The single-row top bar was a flat flex row, which made the search field
drift left or right depending on how wide the surrounding clusters were.
Rework it as a 3-column CSS grid (left zone, search, right zone) so the
search input lands at the geometric center of the window regardless of
the side-zone widths.
Mechanics:
- `.topbar-single` becomes `display: grid` with
`grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto minmax(0, 1fr)` and a 16 px
column gap. The middle (auto) column holds only the search, which is
capped at `flex: 0 1 360px` so it cannot push into the side columns.
- The left and right zones are flex containers with
`justify-content: space-between`, so brand pins far-left while filter
pills hug the search, and sort hugs the search while the kebab pins
far-right. The filter pills are now grouped semantically with the
search (they scope it) instead of floating next to the brand.
- A `@container launcher (max-width: 1100px)` rule collapses the layout
back to a single nowrap flex row at narrow widths — the geometric
centering stops reading at narrow widths and would otherwise force
awkward truncation, so we abandon it rather than fight it.
- The `.launcher` root opts into container queries via
`container-type: inline-size; container-name: launcher`.
`launcher.jsx` now wraps the existing children in `.topbar-left`,
`.topbar-center`, `.topbar-right` (plus a `.topbar-left-trail` /
`.topbar-right-lead` for the inner space-between alignment), but each
control component is otherwise untouched.
The README's "Top bar" section is rewritten to spec the new layout, and
a new "Changes since v2" section calls it out at the top of the
handoff. The game-directory button line is left as-is in this commit
and addressed separately.
Test Plan
- Open `design_reference/SoftLAN Launcher.html` in a static server and
inspect variant A at full width: the search input's horizontal center
should match the window's horizontal center, regardless of accent /
density choices in the Tweaks panel.
- Shrink the launcher artboard below 1100 px and confirm the row
collapses to a single left-to-right strip with no overlap.
Document the profile settings added to the launcher design and the new
Start Server detail action. The settings contract now includes a persisted
username and language choice, and the game detail overlay shows Start Server
only for installed games that can host a dedicated server.
The reference mock now includes the matching Profile controls, a server icon,
server-capable sample catalog entries, and the updated detail/settings
artboards so implementation can follow the selected design direction.
Test Plan:
- git diff --cached --check
Refs: design/README.md
The download progress "peers" chip previously rendered as
`[icon] from N peers` — a full mini-sentence sitting between the speed
and ETA stats. With four groups already separated by middots, the extra
preposition and unit made the row read as prose rather than a stat
strip, and the singular/plural switch added a second source of layout
jitter on top of the digit-width change.
Update the design reference (README, components.jsx, styles.css) so the
chip shows just the users glyph and the count, matching the visual
weight of the other stat groups. The full sentence
("Downloading from N peers on the LAN") moves to the `title` tooltip,
which keeps the affordance discoverable without spending row width on
it. The count adopts `var(--t-1)` + 600 + tabular-nums directly on
`.dl-peers` (no inner `<strong>` needed), so the chip is a single span.
Also tighten the container-query breakpoints. Removing the prose makes
the chip much narrower, so the previous 300px cutoff for hiding peers
and 380px cutoff for hiding ETA were over-eager — both stats now fit
comfortably in narrower modals. Drop them to 240px (peers) and 320px
(ETA). The pct/cancel column still never collapses.
Test Plan
- Visual review of the design reference HTML at component widths
240px / 320px / 380px to confirm peers and ETA drop at the new
thresholds rather than the old ones.
- Confirm the chip's tooltip still spells out the full sentence.
Update the launcher design reference so active downloads show how many LAN
peers are currently seeding the transfer. The reference now places the peer
chip between speed and ETA, describes the singular/plural copy, and records
how the ETA and peer count collapse in narrow modal layouts.
Test Plan:
- git diff --cached --check
Document and mock the redesigned downloading state for the launcher. The
reference now replaces the action button slot with a dedicated progress
primitive, covers both card and detail-modal layouts, and records the sizing,
number formatting, container-query fallback, and sample-data expectations that
implementation work should follow.
This commit keeps the design package separate from application code so the
next UI/backend changes can be reviewed against a stable reference.
Test Plan:
- git diff --cached --check
Refs: local design reference update
Add the `design/` directory containing the design handoff document and
HTML/React reference prototypes for the planned Steam-inspired redesign
of the launcher UI.
Contents:
- `design/README.md` — handoff spec. Defines screens (main library,
game detail overlay, in-app Settings dialog), the game card anatomy,
interaction behavior, transitions, state shape, design tokens
(colors, typography, spacing, shadows) and out-of-scope items.
Selects layout variant A (single-row top bar) as the primary
direction. High-fidelity: colors / typography / spacing / animations
are decided, pixel-fidelity to the mock is the goal.
- `design/design_reference/` — Babel-in-browser React prototypes built
to communicate intended look and behavior. Includes:
* `SoftLAN Launcher.html` — entry that wires React + Babel and
mounts the design canvas with all variants side-by-side.
* `styles.css` — full visual spec as CSS custom properties + named
component classes (`.topbar`, `.seg`, `.card`, `.modal`, etc.).
* `data.jsx` — mock game catalog plus filter/sort helpers and a
mock STORAGE record used by the storage meter.
* `components.jsx` — reusable building blocks (Icon set, GameCover
placeholder generator, StateChip, ActionButton, GameCard,
SegmentedFilters, UnderlineFilters, SearchField, SortMenu,
StorageMeter, DirectoryButton, KebabMenu, GameDetailModal,
SettingsDialog).
* `launcher.jsx` — composes top bar + grid + modals into a complete
launcher screen, in both `single`-row and `two`-row chrome
variants.
These files are reference material, not production code. They are not
imported by the Vite/Tauri build and ship outside the frontend crate
(`crates/lanspread-tauri-deno-ts/`). They are committed so the design
intent is reviewable in-repo and surviving across implementations.
The accompanying production implementation against this spec is in
follow-up commits.
Trailer
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Refs: design/README.md (canonical handoff)
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