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ZDDC dbb7f6c9b5 fix(browse): dblclick rescopes client-side instead of hard nav 
Hard navigation to /<path>/ lets zddc-server's auto-serve kick in for
canonical folders — /archive/ swaps in the archive tool, /staging/ the
transmittal tool, etc. — so double-clicking a canonical folder from
inside browse silently swapped the user out of browse, contrary to
what they expected.

Fix: client-side rescope. navigateIntoFolder() now fetches the new
directory listing via the loader, calls tree.setRoot() with virtual
canonicals re-applied, and pushes the new URL via history.pushState.
The page never reloads. A subsequent reload still works (browse loads
itself at the new URL since trailing-slash → ServeDirectory → embedded
browse SPA).

Side effects:
  - augmentRoot (the canonical-folder injection helper) exposed via
    window.app.modules so events.js can re-apply it on rescope.
  - popstate handler: back/forward in the browser triggers the same
    rescope path with the historic URL.
  - Selection + preview reset on rescope; the previous file's preview
    isn't carried into the new scope.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-11 11:45:14 -05:00
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css fix(browse): re-implement markdown editor layout on CSS Grid 2026-05-11 11:30:33 -05:00
js fix(browse): dblclick rescopes client-side instead of hard nav 2026-05-11 11:45:14 -05:00
build.sh feat(typography): bake IBM Plex Sans + Source Serif 4 into every tool 2026-05-10 20:09:59 -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): sort dropdown in the tree toolbar 2026-05-10 19:22:03 -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.