The status bar's transfers summary is a text toggle, but 7.css painted it as
a full Aero push button — a stray bordered slab sitting in the status line.
Marked it w7-flat, the per-button escape hatch that existed for exactly this
and had never been used.
It did not work, for a reason worth keeping: 7.css restates border-color at
`.win7 button:not(:disabled):not(:hover)` = (0,3,1), which outranks
`.win7 .w7-flat` = (0,2,0). The .w7-toolbar arm of the same rule only ever
won that fight by tying on specificity and landing later in the same layer —
an accident w7-flat did not share. Split the rule: `background:
revert-layer` stays in `skin` (it must land on `utilities`), and the
paint-suppression literals move to `skinfix`, where layer order settles it
instead of a specificity arms race.
Docs updated in the same change per the working agreement — architecture.md
gains the tabs contract, the w7-flat/w7-toolbar split and the frame
transparency invariant; gotchas.md gains a win7-skin section (unlayered beats
every layer, the (0,3,1) border-color restatement, overflow-x clipping the
y-axis, 7.css's hardcoded light literals, exact selectors) plus the two
Angular traps this round hit: a duplicate `class` attribute is silently
dropped, and a backtick inside a component template's HTML comment terminates
the TS template literal.
Also recorded the verification trap that cost three wrong readings today:
`bun run start` leaves the old instance running and `import -window` grabs
the OLDEST match, so screenshots silently come from a stale build — this is
what made the w7-flat fix above look like a no-op when it was already
correct. Kill and count instances before capturing. And `pkill -f
'electrobun dev'` matches the shell running it and kills your own command.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
The menu now renders 7.css's real contract — ul[role=menu] > li[role=menuitem]
> button for actions, input[type=checkbox] + label for the checkable column
toggles, and dividers as .has-divider on the PRECEDING item (7.css draws them
as an ::after bevel, not as a node; the service's separator entries collapse
onto their predecessor at render time). With the markup right, the framework
supplies everything the hand-written version imitated or lacked: the left
gutter stripe, bevelled separators, the gradient selection band, the checked
box, and disabled/submenu styling we previously had none of.
Deleted: the w7-menu lookalike (both the button-slab stripper in `skin` and
the whole hand-authored Aero set in `skinfix`) and its w7-menu/w7-menu-sep
hooks. The "7.css has no menu component" claims in styles.css and
architecture.md were FALSE — dist/gui/menu.css is a full component; the old
markup (div > button) simply matched none of it. Both corrected to state the
real contract and the trap.
Keyboard now follows the platform instead of a highlight class: arrows move
REAL focus between items — 7.css styles :focus-visible identically to :hover,
and keyboard-initiated programmatic focus counts — and Enter/Space activate
buttons natively; only labels need a synthetic click. This also makes the menu
honest to screen readers.
Dark mode: menu.css hardcodes light literals (color:initial, white bevel
halves, the #b3d3f9 checked-box ring); restated in skinfix's dark arm like the
ListView's.
Also fixed, caught BY the harness: the Stage 3 frame sizing rule was keyed on
bare `.window`, forcing 100vh height onto every 7.css window (the harness's
demo windows blew up to full page). It is now keyed on `w7-frame`, a hook only
the three real window roots carry.
Verified zoomed in light and dark against 7.css's reference markup: gutter,
dividers, checkmark box, grey right-aligned accelerator all match; bundle
490.92 kB.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
main retired electrobun's native context menu (a documented no-op on Linux) in
favour of an HTML one on every platform. Merging that here needs the menu to
look right under the Win7 skin as well.
Conflicts, all resolved by keeping both sides:
- src/bun/index.ts — createAppRPC keeps the branch's mainWindow getter, drops
main's removed contextMenu dep.
- ui/src/app/app.ts — imports both TitleBar and ContextMenu.
- ui/src/app/platform.ts — kept the branch's version (its IS_MAC_CHROME accounts
for the frameless win7 chrome, and MOD_LABEL correctly keys on the real
platform rather than the chrome), plus exporting IS_MAC and adding IS_LINUX
for the menu's per-OS shell wording.
