TUT/KEYBOARD.md
m1ngsama d38cdf93b0 feat: Add complete persistent history system
Completed Phase 1 high priority task - comprehensive browsing history:

HistoryManager (New):
- JSON persistence to ~/.config/tut/history.json
- Auto-records every page visit
- Updates timestamp on revisit (moves to front)
- Limit to 1000 entries maximum
- Each entry stores: title, URL, timestamp
- Handles special characters with JSON escaping
- Auto-creates config directory if needed

UI Integration:
- History panel in bottom (center-left) of UI
- Shows up to 5 most recent visits
- Displays "[1] Title" format with cyan highlighting
- Shows "+N more..." indicator if >5 entries
- Real-time update on every navigation

Auto-Recording:
- Records on navigation via address bar
- Records on link click navigation
- Records on back/forward navigation
- Skips empty URLs and about:blank
- Updates existing entries instead of duplicating

Keyboard Shortcuts:
- F3: Toggle history panel visibility
  * Refreshes history list when opened

Features:
- Persistent storage across browser sessions
- Smart duplicate handling (updates timestamp)
- Move-to-front on revisit
- Automatic trimming to max 1000 entries
- Sorted display (newest first)
- Empty state handling ("(empty)" message)

Technical Implementation:
- HistoryManager class with Pimpl idiom
- Simple JSON format for easy manual editing
- Event-driven architecture (WindowEvent::OpenHistory)
- Lambda callback for history updates
- Integrated with navigation callbacks
- Three-panel bottom layout (Bookmarks | History | Status)

Storage Format:
[
  {"title": "Page Title", "url": "https://...", "timestamp": 1234567890},
  ...
]

Documentation:
- Updated KEYBOARD.md with F3 shortcut
- Updated STATUS.md to reflect completion
- Added history to interactive features list

All Phase 1 features now complete! 📚🎉
2026-01-01 18:07:08 +08:00

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TUT Browser - Keyboard Shortcuts

🎯 Quick Reference

Navigation

Key Action
o Open address bar (type URL and press Enter)
Backspace Go back
f Go forward
r or F5 Refresh current page
q or Esc or F10 Quit browser

Scrolling

Key Action
j or Scroll down one line
k or Scroll up one line
Space or PageDown Page down
b or PageUp Page up
g Go to top
G Go to bottom
Key Action
Tab Select next link
Shift+Tab Select previous link
1-9 Jump to link by number
Enter Follow selected link

📝 Usage Examples

Basic Browsing

./build_ftxui/tut https://example.com

# 1. Press 'j' or 'k' to scroll
# 2. Press 'Tab' to cycle through links
# 3. Press 'Enter' to follow the selected link
# 4. Press 'Backspace' to go back
# 5. Press 'q' to quit
./build_ftxui/tut https://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html

# See numbered links like [1], [2], [3]...
# Press '1' to jump to first link
# Press '2' to jump to second link
# Press 'Enter' to follow the selected link

Address Bar

# 1. Press 'o' to open address bar
# 2. Type new URL
# 3. Press 'Enter' to navigate
# 4. Press 'Esc' to cancel
# Search for text on current page
# 1. Press '/' to open search bar
# 2. Type your search query (case-insensitive)
# 3. Press 'Enter' to find all matches
# 4. Press 'n' to go to next match
# 5. Press 'N' to go to previous match
# 6. Matches are highlighted (yellow = current, blue = other matches)
# 7. Status bar shows "Match X/Y" count

🎨 UI Elements

Top Bar

  • [◀] - Back button (dimmed when can't go back)
  • [▶] - Forward button (dimmed when can't go forward)
  • [⟳] - Refresh
  • Address bar - Shows current URL
  • [⚙] - Settings (not yet implemented)
  • [?] - Help (not yet implemented)

Content Area

  • Shows rendered HTML content
  • Displays page title at top
  • Shows scroll position at bottom

Bottom Panels

  • Bookmarks Panel - Shows bookmarks (not yet implemented)
  • Status Panel - Shows:
    • Load stats (KB downloaded, time, link count)
    • Currently selected link URL

Status Bar

  • Shows function key shortcuts
  • Shows current status message

Pro Tips

  1. Fast Navigation: Use number keys (1-9) to instantly jump to links
  2. Quick Scrolling: Use Space and b for fast page scrolling
  3. Link Preview: Watch the status bar to see link URLs before following
  4. Efficient Browsing: Use g to jump to top, G to jump to bottom
  5. Address Bar: Type o quickly to enter a new URL
Key Action
/ Start search (type query and press Enter)
n Next search result
N Previous search result
Esc Cancel search

Bookmarks

Key Action
Ctrl+D Add/remove current page as bookmark
F2 Toggle bookmark panel

History

Key Action
F3 Toggle history panel

🐛 Known Limitations

  • Ctrl+L not yet working for address bar (use 'o' instead)
  • Cannot navigate to bookmarks/history from panel yet (coming soon)

🚀 Coming Soon

  • Navigate to bookmarks/history from panel (click/select)
  • Better link highlighting
  • Form support