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ZDDC 9b20e4451f feat(browse): render default_tool=tables dirs (mdl/rsk/ssr) as click-to-table leaves 
A directory whose cascade default_tool is "tables" (mdl/rsk/ssr and any
operator-configured table dir) now shows in the browse tree as a leaf with
a table icon — no expand chevron — and clicking it opens the tables tool in
the preview pane (an iframe scoped to the dir, mirroring grid.js's
classifier embed) instead of expanding/navigating into the folder.

Detection rides the cascade, not hardcoded names: the directory listing now
carries a per-entry default_tool hint (listing.FileInfo.DefaultTool, set via
zddc.DefaultToolAt for both on-disk children and the virtual canonical peers
mdl/rsk/ssr). Browse's util.isTableLeaf(node) keys off it; tree.js renders
the leaf, events.js routes its click/Enter to the preview (excluding it from
expand/navigate), and preview.js renders the iframe at the dir's NO-SLASH
URL (the default_tool route — <dir>/tables.html 404s for a virtual dir).

Server mode only (the hint is absent on file://, so offline folders stay
ordinary expandable dirs). Validated end-to-end in a containerized browser:
mdl/rsk/ssr are leaves, normal folders keep their chevrons, and clicking mdl
loads the tables view inline without navigating.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-05 17:18:47 -05:00
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css feat(browse): drop New folder/file toolbar buttons, lift Sort/Hidden above filter 2026-06-05 16:03:25 -05:00
js feat(browse): render default_tool=tables dirs (mdl/rsk/ssr) as click-to-table leaves 2026-06-05 17:18:47 -05:00
build.sh feat(browse): schema-driven .zddc form view (option fields editable, structure read-only) 2026-06-05 15:02:47 -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): drop New folder/file toolbar buttons, lift Sort/Hidden above filter 2026-06-05 16:03:25 -05:00

README.md

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.