refactor(build): place the views in the page instead of expanding templates

index.html now lists each view's host and the loading screen itself, so
the gev:template expansion plugin, its view list, the loading-screen
template and the ./build/html export are gone. createApplication takes
omitViews for views an application leaves out; their hosts are removed,
and a view an earlier call rendered is unmounted.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
   picker, and Node tests that import application modules register the
   component loader with `--import=<core>/build/register-vue` (samehkhamis).
 
+- Pages place each view with a `<div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="NAME">`
+  host and write their own loading screen; the `build/html` template
+  expansion and its `gev:template` markers are gone. `createApplication`
+  takes `omitViews` (for example `['provider-settings']`) for views an
+  application leaves out (samehkhamis).
+
 - `./ui/display`'s `bindDisplayControls` takes the keyhole fade and outside
   opacity sliders as `fadeSlider` and `outsideOpacitySlider`, and their
   actions receive whole percentages; `fadeSliders` still works.

build/application-html.js

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import { APPLICATION_VIEW_NAMES } from './applicationViews.js';
-
-export const APPLICATION_TEMPLATES = Object.freeze([
-  'scene-chrome',
-  'cockpit',
-  'display-controls',
-  'command-dock',
-  'layer-panels',
-  'context',
-  'welcome',
-  'provider-settings',
-  'hud-loading',
-]);
-const allowed = new Set(APPLICATION_TEMPLATES);
-const views = new Set(APPLICATION_VIEW_NAMES);
-
-/**
- * The element a Vue view renders into. `display: contents` keeps the view's
- * own elements laid out as children of the page.
- * @param {string} name Application template name.
- */
-export function applicationViewHost(name) {
-  return `<div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="${name}"></div>\n`;
-}
-
-/** Expand only known component templates; markers cannot name filesystem paths. */
-export function expandApplicationHtml(html) {
-  return html.replace(
-    /^[ \t]*<!-- gev:template ([^\s]+) -->\r?\n?/gm,
-    (_, name) => {
-      if (!allowed.has(name))
-        throw new Error(`Unknown application template: ${name}`);
-      if (views.has(name)) return applicationViewHost(name);
-      return readFileSync(
-        new URL(`../src/ui/templates/${name}.html`, import.meta.url),
-        'utf8',
-      );
-    },
-  );
-}
-
-/** Assemble static application markup before Vite processes scripts and assets. */
-export function applicationHtmlPlugin() {
-  return {
-    name: 'application-component-templates',
-    transformIndexHtml: {
-      order: 'pre',
-      handler: expandApplicationHtml,
-    },
-  };
-}

build/applicationViews.js

@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Application templates that are now Vue views (src/ui/views). Their markers
- * expand to a mount host instead of static markup, and
- * `mountApplicationViews()` renders them before the page is wired. The
- * loading screen stays static so it paints before any script runs.
- */
-export const APPLICATION_VIEW_NAMES = Object.freeze([
-  'provider-settings',
-  'scene-chrome',
-  'cockpit',
-  'display-controls',
-  'command-dock',
-  'layer-panels',
-  'context',
-  'welcome',
-]);

build/vite.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
-import { applicationHtmlPlugin } from './application-html.js';
 import cesium from 'vite-plugin-cesium';
 import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue';
 import { VUE_PLUGIN_OPTIONS } from './vueOptions.js';
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ export function createBrowserViteConfig({
       // Next, so no provider route answers a Host the server does not allow.
       hostCheckPlugin(),
       cesium(),
-      applicationHtmlPlugin(),
       // Application views are Vue single-file components.
       vue(VUE_PLUGIN_OPTIONS),
       ...plugins,

