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m1ngsama 159e299e96 feat: Add forward navigation with 'f' key 
Completed Phase 1 high priority task:

Interactive Features:
- Add 'f' keyboard shortcut for forward navigation
- Forward button in UI now fully functional
- Works in tandem with Backspace (back) navigation
- Only enabled when browser can go forward

Documentation:
- Updated KEYBOARD.md with 'f' key
- Updated README.md keyboard shortcuts
- Updated STATUS.md to reflect completion
- Updated help text in main.cpp

Keyboard shortcuts:
- Backspace: Go back
- f: Go forward
- Both check navigation state before allowing action

The browser now has complete bidirectional navigation! ✅
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TUT Browser - Development Status

✅ Working Features (v0.2.0-alpha) - INTERACTIVE!

Core Functionality

  • ✅ HTTP/HTTPS Client - Fully functional with cpp-httplib

    • GET/POST/HEAD requests
    • SSL/TLS support
    • Cookie management
    • Redirect following
    • Timeout handling

  • ✅ HTML Parsing - Working with gumbo-parser

    • Full HTML5 parsing
    • DOM tree construction
    • Title extraction
    • Link extraction with numbering

  • ✅ Content Rendering - Basic text-based rendering

    • Headings (H1-H6) with bold formatting
    • Lists (UL/OL) with bullet points
    • Links with [N] numbering and blue underline
    • Paragraph and block element handling
    • Skip script/style/head tags

  • ✅ Browser Engine - Integrated pipeline

    • Fetches URLs via HTTP client
    • Parses HTML with renderer
    • Resolves relative URLs
    • Error handling for failed requests
    • Back/forward navigation history

  • ✅ Interactive UI - Fully keyboard-driven navigation

    • Content Scrolling - j/k, g/G, Space/b for navigation
    • Link Navigation - Tab, number keys (1-9), Enter to follow
    • Address Bar - 'o' to open, type URL, Enter to navigate
    • Browser Controls - Backspace to go back, 'f' to go forward, r/F5 to refresh
    • Real-time Status - Load stats, scroll position, selected link
    • Visual Feedback - Navigation button states, link highlighting

Build & Deployment

  • ✅ Binary size: 827KB (well under 1MB target!)
  • ✅ Clean compilation with no warnings
  • ✅ All tests build successfully
  • ✅ CI/CD pipeline configured
  • ✅ macOS and Linux support

⚠️ Known Limitations

UI Components (Not Yet Fully Implemented)

  • ⚠️ Bookmark System - Partially implemented

    • No persistence layer yet
    • No UI panel for managing bookmarks
    • Keyboard shortcuts not connected

  • ⚠️ History Panel - Backend works, UI not implemented

    • Back navigation works with Backspace
    • No visual history panel (F3)
    • No persistence across sessions

  • ⚠️ Search - Not implemented

    • / search command not working
    • n/N navigation not working
    • No highlight of matches

Feature Gaps

  • ⚠️ No form support (input fields, buttons, etc.)
  • ⚠️ No image rendering (even ASCII art)
  • ⚠️ No CSS parsing (only basic tag-based formatting)
  • ⚠️ No JavaScript support (by design)

🎯 Next Steps Priority

Phase 1: Enhanced UX (High Priority)

  1. Implement Search (src/ui/content_view.cpp)

    • Add / to start search
    • Highlight matches
    • n/N to navigate results

  2. Add Bookmark System (new files)

    • Implement bookmark storage (JSON file)
    • Create bookmark panel UI
    • Add Ctrl+D to bookmark
    • F2 to view bookmarks

  3. Add History (new files)

    • Implement history storage (JSON file)
    • Create history panel UI
    • F3 to view history
    • Auto-record visited pages

Phase 3: Advanced Features (Low Priority)

  1. Improve Rendering

    • Better word wrapping
    • Table rendering
    • Code block formatting
    • Better list indentation

  2. Add Form Support

    • Input field rendering
    • Button rendering
    • Form submission

  3. Add Image Support

    • ASCII art rendering
    • Image-to-text conversion

📊 Test Results

./test_browse.sh

Test 1: TLDP HOWTO index - ✅ PASSED
Test 2: example.com - ✅ PASSED

Interactive test:
./build_ftxui/tut https://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html

✅ Scrolling with j/k - WORKS
✅ Tab to cycle links - WORKS
✅ Press '1' to jump to link 1 - WORKS
✅ Enter to follow link - WORKS
✅ Backspace to go back - WORKS
✅ 'f' to go forward - WORKS
✅ 'r' to refresh - WORKS
✅ 'o' to open address bar - WORKS

Successfully browses:

🚀 Quick Start

# Build
cmake -B build_ftxui -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/opt/homebrew
cmake --build build_ftxui -j$(nproc)

# Test
./test_browse.sh

# Try it
./build_ftxui/tut https://example.com

📝 Notes

THE BROWSER IS NOW FULLY INTERACTIVE AND USABLE! 🎉

You can actually browse the web with TUT:

  • Load pages via HTTP/HTTPS
  • Scroll content with vim-style keys
  • Navigate between links with Tab or numbers
  • Follow links by pressing Enter
  • Go back in history with Backspace
  • Enter new URLs with 'o' key
  • See real-time load stats

The core experience is complete! Remaining work is mostly enhancements:

  • Search within pages
  • Persistent bookmarks and history
  • Form support
  • Better styling

See KEYBOARD.md for complete keyboard shortcuts reference.