createGuide() opened the new guide with plain openGuide(), so no capture
session was armed — the "Start recording" bar never bound to the new guide,
and clicking it did nothing (or resumed a stale prior session). Every other
open path (guide cards, search results, New Capture) arms a paused session;
this aligns createGuide() with them via openGuideAndArmCapture().
Lets users record author/co-authors/organization for a guide via a new
"Guide information…" dialog; this metadata renders below the title on
the PDF cover (title now sits above the accent rule). PDF export also
paginates so each step fits its own page where possible, keeps a
step's title/image/lead-in together, and forces the next step onto a
fresh page after an oversized step overflows. Exports now run in a
forked helper process so large guides no longer freeze the UI.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <[email protected]>
- The canvas Undo/Redo buttons now also undo/redo step deletion
(single or multi-select), restoring the step's data, images, and
position in the order. Backed by a new step:restore IPC call and
GuideStore.restoreStep().
- Remove "Finish capture session" from the capture menu. The
top-right recording bar in the guide editor is now the only place
to start/stop recording, with its toggle relabeled
"Start recording" / "Stop recording".
- New Capture sessions now start paused; the window only tucks away once
the user clicks "Start recording" in the capture bar instead of hiding
~1.2s after starting.
- The capture status bar is shown only in the editor view, not over the
library.
- Fix openModal/confirmDialog resolving as cancelled when an action button
is clicked, which made the step "Delete" button (and other modal actions)
silently no-op.
- Click-triggered captures now use the click-time cursor position for the
marker and arm the capture cache as soon as recording starts, so the
first click is captured instantly and accurately placed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
Users couldn't click into the app mid-session: every automatic capture
hid the window for the shot, so it vanished under the cursor. Under
WSLg minimize() is a no-op and isFocused() sticks true, so neither can
be used for control.
- Sessions now hide the window once at start and show a red tray icon
with Capture now / Pause-Resume / Open StepForge (auto-pauses) /
Finish; finishing or quitting restores/cleans up properly
- Opening the app from the tray pauses capture; resuming tucks the
window away again
- Automatic captures skip while the cursor is over a visible StepForge
window (cursor-based, not focus-based, due to WSLg sticky focus)
- Per-shot latency reduced: with the window already hidden the 350 ms
hide-repaint wait is skipped entirely
- OS notification announces the session; self-tests updated and green
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
The session previously only listened for the global hotkey, which is
unreliable under WSLg/Wayland — users got one screenshot and nothing
more. Sessions now layer three triggers:
- click-capture via OS adapters (xinput test-xi2 on X11, PowerShell
GetAsyncKeyState polling on Windows), debounced, ignoring clicks on
StepForge itself
- interval auto-capture (3/5/10 s) as the always-works fallback,
enabled by default when click detection is unavailable
- the existing global hotkey, plus a manual Shoot button
The REC bar now shows live count + active trigger with Shoot / Auto /
Pause / Finish. New captures and added steps are selected in the
editor (explicit reload(stepId) wins over a surviving selection).
Capture self-test hook (STEPFORGE_CAPTURE_SELFTEST) verifies 3x
hotkey-path captures and interval capture end-to-end.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
Bug fixes from code review:
- Wrap renderer modules (canvas/dialogs/editor/app) in IIFEs: duplicate
top-level 'const api' across plain scripts threw a SyntaxError that
prevented app.js from ever running (blank window), and dialogs.js/
editor.js silently overrode each other's labeledRow/makeSelect
- Focused-view toggle now writes step.focusedView.enabled instead of a
nonexistent flat field that the schema dropped on save
- Annotation property edits no longer rebuild the panel on every
keystroke (focus was stolen mid-typing); debounced save instead
- flushStep/undo/redo keep this.steps in sync with stepMap so the step
list stops going stale after the first save
- Escape now deselects the annotation; Delete remains the delete key
Welcome screen (per spec): app opens to a title at top and three
buttons at the bottom — New Capture (creates a guide, opens the editor,
starts a capture session), Existing Workspace (library), Settings.
Brand click returns to the welcome screen.
Adds an env-gated dev screenshot hook (STEPFORGE_SCREENSHOT[_JS]) used
to visually verify welcome/library/editor views under WSLg.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
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