chore: tweak ux for particles

CMakeLists.txt.user

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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src/MainWindow.cpp

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
 
   ui = new Ui::MainWindow;
   ui->setupUi(this);
-  this->setWindowFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
+  // this->setWindowFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
 
   ui->splitter->setStretchFactor(0, 1);
   ui->splitter->setStretchFactor(1, 1);
@@ -121,11 +121,21 @@ void MainWindow::setupModels()
   m_particleListModel = new ParticleListModel(m_data, this);
   ui->particlesView->setModel(m_particleListModel);
 
+  // Configure particle list view to use ellipses for long text
+  ui->particlesView->setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
+  ui->particlesView->setTextElideMode(Qt::ElideRight);
+
   // Connect selection changes
   connect(ui->topLevelParticlesView->selectionModel(),
           &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged,
           this,
           &MainWindow::onTreeSelectionChanged);
+
+  // Connect particle selection changes
+  connect(ui->particlesView->selectionModel(),
+          &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged,
+          this,
+          &MainWindow::onParticleSelectionChanged);
 }
 
 void MainWindow::onTreeSelectionChanged(
@@ -160,8 +170,28 @@ void MainWindow::onTreeSelectionChanged(
       ui->particlesView->setFocus();
     }
   }
-  else
+  else // network selected
   {
     m_particleListModel->setStreamId(QString());
   }
 }
+
+void MainWindow::onParticleSelectionChanged(
+    const QItemSelection &selected,
+    const QItemSelection &deselected)
+{
+  Q_UNUSED(deselected);
+
+  if (selected.indexes().isEmpty())
+  {
+    ui->label->setText("");
+    return;
+  }
+
+  QModelIndex index = selected.indexes().first();
+  const Particle *particle = m_particleListModel->particleAtRow(index.row());
+  if (particle)
+  {
+    ui->label->setText(particle->summary);
+  }
+}

src/MainWindow.h

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public:
     void on_settingsButton_clicked();
 
     void onTreeSelectionChanged(const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &deselected);
+    void onParticleSelectionChanged(const QItemSelection &selected, const QItemSelection &deselected);
 
   private:
     void setupTrayIcon();

src/data.cpp

@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ void Data::initializeFakeData()
   m_streams[net1.id].append(stream1);
 
   // Particles for Personal Notes
-  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p1", "text", true});
+  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p1", "text", "[email protected]", "Meeting notes from standup", true});
-  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p2", "link", false});
+  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p2", "link", "[email protected]", "API documentation for new endpoint", false});
-  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p3", "image", true});
+  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p3", "image", "[email protected]", "Screenshot of bug in login flow", true});
-  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p4", "text", false});
+  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p4", "text", "[email protected]", "Quick thought about architecture refactor", false});
-  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p5", "link", true});
+  m_particles[stream1.id].append({"p5", "link", "[email protected]", "Design inspiration board from Dribbble", true});
 
   // Stream: Quick Captures
   Stream stream2;
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ void Data::initializeFakeData()
   m_streams[net1.id].append(stream2);
 
   // Particles for Quick Captures
-  m_particles[stream2.id].append({"p6", "text", true});
+  m_particles[stream2.id].append({"p6", "text", "[email protected]", "Remember to follow up on client feedback", true});
-  m_particles[stream2.id].append({"p7", "image", true});
+  m_particles[stream2.id].append({"p7", "image", "[email protected]", "Mockup for new feature dashboard", true});
 
   // Network 2: Flowy Labs, Inc
   Network net2;
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ void Data::initializeFakeData()
   m_streams[net2.id].append(stream3);
 
   // Particles for Engineering
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p8", "text", false});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p8", "text", "[email protected]", "Sprint planning notes for Q1", false});
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p9", "link", true});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p9", "link", "[email protected]", "GitHub PR for authentication refactor", true});
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p10", "text", false});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p10", "text", "[email protected]", "Performance optimization opportunities", false});
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p11", "image", true});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p11", "image", "[email protected]", "Architecture diagram for new service", true});
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p12", "text", false});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p12", "text", "[email protected]", "Code review feedback summary", false});
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p13", "link", false});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p13", "link", "[email protected]", "Documentation for API v2 endpoints", false});
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p14", "text", true});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p14", "text", "[email protected]", "Bug report from production", true});
-  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p15", "image", false});
+  m_particles[stream3.id].append({"p15", "image", "[email protected]", "Database schema migration plan", false});
 
   // Stream: Design
   Stream stream4;
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ void Data::initializeFakeData()
   m_streams[net2.id].append(stream4);
 
   // Particles for Design
-  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p16", "image", false});
+  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p16", "image", "[email protected]", "UI mockup for mobile dashboard", false});
-  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p17", "text", true});
+  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p17", "text", "[email protected]", "Design system color palette updates", true});
-  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p18", "link", false});
+  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p18", "link", "[email protected]", "Figma file for user onboarding flow", false});
-  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p19", "image", true});
+  m_particles[stream4.id].append({"p19", "image", "[email protected]", "Wireframes for settings page", true});
 
   // Stream: Archive
   Stream stream5;
@@ -93,10 +93,21 @@ void Data::initializeFakeData()
   m_streams[net2.id].append(stream5);
 