Aero menu (branch-only): 7.css has no menu component, so it is hand-authored
across both layers — the row <button>s shed their push-button slab in `skin`
(revert-layer only reaches `utilities` from there), and the square-cornered
slab, hairline border and gradient selection band are stated in `skinfix`.
Built strictly from existing --w7-* vars, never literal hex, so the
hand-written dark Win7 palette recolours it for free. Hover and the keyboard
cursor share one band (the component marks the cursor with `bg-accent`, which
is overridden alongside :hover) as a real Win7 menu does.
Also answers a question the merge raised: frameless windows DO work on Linux.
The GTK wrapper honours titleBarStyle "hidden" — it calls
gtk_window_set_decorated(false) and logs "GTK: Created window without
decorations (custom titlebar)". Verified on GNOME/Wayland and documented in
architecture.md.
Verified: backend `tsc --noEmit` clean, `bun run build:ui` clean (492.52 kB
initial, still under the 500 kB budget), app launches with the skin active,
frameless, no console errors and no GBM failures.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
On the NVIDIA proprietary driver the app booted, logged "miniSCP started",
reported no error — and painted a completely black window, with stderr showing
"Failed to create GBM buffer of size WxH: Invalid argument" and an X11
GLXBadWindow. WebKitGTK's DMABUF renderer cannot allocate buffers there;
WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 is the upstream workaround. Pre-existing on
Linux, unrelated to the context-menu change — it just had never been looked at
because nothing on Linux had been run before.
The app CANNOT apply this to itself. WebKit reads the variable when it forks
its web process, and Bun's `process.env` writes do not propagate to child
processes (verified: a spawned child sees it unset), so setting it in
src/bun/index.ts is inert even from a module imported before `electrobun/bun`.
It has to be in the environment before the app process starts, which means
every launch path must inject it:
- scripts/linux-gpu.ts — shared `launchEnv()` helper, gated on
/proc/driver/nvidia so Intel/AMD keep hardware compositing, and never
overriding an explicit value from the user's environment.
- scripts/dev.ts — uses it for `bun run dev`.
- scripts/start.ts (new) — `bun run start` previously called `bunx electrobun
dev` straight from package.json, where no env could be set; it now goes
through a script like dev does.
- scripts/release.ts — writes a `miniSCP.sh` wrapper beside bin/launcher in the
Linux tarball, since a packaged app goes through none of the above.
Documented in gotchas.md (including that a "does it boot?" log check does NOT
catch this — the log looks healthy) and platform-notes.md, with the smoke test
updated to require that the UI actually renders.
Verified: backend `tsc --noEmit` clean, `bun run build:ui` clean, and
`bun run start` now boots with zero GBM/GLX errors.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
`bun run start` died on Linux with ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED (missing
libayatana-appindicator3.so.1). Fixing the environment exposed the real gap:
electrobun's ContextMenu.showContextMenu is a documented no-op on Linux, and
since the UI suppresses the webview's own right-click menu, EVERY panel context
menu was silently dead there — Send to Other Panel, Open, Rename, Permissions,
Delete, Copy Path, Reveal and the column picker all unreachable. Electrobun
itself logs "Application menus are not supported on Linux. Implement menu UI in
your webview HTML instead." at boot.
- Context menus are now HTML on EVERY platform (ui/src/app/context-menu.ts +
context-menu.service.ts), not just as a Linux fallback: one implementation
cannot drift from a second one. The item builders are ported verbatim from
the old bun menu, so ordering, per-platform labels and the Windows-local
chmod hide are unchanged, and picks are emitted as the same `ctx-*` / `col:*`
strings through RpcService.emitMenuAction — App.handleMenuAction is untouched
and still the single dispatcher for both the macOS menubar and right-clicks.
Adds what the native menu gave for free: arrow/Enter/Escape keys, viewport
edge-flip, close on blur/resize/scroll. The Edit item now shows the real F4
hint instead of the native menu's "e" mnemonic.
- New shellItemAction RPC replaces showRowMenu/showColumnsMenu — the only part
the webview can't do itself (reveal, open-with-default, copy path). Deletes
src/bun/context-menu.ts entirely.
- release.ts gains a linux-x64 target. Electrobun emits only the .tar.zst
updater blob on Linux, so the artifact is a .tar.gz of the assembled app
folder, mirroring the Windows portable zip.
