# UI Client — Finalization Plan

The MVP web client (Phases 1–30, [PLAN.md](PLAN.md)) is functionally
complete. This plan finalizes the **web** experience — visual
consistency, accessibility, localisation, error UX, installability, and
documentation — before the native platform wrappers in
[ROADMAP.md](ROADMAP.md). It absorbs the original Phases 33 (PWA) and 35
(Polish), which were pulled forward to here.

**This is a finalization pass, not the final word.** After it ships, the
owner exercises the whole UI by hand and brings small-nuance fixes; the
last stage (F8) is an explicit, open-ended owner-driven refinement loop.
The earlier stages are "done" when their acceptance holds; the feature
set is "final" only when the owner signs off.

Each stage ends with a runnable, reviewable artifact and is gated on the
per-stage CI rule (push, watch `go-unit` / `ui-test` to green) before
being marked done.

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## F1 — Visual design system — done

Merged to `development` via PR #26 (2026-05-22): a shared design-token
system (`ui/frontend/src/lib/theme/`), light/dark theming with a picker
and pre-paint guard, and the whole UI migrated onto the tokens.
Documented literal exceptions: the battle-scene data-viz palette, overlay
scrims, and directional/deliberate drop shadows. The default theme
follows the OS (`system`); the account-menu picker pins light or dark.
Tokens and conventions live in `ui/docs/design-system.md`.

Goal: replace the ad-hoc per-component styling (inline hex colors like
`#0a0e1a`, one-off spacing) with a shared design language so every view
looks like one product.

- `ui/frontend/src/lib/theme/` (or `app.css` `:root`) design tokens:
  color palette (surface / border / text / accent / danger), spacing
  scale, radii, typography, focus-ring style — as CSS custom properties.
- Migrate components to the tokens (calculator, inspectors, sidebar,
  tables, lobby, auth) — replace literal hex/px with `var(--…)`.
- Topic doc `ui/docs/design-system.md` documenting the tokens and usage.

Acceptance: no literal theme colors left in component `<style>` blocks
(spot-checked); a single token change restyles the app coherently.
Consider the `frontend-design` skill for the palette/spacing pass.

## F2 — Accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) — done

Shared a11y primitives (`.sr-only`, `.skip-link`, `trapFocus`,
`restoreFocus`, the `--color-focus` ring), keyboard paths and ARIA across
login / lobby / in-game shell (skip links + landmarks, WAI-ARIA sidebar
tabs with roving + arrow keys, menu Escape + focus restore, the mail
compose modal dialog with a focus trap), and the map canvas handled as a
labelled accessible-alternative surface (data via the sidebar/tables).
Gated by `tests/e2e/a11y-axe.spec.ts` (axe WCAG 2.2 AA scan of every
top-level view, chromium-desktop, zero violations) and
`tests/e2e/a11y-keyboard.spec.ts`. Documented in `ui/docs/a11y.md`.

(From Phase 35.) Goal: the whole client is usable by keyboard and
assistive tech.

- Keyboard-only paths for login, lobby, and the in-game shell; visible
  focus rings (from the F1 token); ARIA labels/roles; screen-reader-only
  text where needed.
- `ui/docs/a11y.md` audit results.

Acceptance: WCAG 2.2 AA on lobby, login, and the in-game shell per an
axe-core scan; full keyboard reachability with visible focus.
Tests: axe-core integration tests on every top-level view; Playwright
keyboard-only navigation.

## F3 — Localisation completeness — done

An audit found the client already i18n-first (the single hard-coded UI
string, the battle-scene `aria-label`, is now keyed); en/ru already have
identical key sets (692 keys). Added locale **persistence** to the i18n
store (`localStorage` `galaxy-locale`: stored choice > browser detection
> default) so a switch survives reloads, and
`tests/i18n-completeness.test.ts` enforcing en/ru key-set parity,
non-empty values, and persistence. A noisy literal-text lint was
deliberately skipped — the structural parity test plus the i18n-first
convention cover drift. Docs: `ui/docs/i18n.md`.

(From Phase 35.) Goal: every visible string is translated (en + ru).

- Audit all components for hard-coded strings; move them into the i18n
  bundles; missing-key detection test; locale-switch persistence across
  reloads.

Acceptance: no untranslated visible strings; missing-translation test is
green; locale persists. Tests: Vitest i18n bundle-structure +
missing-key detection.

## F4 — Error & state UX — done

Central error surface `src/lib/error/` (classify any error into a stable
`ErrorKind` from the transport signal; map to translated `error.*`
messages via `reportError` toast — sticky + Retry for retryable kinds —
or `errorMessageKey` for inline). Shared `ViewState` placeholder
(loading/empty/error with a11y roles), adopted by the entity tables.
Selected-planet ring on the map (`map/selection-ring.ts`, fed into
`buildExtras`). Bottom-sheet tap-outside + swipe-down dismissal
(`lib/ui/sheet-dismiss.ts`, hand-rolled pointer events). Error-surface
and `ViewState` adoption continue incrementally across the remaining
views. Docs: `ui/docs/error-state-ux.md`.

