker;
frame.render_widget(Block::default().style(Style::default().bg(bg)), area);
if area.height < 2 || area.width < 8 {
return;
}
app.rects.notes_panel_files.clear();
app.rects.notes_panel_new_chip = None;
app.rects.notes_panel_filter_input = None;
// Files come from the cache — populated on first activation.
// Keeps per-frame stat() calls off the render path.
if !app.notes_panel_scanned_once {
app.notes_panel_refresh();
}
let filter_lc = app.notes_panel_filter.to_ascii_lowercase();
let all_files = app.notes_panel_files_cache.clone();
let files: Vec<std::path::PathBuf> = if filter_lc.is_empty() {
all_files.clone()
} else {
all_files
.iter()
.filter(|p| {
p.file_name()
.and_then(|s| s.to_str())
.unwrap_or("")
.to_ascii_lowercase()
.contains(&filter_lc)
})
.cloned()
.collect()
};
// 2026-08-24 (user ask) — refresh chip in top-right of the
// panel header, matching git + todos. Count-in-parens always
// shown (parity with FINDINGS): total when unfiltered,
// `M of N` when a filter narrows it.
let subtitle = if filter_lc.is_empty() {
format!(" ({})", all_files.len())
} else {
format!(" ({} of {})", files.len(), all_files.len())
};
// The `sort:` chip is the same idiom as CLOUD AGENTS' `view:`
// chip — click cycles, right-click lists every mode with a ✓ on
// the current one.
// Pad to the widest mode label so the chip keeps a fixed width and
// cannot slide out from under a repeat-clicking pointer.
let sort_widest = crate::ui::list_sort::ListSort::all()
.iter()
.map(|m| m.label().chars().count())
.max()
.unwrap_or(0);
let sort_chip = crate::ui::panel_chrome::mode_chip_text(
"sort",
app.panel_sort("notes").label(),
sort_widest,
);
let (notes_sort, notes_refresh) = crate::ui::panel_chrome::draw_caps_header_with_chips(
frame,
Rect {
x: area.x,
y: area.y,
width: area.width,
height: 1,
},
"NOTES",
Some(&subtitle),
Some(&sort_chip),
bg,
&t,
app.config.ui.ascii_icons,
);
app.rects.notes_panel_sort_chip = notes_sort;
app.rects.notes_panel_refresh_chip = notes_refresh;
// Filter row (row 1). Same idiom as HTTP / Agents / TODOs.
{
let y_filter = area.y + 1;
if y_filter < area.y + area.height {
let focused = app.notes_panel_filter_focused;
let bg_chip = crate::ui::panel_chrome::filter_chip_bg(&t);
let fg_chip = if app.notes_panel_filter.is_empty() && !focused {
t.comment
} else {
t.fg
};
let display = if app.notes_panel_filter.is_empty() {
crate::ui::filter_placeholder::for_state(focused).to_string()
} else {
app.notes_panel_filter.clone()
};
let cursor = if focused { "\u{258F}" } else { " " };
let pad = (area.width as usize).saturating_sub(3 + display.chars().count() + 1 + 1);
let line = Line::from(vec![
Span::styled(" ", Style::default().bg(bg)),
Span::styled(
format!("{} ", crate::ui::search_glyph::NERD),
Style::default().fg(t.comment).bg(bg_chip),
),
Span::styled(display, Style::default().fg(fg_chip).bg(bg_chip)),
Span::styled(cursor, Style::default().fg(t.cyan).bg(bg_chip)),
Span::styled(" ".repeat(pad), Style::default().bg(bg_chip)),
Span::styled(" ", Style::default().bg(bg)),
]);
let row_rect = Rect {
x: area.x,
y: y_filter,
width: area.width,
height: 1,
};
frame.render_widget(Paragraph::new(line), row_rect);
app.rects.notes_panel_filter_input = Some(row_rect);
}
}
// 2026-08-23 — "+ New note" chip lives ABOVE the list now (was
// pinned to the bottom, where it fell offscreen once the list
// grew past the panel height). Same idiom as the sessions rail's
// "+ New session": narrow chip + `bg2` background so it reads as
// a distinct button instead of a floating bare-text label. Sits
// one row below the filter (no blank in between) so the notes
// panel matches every other panel's tighter header stack.