docs/APPLICATION.md

@@ -200,11 +200,13 @@ its pending results. Source disposal does not silently reinstate a default.
 `ui/composition` supplies the default engines to the shell. Applications can
 supply a HUD implementation or request policy through control services. The
 shared chrome owns the welcome/loading transition; standalone composition adds
-Provider Settings. `build/html` expands an allowlist of component markers:
-most become hosts for the Vue views in `src/ui/views`, which
-`createApplication()` renders before anything reads the page, and the loading
-screen is inlined from `src/ui/templates`. Unknown names cannot read arbitrary
-filesystem paths. A host that does not initialize Core's locale passes
+Provider Settings. A page places each Vue view in `src/ui/views` with a host,
+`<div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="NAME"></div>`, and writes its own loading
+screen (`#loading-screen` with a `.loader-status` line) as static markup so it
+paints before any script runs. `createApplication()` renders the views before
+anything reads the page; `omitViews` names views the application leaves out,
+such as `provider-settings`, and their hosts are removed. An unknown view name
+is an error. A host that does not initialize Core's locale passes
 `localePicker: false` to `createApplicationControls` instead of editing the
 markup. Node tests that import application modules register the component
 loader with `node --import=<core package>/build/register-vue`.

docs/VUE-MIGRATION.md

@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ a feature supplying only its accent.
 2. **Rail.** `PanelChrome` enforces one panel per side; the panel store
    mirrors each side's panels and the rail renders from it. Done.
 3. **Panels.** Each template and its wiring become a component, keeping ids,
-   classes, `data-i18n` text and CSS. A converted template is listed in
-   `build/applicationViews.js`; its `gev:template` marker then expands to a
+   classes, `data-i18n` text and CSS. The page places each view with a
    `.gev-view` host (`display: contents`), and `mountApplicationViews()`
    (`src/ui/views/index.js`) renders the view into it before the page is
-   translated and wired. `createApplication()` calls it too, so host pages
-   need no change. Views belong to the page and are never unmounted. The
-   loading screen stays static so it paints before any script runs. Markup
+   translated and wired. `createApplication()` calls it too, removing the
+   hosts of any views its `omitViews` names. Views belong to the page and are
+   unmounted only when a later call omits them. The loading screen is static markup in the page so it
+   paints before any script runs. Markup
    tests read `renderApplicationHtml()` from `src/testSupport`, which renders
    the views on the server. Templates compile with Vue's `preserve`
    whitespace, which keeps the whitespace between elements as a single
@@ -168,8 +168,9 @@ a feature supplying only its accent.
    Display popover's slots stay static for the Cockpit display portal).
    Layers that write into the right rail directly gain a slot instead.
 
-4. **Cleanup.** The build-time template expansion and the attribute
-   translation pass are retired once nothing uses them. Hosts register panels
+4. **Cleanup.** The build-time template expansion is retired: `index.html`
+   lists the view hosts and the loading screen itself. The attribute
+   translation pass goes with the move to vue-i18n. Hosts register panels
    and rail items through an explicit API instead of editing markup.
    Markup-string tests are replaced by component tests.
 

index.html

@@ -29,23 +29,25 @@
   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Material+Symbols+Outlined:opsz,wght,FILL,GRAD@20,400,0,0&icon_names=adjust,arrow_drop_down,arrow_forward,arrow_left,arrow_right,bolt,chevron_left,chevron_right,close,close_fullscreen,dark_mode,draw,east,flare,flight,layers,layers_clear,light_mode,local_fire_department,more_horiz,movie,my_location,navigation,normal,on,open_in_full,partly_cloudy_day,public,radar,radio,right_panel_close,right_panel_open,rocket_launch,satellite_alt,search,settings,skip_next,skip_previous,streetview,tune,upload_file,videocam,view_in_ar,visibility,visibility_off" rel="stylesheet" />
 </head>
 <body>
-  <!-- gev:template scene-chrome -->
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="scene-chrome"></div>
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="cockpit"></div>
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="display-controls"></div>
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="command-dock"></div>
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="layer-panels"></div>
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="context"></div>
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="welcome"></div>
+  <div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="provider-settings"></div>
+  <!-- Intelligence HUD Overlay -->
+  <div id="intel-hud"></div>
 