   // Particles for Archive
-  for (int i = 20; i < 35; i++)
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p20", "text", "[email protected]", "Old project requirements document", true});
-  {
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p21", "text", "[email protected]", "Archived meeting notes from Q4", true});
-    m_particles[stream5.id].append({QString("p%1").arg(i), "text", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p22", "link", "[email protected]", "Deprecated API documentation", true});
-  }
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p23", "text", "[email protected]", "Legacy feature specification", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p24", "image", "[email protected]", "Old design mockups", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p25", "text", "[email protected]", "Historical performance metrics", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p26", "link", "[email protected]", "Archive of old blog posts", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p27", "text", "[email protected]", "Sunset project final report", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p28", "image", "[email protected]", "Previous branding assets", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p29", "text", "[email protected]", "Completed milestone summary", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p30", "link", "[email protected]", "Old repository backup link", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p31", "text", "[email protected]", "Archived customer feedback", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p32", "image", "[email protected]", "Previous UI iteration screenshots", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p33", "text", "[email protected]", "Legacy code documentation", true});
+  m_particles[stream5.id].append({"p34", "link", "[email protected]", "Historical release notes", true});
 }
 
 const QList<Network>& Data::networks() const

src/data.h

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ struct Particle
 {
   QString id;
   QString type;
+  QString createdBy;
+  QString summary;
   bool seen;
 };
 

src/mainwindow.ui

@@ -171,19 +171,91 @@
          <height>0</height>
         </size>
        </property>
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
-        <property name="geometry">
+        <item>
-         <rect>
+         <widget class="QFrame" name="frame">
-          <x>140</x>
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
-          <y>300</y>
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
-          <width>111</width>
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-          <height>16</height>
+            <verstretch>2</verstretch>
-         </rect>
+           </sizepolicy>
-        </property>
+          </property>
-        <property name="text">
+          <property name="frameShape">
-         <string>Main content area</string>
+           <enum>QFrame::Shape::StyledPanel</enum>
-        </property>
+          </property>
-       </widget>
+          <property name="frameShadow">
+           <enum>QFrame::Shadow::Raised</enum>
+          </property>
+          <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_4">
+           <item>
+            <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
+             <property name="sizePolicy">
+              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+               <verstretch>2</verstretch>
+              </sizepolicy>
+             </property>
+             <property name="font">
+              <font>
+               <pointsize>36</pointsize>
+              </font>
+             </property>
+             <property name="text">
+              <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;hey I'll take a look later today&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+             </property>
+             <property name="alignment">
+              <set>Qt::AlignmentFlag::AlignCenter</set>
+             </property>
+             <property name="wordWrap">
+              <bool>true</bool>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+          </layout>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QWidget" name="widget_3" native="true">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>1</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+           <property name="geometry">
+            <rect>
+             <x>10</x>
+             <y>0</y>
+             <width>376</width>
+             <height>31</height>
+            </rect>
+           </property>
+           <property name="font">
+            <font>
+             <bold>true</bold>
+            </font>
+           </property>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>[email protected]</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+          <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
+           <property name="geometry">
+            <rect>
+             <x>10</x>
+             <y>30</y>
+             <width>376</width>
+             <height>31</height>
+            </rect>
+           </property>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>acked by: arthur, ed, sam</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
       </widget>
      </widget>
     </item>

src/particlelistmodel.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "particlelistmodel.h"
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QStyle>
 
 ParticleListModel::ParticleListModel(Data *data, QObject *parent)
     : QAbstractListModel(parent), m_data(data), m_currentStreamId()
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ int ParticleListModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 
 QVariant ParticleListModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 {
-  if (!index.isValid() || role != Qt::DisplayRole)
+  if (!index.isValid())
   {
     return QVariant();
   }
@@ -41,15 +43,33 @@ QVariant ParticleListModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 
   const Particle &particle = particles.at(index.row());
 
-  // Show dot (•) for unseen, nothing for seen
+  if (role == Qt::DisplayRole)
-  if (particle.seen)
   {
-    return particle.type;
+    QString emailPrefix = particle.createdBy.split("@")[0];
+    QString display = QString("[%1] - %2").arg(emailPrefix, particle.summary);
+    if (!particle.seen)
+    {
+      display += "  •";
+    }
+    return display;
   }
-  else
+  else if (role == Qt::DecorationRole)
   {
-    return QString("%1  •").arg(particle.type);
+    // Return icon based on type
+    QStyle::StandardPixmap pixmap;
+    if (particle.type == "text")
+      pixmap = QStyle::SP_FileIcon;
+    else if (particle.type == "link")
+      pixmap = QStyle::SP_CommandLink;
+    else if (particle.type == "image")
+      pixmap = QStyle::SP_FileDialogContentsView;
+    else
+      return QVariant();
+
+    return qApp->style()->standardIcon(pixmap);
   }
+
+  return QVariant();
 }
 
 void ParticleListModel::setStreamId(const QString &streamId)
@@ -75,5 +95,17 @@ int ParticleListModel::firstUnseenRow() const
     }
   }
 
-  return -1;  // All seen or empty
+  return -1; // All seen or empty
+}
+
+const Particle *ParticleListModel::particleAtRow(int row) const
+{
+  if (m_currentStreamId.isEmpty())
+    return nullptr;
+
+  const QList<Particle> &particles = m_data->particlesForStream(m_currentStreamId);
+  if (row >= 0 && row < particles.size())
+    return &particles.at(row);
+
+  return nullptr;
 }

src/particlelistmodel.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public:
 
   void setStreamId(const QString &streamId);
   int firstUnseenRow() const;  // Returns -1 if none unseen
+  const Particle* particleAtRow(int row) const;
 
 private:
   Data *m_data;