let mut y = area.y + 2;
if y < area.y + area.height {
// 2026-08-23 (#1200) — routed through the shared
// `action_button::primary` role so this chip matches every
// other activity panel's primary action.
let label = "+ New note";
let chip_w = crate::ui::action_button::chip_width(label);
let avail = area.width.saturating_sub(1);
let new_rect = Rect {
x: area.x + 1,
y,
width: chip_w.min(avail),
height: 1,
};
frame.render_widget(
Paragraph::new(crate::ui::action_button::chip_line(
label,
crate::ui::action_button::primary(&t),
)),
new_rect,
);
app.rects.notes_panel_new_chip = Some(new_rect);
y += 2;
}
if files.is_empty() && !filter_lc.is_empty() {
y = crate::ui::empty_state::draw(
frame,
Rect {
x: area.x,
y,
width: area.width,
height: area.height.saturating_sub(y - area.y),
},
"No matches — Esc clears",
None,
bg,
&t,
);
y += 1; // extra breathing space to match prior layout
} else if files.is_empty() {
y = crate::ui::empty_state::draw(
frame,
Rect {
x: area.x,
y,
width: area.width,
height: area.height.saturating_sub(y - area.y),
},
"No notes yet — click + New note above.",
Some("Stored under .mnml/notes/*.md"),
bg,
&t,
);
y += 1;
} else {
// #polish 2026-07-06 — right-aligned age column. Users
// reported it was hard to find "the note I edited yesterday"
// among many notes — surfacing mtime does that at a glance.
let now = std::time::SystemTime::now()
.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH)
.map(|d| d.as_secs() as i64)
.unwrap_or(0);
// Clamp cursor to filtered length so a stale index
// after a filter narrows doesn't paint invisibly.
let clamped_cursor = app.notes_panel_cursor.min(files.len().saturating_sub(1));
app.notes_panel_cursor = clamped_cursor;
let visible_rows = (area.height as usize).saturating_sub(4);
let mut scroll = app.notes_panel_scroll;
let (first, shown, needs_sb) = crate::ui::panel_chrome::list_scroll_window(
&mut scroll,
clamped_cursor,
files.len(),
visible_rows,
);
app.notes_panel_scroll = scroll;
let row_w = if needs_sb {
area.width.saturating_sub(1)
} else {
area.width
};
for (row_i, path) in files.iter().enumerate().skip(first).take(shown) {
if y >= area.y + area.height {
break;
}
let is_focused_row = row_i == clamped_cursor;
let row_bg = if is_focused_row { t.bg2 } else { bg };
let name = path
.file_stem()
.and_then(|s| s.to_str())
.unwrap_or("note")
.to_string();
let icon = if app.config.ui.ascii_icons {
"◧"
} else {
"\u{F249}"
};
// Age string from file mtime — falls back to empty on
// any I/O error (rare; usually missing metadata).
let age_str: String = std::fs::metadata(path)
.and_then(|m| m.modified())
.ok()
.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(std::time::UNIX_EPOCH).ok())
.map(|d| {
let secs = now.saturating_sub(d.as_secs() as i64);
crate::ui::git_graph_view::humanize_age(secs)
})
.unwrap_or_default();
// Row is: 2 inset + 1 accent + 2 icon+space + name + gap +
// age. That is 5 cells of prefix, so the name budget is
// `row_w - 5 - gap - age`.
//
// The old arithmetic subtracted one too few and measured
// against `area.width` rather than `row_w`, so the name ran
// into the age column — worse once a scrollbar took a
// column, and worse again for a two-character age (`14h`
// fits where `1h` does not).