-  <!-- gev:template cockpit -->
-
-  <!-- gev:template display-controls -->
-
-  <!-- gev:template command-dock -->
-
-  <!-- gev:template layer-panels -->
-
-  <!-- gev:template context -->
-
-  <!-- gev:template welcome -->
-
-  <!-- gev:template provider-settings -->
-
-  <!-- gev:template hud-loading -->
+  <!-- Loading screen -->
+  <div id="loading-screen">
+    <div class="loader-content">
+      <span class="loader-logo brand-logo" data-logo-gaze data-logo-src="/logo.svg" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/logo.svg" alt="" /></span>
+      <h2 translate="no">GOD'S EYE <span class="title-accent">VIEW</span></h2>
+      <p class="loader-status" data-i18n>Initializing photorealistic world...</p>
+    </div>
+  </div>
 
   <script type="module" src="/src/main.js"></script>
 </body>

package.json

@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@
     "./voice/actions": "./src/voice/gevActions.js",
     "./annotations": "./src/annotations/index.js",
     "./context": "./src/data/contextStore.js",
-    "./build/html": {
-      "node": "./build/application-html.js"
-    },
     "./build/register-vue": {
       "node": "./build/registerVue.js"
     },

scripts/format-scope.json

@@ -650,7 +650,6 @@
   "src/voice/realtimeBackend.test.mjs",
   "src/agent/worldPacket.test.mjs",
   "src/voice/layerSummary.js",
-  "build/application-html.js",
   "src/app/sources.js",
   "src/ui/composition.js",
   "src/services/application.js",

scripts/i18n.mjs

@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 // lists it.
 //
 // Messages are the English literals passed to t(), tn() and msg() in src/,
-// plus the markup opted in with data-i18n* in index.html, src/ui/templates and
-// the Vue views.
+// plus the markup opted in with data-i18n* in index.html and the Vue views.
 // It also lists UI text that is not marked at all (see findUnmarked).
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { execFileSync } from 'node:child_process';
@@ -422,13 +421,9 @@ export function findUnmarked() {
   });
 }
 
-/** Static markup opted in with data-i18n*: the page, its templates and views. */
+/** Static markup opted in with data-i18n*: the page and its views. */
 function markupFiles() {
-  return trackedFiles(
-    'index.html',
-    'src/ui/templates/*.html',
-    'src/ui/views/*.vue',
-  );
+  return trackedFiles('index.html', 'src/ui/views/*.vue');
 }
 
 /**

scripts/package-boundaries.json

@@ -98,14 +98,12 @@
   },
   "vite-build": {
     "runtime": "node",
-    "exports": ["./build/vite", "./build/html", "./build/register-vue"],
+    "exports": ["./build/vite", "./build/register-vue"],
     "modules": [
       "build/vite.js",
-      "build/application-html.js",
       "build/allowedHosts.js",
       "build/embed-framing.js",
       "build/panel.js",
-      "build/applicationViews.js",
       "build/vueOptions.js",
       "build/registerVue.js",
       "build/vueLoader.js"

src/app/application.js

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ const STOP_ORDER = ['tools', 'controls', 'data', 'scene'];
  * Own application startup and teardown without importing an application entry.
  * Constructors receive earlier components, an AbortSignal and defer(cleanup).
  * Register cleanup immediately after acquiring each resource, before any await.
- * @param {{createScene:Function,createControls:Function,createData:Function,createTools:Function}} constructors
+ * The page's views render first; `omitViews` names the ones this application
+ * leaves out (see mountApplicationViews).
+ * @param {{createScene:Function,createControls:Function,createData:Function,createTools:Function,omitViews?:string[]}} constructors
  * @returns {{start:Function,destroy:Function,subscribe:Function,getState:Function,getComponents:Function}}
  */
 export function createApplication({
@@ -15,9 +17,10 @@ export function createApplication({
   createControls,
   createData,
   createTools,
+  omitViews = [],
 }) {
   // A host's page needs its views before any phase reads the markup.
-  mountApplicationViews();
+  mountApplicationViews(globalThis.document, { omit: omitViews });
   const factories = {
     scene: createScene,
     controls: createControls,

