ZDDC/browse
ZDDC 760cba96c4 feat(server): add declarative views: cascade key + ViewAt resolver (schema)
Foundation for the generalized view model: `.zddc` declares, per URL shape,
which tool renders and where its supporting config lives.

- ZddcFile.Views map[string]ViewSpec{Tool, Config}; shapes "dir" / "dir_slash"
  / "file". config is a filename resolved under <dir>/.zddc.d/. Pure data — no
  behaviour; presentation/routing only (ACL/WORM/admin stay server-enforced).
- lookups.ViewAt(root, dir, shape): cascade leaf→root first-match, with
  default_tool / dir_tool honored as sugar for dir / dir_slash (semantics
  unchanged). No merged map — resolved per-shape like DefaultToolAt.
- cascade summary, isZero/is-empty checks, and validation (tool ∈ AppNames;
  config a path-bounded plain filename). Client .zddc validator (preview-yaml.js)
  gains a `views` key + `viewmap` case.

Additive only — nothing consumes Views yet (the generic resolver + dispatch
wiring + recognizer retirement follow). go build + zddc/handler tests green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-04 09:53:53 -05:00
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css feat(browse): capability/role/tier-driven, context-correct menu system 2026-06-04 07:21:02 -05:00
js feat(server): add declarative views: cascade key + ViewAt resolver (schema) 2026-06-04 09:53:53 -05:00
build.sh feat(browse): capability/role/tier-driven, context-correct menu system 2026-06-04 07:21:02 -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): capability/role/tier-driven, context-correct menu system 2026-06-04 07:21:02 -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.