//
// GAP is 2, not 1: the user asked for one more cell of air
// between the name and the age.
const AGE_GAP: usize = 2;
let name_width = (row_w as usize)
.saturating_sub(5)
.saturating_sub(AGE_GAP)
.saturating_sub(age_str.chars().count());
let name_clipped: String = name.chars().take(name_width).collect();
let name_padded = format!("{name_clipped:<width$}", width = name_width);
let row_rect = Rect {
x: area.x,
y,
width: row_w,
height: 1,
};
frame.render_widget(
Paragraph::new(Line::from(vec![
// Two unhighlighted cells keep the band off the panel
// edge, then the focused row's blue `▌` accent — the
// same selected-row idiom as the palette picker /
// activity bar / sessions panel.
//
// This panel painted all three gutter cells in the
// row colour, so its band ran flush to the edge AND
// carried no accent; TODOS had already been inset
// without ever gaining the bar. Both are fixed here,
// together, so the two panels finally agree.
Span::styled(" ", Style::default().bg(bg)),
Span::styled(
crate::ui::gutter::marker(is_focused_row),
Style::default().fg(t.green).bg(row_bg),
),
Span::styled(format!("{icon} "), Style::default().fg(t.yellow).bg(row_bg)),
Span::styled(name_padded, Style::default().fg(t.fg).bg(row_bg)),
Span::styled(
format!("{}{age_str}", " ".repeat(AGE_GAP)),
Style::default().fg(t.comment).bg(row_bg),
),
])),
row_rect,
);
app.rects.notes_panel_files.push((row_rect, path.clone()));
y += 1;
}
// Content rect, so a wheel event over the list can be routed
// to this panel's scroll offset.
app.rects.notes_panel_area = Some(Rect {
x: area.x,
y: area.y + 4,
width: area.width,
height: visible_rows as u16,
});
if needs_sb {
let sb = Rect {
x: area.x + row_w,
y: area.y + 4,
width: 1,
height: visible_rows as u16,
};
crate::ui::scrollbar::paint_simple_scrollbar(
frame,
sb,
&t,
files.len(),
visible_rows,
first,
);
app.rects.scrollbars.push(crate::app::ScrollbarHit {
area: sb,
pane_id: 0,
total: files.len(),
viewport: visible_rows,
kind: crate::app::ScrollbarKind::NotesPanel,
});
}
}
let _ = y;
}
pub fn notes_dir(workspace: &std::path::Path) -> std::path::PathBuf {
workspace.join(".mnml").join("notes")
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
use ratatui::Terminal;
use ratatui::backend::TestBackend;
/// The focused row must be inset off the panel edge AND carry the
/// blue `▌` accent, matching TODOS.
///
/// This panel painted all three gutter cells in the row colour, so
/// its highlight ran flush to the left edge — the exact complaint
/// that had already been fixed in TODOS — and it never painted an
/// accent bar at all, so "the gutter" was invisible empty space.
/// USER REPORT — "when creating or deleting notes, it does not auto
/// refresh, if i click refresh icon i see the changes."
///
/// The sidebar panels cache their own file list, and no filesystem
/// mutation invalidated it. Asserted through `refresh_after_fs_change`
/// — the shared chokepoint every create / delete / rename / transfer
/// funnels through — rather than through one caller, so a new
/// mutation path cannot reintroduce this by forgetting a call.
#[test]
fn creating_and_deleting_a_note_refreshes_the_panel_cache() {
let d = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
let mut app =
crate::app::App::new(d.path().to_path_buf(), crate::config::Config::default()).unwrap();
// From `app.workspace`, NOT `d.path()`: App::new canonicalizes
// the workspace, so on macOS the raw tempdir is /var/... while
// the panel scans /private/var/... — seeding the wrong one makes
// this test fail against a correct fix.
let nd = notes_dir(&app.workspace);
std::fs::create_dir_all(&nd).unwrap();
app.notes_panel_refresh();
assert!(app.notes_panel_files_cache.is_empty(), "seeded dirty");
// Create.
