ZDDC/browse
ZDDC 360049f482 fix(browse): preserve undefined verbs to distinguish Caddy/FS-API from zddc
Three modes again behave consistently after Part 3's per-entry
gating:

  1. file:// (FS Access API picker) — fromHandle leaves verbs unset
     (now undefined, not ""). The events.js Rename/Delete gates
     skip the cap.has cascade check when typeof node.verbs is not
     'string', so the items stay enabled per the original canMutate
     contract.

  2. Caddy file-server — fromServerEntry sees no verbs in the
     listing and preserves undefined. Same skip applies; Rename /
     Delete stay enabled but the underlying server will 405 the
     POST/DELETE (same pre-Part-3 behavior). Markdown/yaml editors
     still mount read-only via cap.has's writable fallback.

  3. zddc-server — verbs is always emitted (possibly as "" for an
     explicit zero grant). cap.has interprets the string and the
     gates apply.

The previous "verbs ?? ''" normalisation collapsed (1)+(2) into the
explicit-zero case, which incorrectly disabled Rename/Delete in
offline mode. Tri-state verbs (string non-empty / string empty /
undefined) restores the intent.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-21 09:00:12 -05:00
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css fix(browse): trim markdown read-only banner + drop YAML front-matter placeholder 2026-05-18 09:47:21 -05:00
js fix(browse): preserve undefined verbs to distinguish Caddy/FS-API from zddc 2026-05-21 09:00:12 -05:00
build.sh feat(shared): cap.js client helpers for permission gating 2026-05-21 08:42:05 -05:00
README.md feat(browse): generic directory listing tool — default at folder URLs 2026-05-03 19:56:51 -05:00
template.html feat(browse): SPA overhaul — context menu, YAML editor, icons, hovercard, deep links, autofilter 2026-05-14 12:12:42 -05:00

browse — directory listing tool

Generic file browser for any directory. Designed to work with ZDDC archives but useful for any folder. Single-file HTML, no install.

How it's used

Two modes, auto-detected at page load:

  1. Online (zddc-server backed). When this HTML is served by zddc-server at a folder URL — which it is by default for any directory under ZDDC_ROOT that doesn't have an index.html — the JS queries the same URL with Accept: application/json to load the directory's listing and renders it as a sortable, filterable table.

  2. Local (FileSystemAccessAPI). Click "Select Directory" in the header to pick any folder on your computer. Works in Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, Brave, etc.). No server required; the directory is read directly from disk.

What it does

  • Lists files and folders with name, size, type (extension), and modified date.
  • Click a folder to expand inline. Children load lazily on first expand.
  • Click a column header to sort by that column. Click again to reverse.
  • Type in the filter to narrow to entries whose name contains the substring.
  • Click any file to open it in a new tab — for server-backed pages, this routes through zddc-server's normal handler (so an .archive redirect, an apps cascade override, etc. all work as expected).

Design notes

  • No ZDDC-specific filtering. This tool is intentionally domain-agnostic. The companion archive tool layers ZDDC parsing (project / status / revision filters, tracking-number resolution) on top of the same listing API. Use archive when you want ZDDC semantics; use browse when you just want to see what's in a folder.
  • Default at directory URLs. zddc-server's directory.go serves the embedded browse.html bytes for any directory request with Accept: text/html and no index.html present. This means a user navigating to any folder under ZDDC_ROOT gets a usable browser without anyone having to drop a file into the archive.
  • Apps cascade override. Like every other ZDDC tool, the served browse.html can be overridden per-folder via a .zddc apps: entry. The default is the embedded copy from the binary; operators can pin a specific version or URL if they want.