src/testSupport/applicationHtml.mjs

@@ -2,20 +2,19 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { createPinia } from 'pinia';
 import { createSSRApp } from 'vue';
 import { renderToString } from 'vue/server-renderer';
-import { expandApplicationHtml } from '../../build/application-html.js';
 import { APPLICATION_VIEWS } from '../ui/views/index.js';
 
 const HOST = /<div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="([^"]+)"><\/div>/g;
 
 /**
- * Expand application markup as the browser shows it once views are mounted:
- * static templates inline, and each view rendered into its host. Markup tests
- * read this instead of the raw template expansion.
- * @param {string} html Document with `gev:template` markers.
+ * Application markup as the browser shows it once views are mounted: each
+ * view rendered into its host. Markup tests read this instead of the page
+ * source.
+ * @param {string} html Document with `.gev-view` hosts.
  * @returns {Promise<string>}
  */
 export async function renderApplicationHtml(html) {
-  let output = expandApplicationHtml(html);
+  let output = html;
   for (const [host, name] of [...output.matchAll(HOST)]) {
     const view = APPLICATION_VIEWS[name];
     if (!view) throw new Error(`Unknown application view: ${name}`);

src/tooling/applicationHtml.test.mjs

@@ -1,41 +1,27 @@
 import test from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-import {
-  expandApplicationHtml,
-  APPLICATION_TEMPLATES,
-} from '../../build/application-html.js';
-import { APPLICATION_VIEW_NAMES } from '../../build/applicationViews.js';
 import { APPLICATION_VIEWS } from '../ui/views/index.js';
 import { readApplicationHtml } from '../testSupport/applicationHtml.mjs';
 
-test('the standalone document expands every component once and preserves unique element ids', async () => {
-  const source = readFileSync(new URL('../../index.html', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+const source = readFileSync(new URL('../../index.html', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+
+test('the standalone document hosts every view once and keeps element ids unique', async () => {
+  const hosts = [...source.matchAll(/data-gev-view="([^"]+)"/g)].map((match) => match[1]);
+  // Order is stacking order for fixed elements that share a z-index.
+  assert.deepEqual(hosts, ['scene-chrome', 'cockpit', 'display-controls', 'command-dock', 'layer-panels', 'context', 'welcome', 'provider-settings']);
+  assert.deepEqual([...hosts].sort(), Object.keys(APPLICATION_VIEWS).sort());
   const html = await readApplicationHtml();
-  assert.equal([...source.matchAll(/gev:template /g)].length, APPLICATION_TEMPLATES.length);
-  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /gev:template/);
-  const ids = [...html.matchAll(/\sid="([^"]+)"/g)].map(match => match[1]);
+  const ids = [...html.matchAll(/\sid="([^"]+)"/g)].map((match) => match[1]);
   assert.equal(new Set(ids).size, ids.length);
   assert.match(html, /id="cesiumContainer"/);
   assert.match(html, /type="module" src="\/src\/main.js"/);
 });
 
-test('component selection includes only requested markup and refuses filesystem traversal', () => {
-  const html = expandApplicationHtml('<!-- gev:template hud-loading -->\n');
-  assert.match(html, /id="loading-screen"/);
-  assert.doesNotMatch(html, /id="cesiumContainer"/);
-  assert.throws(() => expandApplicationHtml('<!-- gev:template ../../.env -->'), /Unknown application template/);
-});
-
-test('views expand to mount hosts, the loading screen stays static, and every view is registered', () => {
-  assert.deepEqual(Object.keys(APPLICATION_VIEWS).sort(), [...APPLICATION_VIEW_NAMES].sort());
-  for (const name of APPLICATION_VIEW_NAMES) {
-    assert.ok(APPLICATION_TEMPLATES.includes(name), name);
-    assert.equal(
-      expandApplicationHtml(`<!-- gev:template ${name} -->\n`),
-      `<div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="${name}"></div>\n`,
-    );
-  }
-  // It paints before any script runs.
-  assert.ok(!APPLICATION_VIEW_NAMES.includes('hud-loading'));
+test('the loading screen is static markup, so it paints before any script runs', () => {
+  const loading = source.indexOf('id="loading-screen"');
+  assert.ok(loading > 0);
+  assert.ok(loading < source.indexOf('type="module" src="/src/main.js"'));
+  assert.match(source, /class="loader-status" data-i18n>Initializing photorealistic world\.\.\.</);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(source, /gev:template/);
 });

