The shared/nav.js stage strip previously hardcoded four stages
(archive/working/staging/reviewing) with their labels and target
URLs baked into the file. Operators couldn't add a fifth stage or
rename "Working" to "In-Progress" without forking shared code.
Now cascade-driven end-to-end:
Server-side:
listing.FileInfo gains a Declared bool field. fs.ListDirectory
stamps Declared=true on every entry whose name matches the
cascade's ChildrenDeclaredAt(parent) — both real on-disk dirs
and virtual canonical injections. Bugfix in the same patch:
virtualCanonicalFolders was passing the relative dirPath to
ChildrenDeclaredAt (which expects absolute); now passes absDir.
Client-side:
shared/nav.js fetches the project root's JSON listing on
DOMContentLoaded, filters to declared+is_dir entries, sorts by
canonical workflow order (archive → working → staging →
reviewing, then any extras alphabetically), and renders the
strip. Labels read e.display_name → falls back to titleCase(name).
Hardcoded FALLBACK_STAGES kicks in only on fetch failure
(offline / file:// / non-zddc-server backend). Rendered
immediately so the strip appears without flicker, then the
cascade-fetched list replaces it once available.
Effect:
Project-3 (which has display: { archive: "Records",
working: "In-Progress", ... } in its .zddc) now shows
"Records · In-Progress · Outbox · Pending Responses" in every
tool's strip. Project-1 still shows "Archive · Working ·
Staging · Reviewing". No code change to render either; the
cascade decides.
Tests:
- tests/nav.spec.js relies on the mock server returning HTML at
every URL, so the fetch fails over to fallback stages — the
test renders the same Archive/Working/Staging/Reviewing labels
it always did, with no test changes needed.
- All 248 Playwright + all Go tests green.
Remaining client-side hardcode: archive/js/source.js +
archive/js/app.js's mode detection. Phase 4d.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The shared header strip pointed Working/Staging/Reviewing at the slash
form (working/, etc.), which now serves browse per the slash/no-slash
convention established earlier. The user expected those links to open
the stage's tool (mdedit for working, transmittal for staging, etc.) —
which is what the no-slash form serves.
Also drops the .html suffix from the archive target: <project>/archive
(no slash) → archive tool, same as the other stages. The currentStage
recognizer still accepts /archive.html as a fallback for any direct
URLs that survive in bookmarks.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Adds a thin nav strip directly under the app-header showing the four
canonical lifecycle stages from the transmittal-workflow spec:
archive · working · staging · reviewing. Each is a link to that
stage's directory under the current project. Current stage is
highlighted (bold + primary color, aria-current="page"). Strip
mounts as a sibling of .app-header on DOMContentLoaded — no
template changes needed in any tool.
Render rules (shared/nav.js shouldRender):
- location.protocol must be http: or https: (file:// has no project
structure to navigate within)
- a project segment must be detectable as the first path segment
(when it isn't a tool HTML file like /index.html or
/archive.html?projects=A,B). Multi-project view at the deployment
root therefore shows no strip.
Stage URL targets:
- Archive → <project>/archive.html (project-root archive view)
- Working → <project>/working/ (directory listing — mdedit auto-served)
- Staging → <project>/staging/ (directory listing — transmittal auto-served)
- Reviewing → <project>/reviewing/ (directory listing)
Convention-driven, not probed: if a deployment doesn't have one of
these folders the link returns 404. Operators on non-standard layouts
can opt out by setting window.zddc.nav.disabled = true before
DOMContentLoaded.
This pairs with the previous landing-tool change (single-project
click → <project>/archive.html). Together they give the user
both URL-bar manipulation AND visible navigation across the four
canonical project stages.
Five Playwright tests in tests/nav.spec.js exercise:
- non-render at deployment root
- render + active stage on <project>/archive.html
- render + active stage deep inside <project>/working/foo/mdedit.html
- canonical link targets
- mount position is sibling of .app-header
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
