# UI Rendering System

Ratatui-based TUI rendering architecture.

**Location:** `src/app/render.rs`

## Layout Structure

```
Terminal (100% x 100%)
│
├─ Input Field (30%)
│  ├─ TextArea widget (tui-textarea)
│  ├─ Border (color = mode)
│  ├─ Title (mode indicator)
│  └─ Autocomplete Popup (overlay)
│
├─ Results Pane (70%)
│  ├─ Scrollable Paragraph
│  ├─ Border
│  ├─ Title (success/error indicator)
│  └─ Content (ANSI-colored JSON)
│
└─ Help Text (1 line at bottom)
   └─ Key shortcuts
```

**Layout code:**
```rust
Layout::vertical([
    Constraint::Percentage(30),  // Input
    Constraint::Percentage(70),  // Results
])
```

## Mode-Based Styling

```rust
match self.editor_mode {
    EditorMode::Insert => Color::Cyan,
    EditorMode::Normal => Color::Yellow,
    EditorMode::Operator(_) => Color::Green,
}
```

Applied to:
- Input field border
- Cursor color (via tui-textarea)
- Mode label

## Autocomplete Popup

**Position:** Overlaid on input field, below cursor
**Size:** Max 10 suggestions, max 60 width

```rust
const MAX_VISIBLE_SUGGESTIONS: usize = 10;
const MAX_POPUP_WIDTH: usize = 60;
```

**Rendering:**
```
┌─ Autocomplete ────┐
│ ► map     [fn]    │  ← Selected (reversed colors)
│   select   [fn]   │
│   .name    [field]│
└───────────────────┘
```

**Color coding:**
- Yellow: Functions
- Cyan: Fields
- Magenta: Operators
- Green: Patterns

## ANSI Color Parsing

Results contain jq's ANSI escape codes:

```rust
use ansi_to_tui::IntoText;

let parsed = result.into_text().unwrap();
Paragraph::new(parsed)
```

**ansi-to-tui** handles:
- Color codes (`\x1b[31m` → red)
- Bold/italic/underline
- 256-color support
- RGB colors

## Scroll Management

```rust
self.results_scroll = usize  // Line offset

// Rendered as:
Paragraph::new(text)
    .scroll((self.results_scroll as u16, 0))
```

**Bounds checking:**
```rust
fn max_scroll(&self) -> usize {
    let total_lines = self.result_text.lines().count();
    let viewport = self.results_viewport_height;
    total_lines.saturating_sub(viewport)
}
```

**Reset triggers:**
- Query changes (new results likely different size)
- Focus switches to input field

## Performance

**Rendering frequency:** Every event loop iteration (~60 FPS)

**Optimizations:**
- Ratatui uses double buffering (only draws diffs)
- ANSI parsing cached by ansi-to-tui
- Scroll doesn't re-parse text (just offset)

**Cost breakdown:**
- Layout calculation: <1ms
- Text rendering: ~5-10ms
- ANSI parsing: ~5ms (first time only)
- Total: ~10-15ms per frame

## Design Decisions

### Why 30/70 Split?

Small input field:
- Query usually short (single line)
- Most screen space for results
- Standard in similar tools (jid, etc.)

### Why Overlay Autocomplete?

Alternative: Expand input field when showing suggestions

Rejected:
- Jarring layout shifts
- Results pane would resize constantly
- Poor UX

Popup overlay:
- Non-intrusive
- Familiar (IDE-style)
- Doesn't affect results view

### Why Not Terminal Size Detection for Popup?

Fixed sizes:
```rust
const MAX_POPUP_WIDTH: usize = 60;
```

**Rationale:**
- Terminal usually 80+ columns
- 60 chars sufficient for function names
- Simpler code
- Could add later if needed

## Error Display

Success:
```
┌─ Results ─────────────┐
│ {                     │
│   "name": "value"     │
│ }                     │
└───────────────────────┘
```

Error:
```
┌─ Results (Error) ─────┐  ← Red title
│ jq: error: ...        │  ← Red text
└───────────────────────┘
```

## Future Enhancements

### 1. Syntax Highlighting for Query

Input field could highlight jq syntax:
- Blue: strings
- Green: operators
- Yellow: keywords

Requires custom TextArea or tui-textarea extension.

### 2. Result Syntax Highlighting

Beyond jq's colors, could add:
- Bracket matching
- Indent guides
- Folding for nested structures

### 3. Responsive Layout

Adjust split based on terminal size:
```rust
let split = if terminal_height < 24 { 40 } else { 30 };
```

### 4. Tabs for Multiple Queries

```
┌─ Query 1 | Query 2 | Query 3 ─┐
│ .users[] | select(.active)     │
└─────────────────────────────────┘
```

Would need state for multiple queries + results.

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**Maintainer notes:**
- Rendering is Ratatui-standard, no custom logic
- ANSI parsing via ansi-to-tui (don't rewrite)
- Layout percentages are hardcoded (good enough)
- Focus on correctness over performance (it's fast enough)