src/tooling/viteBuild.test.mjs

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ test('explicit build inputs preserve browser-only defines, plugin order and loop
   assert.equal(config.plugins[0].enforce, 'pre');
   assert.equal(config.plugins[1].name, 'host-check');
   assert.equal(config.plugins[1].enforce, 'pre');
-  assert.equal(config.plugins[4].name, 'vite:vue');
-  assert.equal(config.plugins[5], plugin);
+  assert.equal(config.plugins[3].name, 'vite:vue');
+  assert.equal(config.plugins[4], plugin);
   assert.equal(config.server.host, 'localhost');
   assert.equal(config.server.port, 4173);
   assert.deepEqual(config.server.allowedHosts, ['localhost', '127.0.0.1']);
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ test('build helper does not discover environment values or construct local provi
       undefined,
     );
     assert.deepEqual(
-      config.plugins.slice(5).map((plugin) => plugin.name),
+      config.plugins.slice(4).map((plugin) => plugin.name),
       ['embed-framing', 'panel-build'],
     );
   } finally {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ test('root config retains existing named exports and standalone provider order',
     assert.equal(compatibility[name], value, name);
   const config = standaloneConfig({ mode: 'test' });
   const standaloneProviders = config.plugins
-    .slice(5, -6)
+    .slice(4, -6)
     .map((plugin) => plugin.name);
   assert.equal(
     standaloneProviders.filter((name) => name === 'gemini-live-proxy').length,

src/ui/templates/hud-loading.html

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-  <!-- Intelligence HUD Overlay -->
-  <div id="intel-hud"></div>
-
-  <!-- Loading screen -->
-  <div id="loading-screen">
-    <div class="loader-content">
-      <span class="loader-logo brand-logo" data-logo-gaze data-logo-src="/logo.svg" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/logo.svg" alt="" /></span>
-      <h2 translate="no">GOD'S EYE <span class="title-accent">VIEW</span></h2>
-      <p class="loader-status" data-i18n>Initializing photorealistic world...</p>
-    </div>
-  </div>

src/ui/views/index.js

@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import SceneChromeView from './SceneChromeView.vue';
 import ProviderSettingsView from './ProviderSettingsView.vue';
 
 /**
- * Application views by template name (build/applicationViews.js lists the
- * same names). Each renders the markup its static template held.
+ * Application views by name. A page places each one with a host element,
+ * `<div class="gev-view" data-gev-view="NAME"></div>` (`display: contents`),
+ * where the view's markup belongs.
  */
 export const APPLICATION_VIEWS = Object.freeze({
   'provider-settings': ProviderSettingsView,
@@ -24,21 +25,38 @@ export const APPLICATION_VIEWS = Object.freeze({
   welcome: WelcomeView,
 });
 
-const mounted = new WeakSet();
+const mounted = new WeakMap();
 