- Docs: platform-notes gets a Linux runtime-dependency table (AppIndicator is
linked HARD — a missing lib is a boot failure, not a degraded tray), the
ldd diagnostic, GNOME tray caveat, known issues and a first-boot smoke test;
gotchas gets the ERR_DLOPEN_FAILED trail and the benign GLX/GBM startup
noise; architecture/build-and-release/README updated accordingly.
Verified: backend `tsc --noEmit` clean, `bun run build:ui` clean (399 kB
initial), app boots on Linux with no errors beyond the documented benign
warnings. NOT verified on macOS/Windows — the native menu is retired on those
platforms too, so the menus need eyeballing on a Mac before the next release.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Evaluation branch: a full Aero skin, including frameless windows with our own
title bar, switchable against the existing modern look.
The app already had a four-axis runtime skinning mechanism and zero component
stylesheets, so the skin is one new setting plus one stylesheet section rather
than a parallel UI. The key move is cascade order: 7.css is imported into a
`skin` layer ABOVE Tailwind's `utilities`, so its bare element rules outrank
the ~1900 inline utility classes already in the templates. Template changes are
limited to additive, skin-inert hooks (ARIA roles, `has-scrollbar`,
`w7-toolbar`, `w7-btn`).
- styles.css: explicit layer order, `7.css/dist/7.scoped.css` via `layer(skin)`,
a token bridge re-pointing the existing semantic tokens at Win7 values (no new
tokens, so `@theme inline` is untouched), a hand-authored dark Win7 palette,
and neutralizers that `revert-layer` 7.css's dialog-button metrics back to the
utility layer. Neutralizers must live inside `skin`, not `skinfix` —
`revert-layer` only reaches `utilities` from one layer up.
- Frameless chrome: `chromeOptions(skin)` is now the single place either skin's
frame is decided. `titleBarStyle: "hidden"` on every platform, which is also
the only way to drop the macOS traffic lights. New `title-bar` component
mounted by all three window roots.
- Window controls over RPC (minimize/toggle-maximize/close/is-maximized), served
per window kind so the X reuses each one's existing close path — editors still
get their dirty prompt. electrobun has no maximize event, so the state is
derived from `resize`; double-click-to-maximize is implemented here too.
- Font: Noto Sans vendored (OFL-1.1) under ui/src/fonts, since Segoe UI is
absent off Windows and not redistributable.
Verified: backend `tsc --noEmit` clean, `bun run build:ui` clean (486 kB initial,
under the 500 kB budget), app launches with the skin active and no console
errors. The rendered result has not been eyeballed — screen capture and
accessibility are both denied to the shell on this machine.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
The darker tone sat at #090908 for --background while --chrome was already
pure black, which both inverted the elevation ramp (frame strips darker than
the content beside them) and missed the point of an AMOLED tone — only a
true #000000 pixel is actually off on OLED.
--background now collapses into --chrome at pure black, so the main window,
connection manager and editor all render black end to end: panes, bars,
sidebar, gutter and textarea. Elevation is kept where it earns its place —
dialogs, popovers and toasts stay #181817, hover and selection #272726 — and
--border/--input go from 12%/15% to 16%/18% white, since on pure black those
lines are the only thing left defining panes, bars and rows.
No plumbing needed: buildPreload already bakes data-dark-tone onto every
window pre-paint, and tone changes broadcast live to open windows.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
The dark palette was shadcn's cool zinc (#202023, hue ~286). Anchor it on
#1a1a19 instead — cds gray-830, a warm near-neutral (hue 107) — and retone
the whole dark neutral family to match, since a warm background under cool
panels clashes. Lightness ramp is preserved; chromatic tokens (destructive,
success, icon hues, accent formulas) and the light palette are untouched.
Also introduce --chrome so the app isn't one flat tone: frame strips (tab
bar, status bar, transfer bar, editor/manager header+footer, connection
sidebar) now sit one step below the content panes, with popovers and hover
above them — the standard dark-UI elevation order.