(From Phase 35, plus the deferred Phase 13/35 items.) Goal: consistent,
actionable feedback everywhere.

- `ui/frontend/src/lib/error/` central error surface with stable codes
  and retry/escalation guidance; every server-side error mapped to a
  translated, actionable message (en/ru).
- Consistent empty / loading / error states across views.
- Selected-planet visual on the map (ring/halo) off the `SelectionStore`
  (deferred from Phase 35).
- Mobile bottom-sheet swipe-down + tap-outside dismissal (deferred from
  Phase 13/35).

Acceptance: every server error → a translated actionable message;
consistent empty/loading/error states; the selected planet is visually
marked.

## F5 — PWA (was Phase 33) — done

Installable, offline-tolerant PWA on SvelteKit's native service worker
(`src/service-worker.ts`): a version-keyed cache precaches the shell,
build artefacts (incl. `core.wasm`), and static files; `activate` purges
old caches; the gateway is never intercepted. Adds
`static/manifest.webmanifest`, a generated placeholder icon set
(`scripts/gen-pwa-icons.mjs`, dependency-free), and the manifest /
theme-color / apple-touch tags in `app.html`. Gated by Playwright against
a production preview (`pnpm test:pwa`, wired into `ui-test`): manifest +
installable icons, SW registration + single version-keyed cache, and
offline shell load. Docs: `ui/docs/pwa-strategy.md`.

**Acceptance correction:** "Lighthouse PWA ≥ 90" is dropped — Lighthouse
removed the PWA category in v12 (current line 13.x), so it is no longer a
valid gate; the Playwright checks verify the same install/offline
behaviour directly.

Goal: the web build is installable and offline-tolerant. Depends on F6
(wasm in CI) so the service worker caches a freshly-built artefact.

- `ui/frontend/src/service-worker.ts` cache-first assets with
  stale-invalidation on app update; `manifest.webmanifest`;
  `ui/frontend/static/icons/` web icon set; `ui/docs/pwa-strategy.md`.

Acceptance: installs as a PWA on Chrome, Edge, and iOS Safari; the SW
survives an app update without serving stale code. Tests: Lighthouse PWA
≥ 90; Playwright install→offline→cached-login; version-bump invalidation.

## F6 — Build hygiene: build core.wasm in CI — done

`core.wasm` / `wasm_exec.js` are no longer committed (untracked +
gitignored). A reusable composite action
`.gitea/actions/build-wasm` installs TinyGo (`actions/cache`d) and runs
`make -C ui wasm`; it is invoked by **all three** frontend-building
workflows — `ui-test` (before Playwright; Vitest needs no build, it uses
the fake Core), `dev-deploy`, and `prod-build` (which build the bundle on
the runner via `pnpm build`, then package it). `ui-test` gained a Go
setup; the deploy workflows already had one. Docs:
`ui/docs/wasm-toolchain.md`, `ui/README.md`.



(From the PLAN.md TODO; timely — the binary is currently committed and
must be rebuilt by hand on every Go-bridge change, which has already
bitten us.) Goal: stop shipping the binary in git.

- Install TinyGo on the gitea Actions runner (Linux tarball /
  `curl … | tar -xz`, since `brew` is macOS-only); add `make -C ui wasm`
  ahead of the Vitest step in `.gitea/workflows/ui-test.yaml`.
- Remove `ui/frontend/static/core.wasm` and `wasm_exec.js` from the repo
  and re-tighten `ui/.gitignore`.

Acceptance: CI builds the wasm and Vitest/Playwright pass against the
freshly built artefact; the binaries are no longer tracked.

## F7 — Documentation finalization — done

The de-archaeology + the `ui/docs/README.md` index landed in the earlier
docs reorganization (PR #25): `ui/docs/` has **0** stray "Phase N"
references and the index links all 24 topic docs (each F1–F6 stage also
added/updated its own topic doc). This stage finished the sync:
`ui/README.md` gains a finalized-web-target summary and links the new
topic docs (design-system, a11y, error-state-ux, pwa-strategy).
`docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` and `docs/FUNCTIONAL.md` need no change — they
cover the backend / gateway / cross-service contracts and carry no stale
UI statements; the finalized UI is client-local UX documented under
`ui/docs/`.

Goal: living docs read as current state, not build archaeology.

- De-archaeologize the 20 `ui/docs/` topic docs: strip "Phase N adds…"
  history, rewrite as present-tense descriptions of how things work.
- `ui/docs/README.md` index (added during this reorganization).
- Sync `ui/README.md`, `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`, and `docs/FUNCTIONAL.md`
  (+ `_ru` mirror) with the finalized UI.

Acceptance: no stray "Phase N" references in `ui/docs/`; the index links
every topic doc; READMEs/ARCHITECTURE describe current state.

## F8 — Owner manual-QA refinement loop

Open-ended, owner-driven. The owner exercises the whole UI by hand and
files small-nuance fixes; each is folded in as it surfaces. There is no
fixed acceptance gate here — finalization is "done" when the owner signs
off and the client moves on to the ROADMAP platform wrappers.