let note = nd.join("fresh.md");
std::fs::write(¬e, "x").unwrap();
app.refresh_after_fs_change();
assert!(
app.notes_panel_files_cache.iter().any(|p| p == ¬e),
"a newly created note is missing until the user clicks refresh"
);
// Delete.
std::fs::remove_file(¬e).unwrap();
app.refresh_after_fs_change();
assert!(
!app.notes_panel_files_cache.iter().any(|p| p == ¬e),
"a deleted note lingers in the panel until the user clicks refresh"
);
}
/// The same chokepoint must cover FINDINGS, whose cache has the
/// identical lifecycle.
#[test]
fn creating_a_finding_refreshes_the_panel_cache() {
let d = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
let mut app =
crate::app::App::new(d.path().to_path_buf(), crate::config::Config::default()).unwrap();
let fd = crate::ui::findings_panel::findings_dir(&app.workspace);
std::fs::create_dir_all(&fd).unwrap();
app.findings_panel_refresh();
let f = fd.join("report.md");
std::fs::write(&f, "x").unwrap();
app.refresh_after_fs_change();
assert!(
app.findings_panel_files_cache.iter().any(|p| p == &f),
"a newly created finding is missing until the user clicks refresh"
);
}
/// TODOS auto-refresh is THROTTLED, not excluded.
///
/// This test used to assert it never ran at all. That was the right
/// policy while the only alternative was scanning the whole
/// workspace on every file operation — the per-frame full-scan
/// shape behind this editor's earlier freezes. But it also meant a
/// user who edited TODO.md saw nothing until they clicked ↻, which
/// is the complaint that prompted the change. A throttle keeps the
/// panel current without the cost landing on a burst of writes.
#[test]
fn a_burst_of_fs_changes_scans_todos_at_most_once() {
let d = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
let mut app =
crate::app::App::new(d.path().to_path_buf(), crate::config::Config::default()).unwrap();
std::fs::write(app.workspace.join("a.rs"), "// TODO: marker\n").unwrap();
app.refresh_after_fs_change();
let after_first = app.todos_auto_refresh_at;
assert!(
after_first.is_some(),
"the first change did not scan at all"
);
for _ in 0..20 {
app.refresh_after_fs_change();
}
assert_eq!(
app.todos_auto_refresh_at, after_first,
"a burst re-scanned the whole workspace repeatedly — the \
throttle is not holding"
);
}
#[test]
fn the_focused_row_is_inset_and_carries_the_blue_accent_bar() {
let d = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
let mut app =
crate::app::App::new(d.path().to_path_buf(), crate::config::Config::default()).unwrap();
app.config.ui.ascii_icons = true;
let nd = notes_dir(d.path());
std::fs::create_dir_all(&nd).unwrap();
std::fs::write(nd.join("a.md"), "hello").unwrap();
app.notes_panel_files_cache = vec![nd.join("a.md")];
app.notes_panel_scanned_once = true;
let w = 60u16;
let mut term = Terminal::new(TestBackend::new(w, 12)).unwrap();
term.draw(|f| {
draw(
f,
&mut app,
Rect {
x: 0,
y: 0,
width: w,
height: 12,
},
)
})
.unwrap();
let t = theme::cur();
let buf = term.backend().buffer();
let y = (0..12u16)
.find(|&y| (0..w).any(|x| buf[(x, y)].symbol() == "▌"))
.expect("no row carries an accent bar");
assert_eq!(
buf[(0, y)].bg,
t.bg_darker,
"column 0 is highlighted — the band is welded to the panel edge"
);
assert_eq!(
buf[(1, y)].symbol(),
"▌",
"the accent bar is not at column 1 — it should sit under the \
filter row's magnifier"
);
assert_eq!(buf[(1, y)].fg, t.green, "the accent bar is not green");
assert_eq!(
buf[(1, y)].bg,
t.bg2,
"the accent sits outside the highlight band"
);
}
}