Dark ramp: #151514 chrome, #1a1a19 content, #20201f card, #2e2e2d hover;
the "darker" tone drops chrome to true black. Light gains only a zinc-50
chrome step.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
The main feature (copy selection to the other panel, F5) is now labeled
"Send" in the toolbar button, tooltips, and context menu across all 7
locales. Internal identifiers (copyToOtherPanel, ctx-copy, i18n keys)
and secondary strings (toasts, status bar, errors) are unchanged.
The context-menu entry moves ahead of Open/Edit as the first row item.
README, marketing site, and the Windows QA checklist updated to match.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
~200 MB macOS / ~300 MB Windows is normal for a Bun + system-WebView app;
record the process breakdown, why Windows (WebView2/Chromium) is higher,
that it's not a bug, and the only real growth levers, so it isn't
re-investigated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Wires electrobun's Updater to the /dl download host. The packaged app checks
https://miniscp.com/dl on launch + every 6h; when a newer build exists, an
accent-colored "update tool" appears next to Connections in the tab bar. It
announces the update, becomes its own inline progress bar while downloading,
then flips to "Restart to apply" (two-step: download, then user-triggered
relaunch).
- electrobun.config.ts: release.baseUrl = https://miniscp.com/dl (baked into
version.json at build; miniscp.com fronted by an external proxy for TLS).
- rpc.ts: checkForUpdate/downloadUpdate/applyUpdate requests + updateStatus push.
- rpc-handlers.ts + index.ts: call Updater; poll on launch+6h; stream
onStatusChange progress. checkForUpdate self-guards the dev channel.
- rpc.service.ts + new updater.service.ts: signal-based state
(available -> downloading -> ready, ready derived from downloadUpdate ok).
- tab-bar.ts: single bg-primary pill; progress fills the pill itself.
- icons.ts: register mynaDownload. i18n: tabBar + menu keys across all locales.
- menu.ts + app.ts: "Check for Updates…" app-menu item -> UpdaterService.check().
- docs: build-and-release + architecture updated.
Unsigned builds still update (applyUpdate strips the macOS quarantine xattr).
Verified: tsc --noEmit (exit 0) + build:ui AOT (exit 0). Live pill + full
download/apply flow require a two-build test on the host.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Self-contained, no-JS landing page (tinygrad-minimal) that doubles as the
artifact download host, served by Caddy on an internal :80 box.
- site/index.html: static page, "Same tool, only a little different", feature
highlights (remote->remote, symmetric panels, ssh_config awareness, edit-in-
place, self-copy guard, ...), fixed stable download links, FAQ (unsigned notes).
- site/Caddyfile: one flat /dl/ folder with browse + range requests and per-type
Cache-Control (patches immutable, update.json no-cache, installers short).
- site/deploy.sh: drop a build's artifacts/stable-* into /dl/ (renames the win
portable zip to a stable name).
- Flat folder matches electrobun's artifacts/ layout, so it's also the future
updater baseUrl; per-build folders/symlink dropped in favor of it.
- docs/build-and-release.md: document the download host + deploy flow.
Verified: caddy validate + live smoke test (links, cache headers, 206 range,
404 fallback, deploy.sh copy/rename) against a temp root.
Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Custom signal-based runtime (no i18n dependency): shared src/shared/i18n
dictionaries, ui I18nService.t() reactive by construction so language
switches live, and a backend i18n.ts for native menus + thrown errors.
Every user-facing string keyed across templates, toasts, dialogs, file
kinds, columns, macOS menu/context menus, and errors. Language picker in
Options (auto-detects OS locale, falls back to English); switching
relabels the webview and native chrome instantly. English/Spanish/French/
German fully drafted; Chinese/Japanese/Basque drafted, flagged for native
review. Docs updated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Local panels are fs.watched (LocalDirWatcher + setWatchedDirs -> pathRefresh);
remote panels poll every 3s. New refresh({silent}) skips the loading/busy
flags and touches no DOM, snapshotting sessionId+cwd to discard results if the
user navigated mid-flight. Only the active tab is live; switching tabs
refreshes the new pair. A future on/off setting is left as commented
breadcrumbs. Docs updated.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Three layers: windows are created hidden and revealed on the webview's
first dom-ready (800ms fallback); the bun preload bakes the persisted
theme data-attributes so the first paint is already themed; and
index.html carries an inline background style covering the
pre-stylesheet paint (values mirrored from styles.css tokens).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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