TUT/STATUS.md
m1ngsama 4aae1fa7dc docs: Update STATUS.md to reflect interactive features
Updated development status to v0.2.0-alpha with all interactive
features now working:

 Content scrolling (j/k, g/G, Space/b)
 Link navigation (Tab, numbers, Enter)
 Address bar ('o' to open)
 Back navigation (Backspace)
 Refresh (r/F5)
 Real-time status display

The browser is now fully usable for interactive web browsing!
See KEYBOARD.md for complete keyboard shortcuts.
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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, 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
- ⚠️ **Forward Navigation** - Not yet wired up
- Forward button shows but doesn't work
- Engine supports it, just needs UI connection
### 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: Polish Interactive Features (High Priority)
1. **Wire Up Forward Navigation** (src/main.cpp)
- Connect forward button click to engine.goForward()
- Add keyboard shortcut (maybe Shift+Backspace or Alt+→)
### Phase 2: Enhanced UX (Medium Priority)
4. **Implement Search** (src/ui/content_view.cpp)
- Add / to start search
- Highlight matches
- n/N to navigate results
5. **Add Bookmark System** (new files)
- Implement bookmark storage (JSON file)
- Create bookmark panel UI
- Add Ctrl+D to bookmark
- F2 to view bookmarks
6. **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)
7. **Improve Rendering**
- Better word wrapping
- Table rendering
- Code block formatting
- Better list indentation
8. **Add Form Support**
- Input field rendering
- Button rendering
- Form submission
9. **Add Image Support**
- ASCII art rendering
- Image-to-text conversion
## 📊 Test Results
```bash
./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
'r' to refresh - WORKS
'o' to open address bar - WORKS
```
Successfully browses:
- https://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html ⭐ FULLY INTERACTIVE
- https://example.com ⭐ FULLY INTERACTIVE
- Any static HTML page ⭐ FULLY INTERACTIVE
## 🚀 Quick Start
```bash
# 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](KEYBOARD.md) for complete keyboard shortcuts reference.