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Matysh d7c20ff6a5 v1.52.1: the v1.52.0 review (HP-1520-01/-02, HP-1513-01)
- HP-1520-01: the glow layer is hidden in the plan editor, but the yellow
  suppression still fired there — a lit lamp had NEITHER indicator. The
  gate now equals the layer's visibility (disp.fill === 'glow' &&
  !this._markup), so the badge returns exactly where the spot is absent.
- HP-1513-01: the static card ignored marker.size and marker.angle — the
  same stored marker looked different on the two cards. It mirrors
  --dev-scale and the icon rotation now; geometry only, no live dressing.
- HP-1520-02: TESTING/UX-MODES still demanded the removed RGB icon tint,
  and the lightC comment described the old use. All three brought to the
  v1.52.0 contract.

smoke_light_badges grew the editor-mode vectors; new
smoke_size_angle_parity asserts the x3 ratio inside each card (absolute px
are incomparable across containers) and rotation on both. Inventory:
147 / 51 / 43 / 71.
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# UX redesign: three modes (approved 2026-07-21)
> Approved design for reorganizing all card interactions into three tab-like modes.
> Driven by the owner's mandate and confirmed by real user feedback
> ([issue #3](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues/3): *"When moving the
> map around, I sometimes move the doors/sensors around"*). This document is the
> source of truth for the implementation iterations below. No code has been changed yet.
## Principle
A segmented control in the card header with three tabs; the active one is visually
highlighted, and edit modes add a colored frame around the stage so the mode is
obvious at a glance:
**[ 📐 Plan editor ] [ 🔧 Device editor ] [ ✏️ Background editor ]** — View has
NO tab (since v1.30.2). The Background editor (v1.33.0) manages a purely visual
decor layer (lines/rects/ovals/text in `space.decor`, drawn under the rooms,
inert everywhere outside its editor).
- **View** is the implicit default state: no editor tab is active. Since
v1.38.2 the last space AND editor mode are restored across reloads
(localStorage, admins only for edit modes) — closing and reopening the tab
lands you where you were (owner's decision, reversing the earlier
"never restore" rule).
- Activating an editor tab highlights it and opens that editor's bottom toolbar
(both editors have one since v1.30.2). The toolbar and the active tab each
carry an **X** that closes the editor back to View; re-clicking the active tab
does nothing; Plan↔Devices switches directly.
- **Plan editor** and **Device editor** are shown only to admins when
`admin_only` is on.
## View — display and device interaction only
Allowed: pan/zoom (wheel, pinch, buttons), switching spaces, device tap
(info / more-info / toggle per settings), long-press → info card, opening tap →
door/lock info card (with an explicit Unlock/Lock button when a lock is bound —
the only way to operate a lock from the card; plan-icon taps never toggle locks),
room-card link icon → HA area (room taps do nothing since v1.40.1), hover tooltips (name, temperature, signal).
Removed from this mode (they move, not die):
- icon dragging ("drag anywhere", v1.9 — consciously reversed),
- room-label dragging,
- opening dragging along walls and double-click properties (v1.23.1),
- every edit button in the header (+device, 👁 show-all, ↺ reset, ⬡ rules, ⚙ general,
per-space gear, markup toggle).
Header in View: space tabs, device count, zoom cluster. Nothing else.
## Plan — geometry and appearance of the space
- Toolbar tools: Outline room, Delete room, Merge, Split, Opening (place / drag along
walls / properties), Room labels (drag positions — labels are part of the plan).
- Space gear dialog (title, plan image / hand-drawn, scale, Display section, show_lqi),
add space, floors import, delete space.
- ⚙ General settings (fill palette) lives here — it is about the plan's appearance.
## Devices — placement and marker configuration
- Icon dragging (ONLY here). Click on a device opens the **edit dialog directly**
(binding, name, icon, size/angle, display badge/ripple + colors, tap override,
model/link/description/PDFs, room).
- + add device/entity/virtual, the "Hide device from plan" checkbox (since
v1.51.0 the one hiding mechanism, docs/FILTERING.md), ↺ reset layout,
👁 "Show hidden" (local editor tool; replaced the shared show-all toggle),
⬡ icon rules.
## Deprecations decided
1. "Drag anywhere" (v1.9) — reversed by this design.
2. Opening drag / dbl-click properties in view (v1.23.1) — moved into Plan.
3. The markup toggle button — replaced by the Plan tab.
4. Legacy localStorage mode (card without the integration) — candidate for removal
in the next major; adds branching for a half-working scenario.
## Approved follow-up features (from issue #3, by priority)
1. State-reflecting icons (open/closed door variants etc., like core HA).
2. `display: value` — show the measurement instead of an icon.
3. Light color in the icon/ripple (RGB lights). *(Shipped in v1.27.0;
superseded in v1.52.0: the colour lives in the glow spot and the ripple
fallback only, the icon tint was removed by the owner's rule.)*
4. Alarm visual (leak/smoke/doorbell): red pulse overlay.
5. Rooms as sub-areas without an HA area + manual device placement by room id.
6. Backlog (not planned): music notes for players, directional TV ripples.
## Implementation iterations
- **It.1 — mode shell:** the segmented control, mode state, View-mode gating of all
edit interactions/buttons (biggest UX win, smallest surface).
- **It.2 — Plan tab:** move markup tools + space dialogs + labels drag + openings
editing under Plan; colored frame indicator.
- **It.3 — Devices tab:** drag + direct-edit click + filtering tools under Devices.
- **It.4+:** follow-up features 15 above, each its own release.
## Kiosk mode (v1.41.0)
`kiosk: true` on the card is the fourth interaction surface: the full View
experience with the header removed and editors hard-blocked (even for
admins). Swipe switches spaces at 1:1 zoom only (zoomed gestures pan;
double tap resets zoom); `cycle: N` auto-advances spaces with a 60 s pause
after any touch; a 3 s long-press on empty plan opens the per-screen size
popover (localStorage). Nav persistence never restores an editor here.