 /**
  * Render every application view into its host. Views belong to the page, as
- * their static markup did, so they are never unmounted. Call before anything
+ * their static markup did, so they are unmounted only when a later call omits
+ * them; omit views before any control code is wired to them. Call before anything
  * reads or translates the page; repeated calls are harmless.
  * @param {Document} [doc] Page document.
+ * @param {{omit?: string[]}} [options] Views this page leaves out; their
+ *   hosts are removed, unmounting a view an earlier call rendered.
  */
-export function mountApplicationViews(doc = globalThis.document) {
+export function mountApplicationViews(
+  doc = globalThis.document,
+  { omit = [] } = {},
+) {
+  for (const name of omit) {
+    if (!Object.hasOwn(APPLICATION_VIEWS, name))
+      throw new Error(`Unknown application view: ${name}`);
+  }
   for (const host of doc?.querySelectorAll?.('[data-gev-view]') ?? []) {
-    if (mounted.has(host)) continue;
     const name = host.getAttribute('data-gev-view');
-    const view = APPLICATION_VIEWS[name];
-    if (!view) throw new Error(`Unknown application view: ${name}`);
-    createApp(view).use(applicationPinia()).mount(host);
-    mounted.add(host);
+    if (omit.includes(name)) {
+      mounted.get(host)?.unmount();
+      mounted.delete(host);
+      host.remove();
+      continue;
+    }
+    if (mounted.has(host)) continue;
+    if (!Object.hasOwn(APPLICATION_VIEWS, name))
+      throw new Error(`Unknown application view: ${name}`);
+    const app = createApp(APPLICATION_VIEWS[name]).use(applicationPinia());
+    app.mount(host);
+    mounted.set(host, app);
   }
 }

src/ui/views/mountApplicationViews.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// src/ui/views/mountApplicationViews.test.mjs — a page's view hosts render
+// their views, and an application can leave views out, over happy-dom.
+import '../../testSupport/registerDom.mjs';
+import test from 'node:test';
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { createApplication } from '../../app/application.js';
+import { mountApplicationViews } from './index.js';
+
+function page(names) {
+  document.body.replaceChildren();
+  for (const name of names) {
+    const host = document.createElement('div');
+    host.className = 'gev-view';
+    host.setAttribute('data-gev-view', name);
+    document.body.append(host);
+  }
+}
+
+const hostNames = () =>
+  [...document.querySelectorAll('[data-gev-view]')].map((host) =>
+    host.getAttribute('data-gev-view'),
+  );
+
+test('omitted views lose their hosts and the rest render', () => {
+  page(['welcome', 'provider-settings']);
+  mountApplicationViews(document, { omit: ['provider-settings'] });
+  assert.deepEqual(hostNames(), ['welcome']);
+  assert.equal(document.getElementById('key-setup-chip'), null);
+  assert.ok(
+    document.querySelector('[data-gev-view="welcome"]').children.length,
+  );
+});
+
+test('a view an earlier call rendered is unmounted when a later call omits it', () => {
+  page(['welcome', 'provider-settings']);
+  mountApplicationViews(document);
+  assert.ok(document.getElementById('key-setup-chip'));
+  mountApplicationViews(document, { omit: ['provider-settings'] });
+  assert.deepEqual(hostNames(), ['welcome']);
+  assert.equal(document.getElementById('key-setup-chip'), null);
+});
+
+test('unknown view names are refused, in the page or in the omit list', () => {
+  page([]);
+  for (const name of ['toString', 'constructor'])
+    assert.throws(
+      () => mountApplicationViews(document, { omit: [name] }),
+      /Unknown application view/,
+    );
+  page(['toString']);
+  assert.throws(
+    () => mountApplicationViews(document),
+    /Unknown application view/,
+  );
+  assert.throws(
+    () => mountApplicationViews(document, { omit: ['nope'] }),
+    /Unknown application view: nope/,
+  );
+  page(['nope']);
+  assert.throws(
+    () => mountApplicationViews(document),
+    /Unknown application view: nope/,
+  );
+});
+
+test('createApplication leaves out the views its omitViews names', () => {
+  page(['welcome', 'provider-settings']);
+  const noop = () => ({});
+  createApplication({
+    createScene: noop,
+    createControls: noop,
+    createData: noop,
+    createTools: noop,
+    omitViews: ['provider-settings'],
+  });
+  assert.deepEqual(hostNames(), ['welcome']);
+});