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Closes #91.

What CS6 does that FireCraft could not

CS6's panels live in dock groups, and a panel moves between them. FireCraft's dock was a single right-hand column: there was no way to move a panel, and therefore no arrangement a user could make their own.

The movement model

• The panel title is the drag handle. CS6 moves a panel by its header, so the header is what carries the drag.
• The column a panel is released over is the column it moves into. The right column and the left column are both drop targets.
• The left column appears when a panel is docked left, or while a drag is in flight. A drop target has to be there before the drag reaches it — otherwise there would be nowhere to drop the panel.
• The small arrow beside the close button does the same move. « sends the panel left, » sends it right. Dragging is not an available interaction to everyone, and a control that names the feature is what makes it discoverable at all.

The arrangement persists

Only moved panels are recorded. An unlisted panel is in CS6's default dock, so the saved layout stays small and "not mentioned" keeps meaning "the default" — the same rule the hidden-panel list already follows. A home naming a panel this build lacks is dropped on restore rather than resurrected, again matching the existing rule.

The default arrangement is unchanged

The panel snapshot still records every panel on the right, in CS6's order, with the same visibility — the gate that pins the CS6 panel inventory does not move.

Tests

Two unit tests: the movement model (a moved panel lives in the other dock, and moving it back drops it out of the moved set), and the layout round trip (the homes survive a RON save, an unknown home is dropped).

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• New Features
  • Move panels between the left and right docks by dragging them or using the dock-move button.
  • Group panels into tabs by dropping one panel onto another’s title. Select, close, or ungroup tabs, and move panel groups together.
  • Panel placements and tab groups are saved and restored. Panels remain in the right dock by default, and unavailable panels are omitted when restoring saved placements.
• Bug Fixes
  • Hiding a panel removes it from its tab group; showing it again does not restore group membership.

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Walkthrough

The shell adds left and right panel docks, drag-and-drop movement, tab groups, and persistence for moved-panel homes and groups. Selected CI job timeouts increase, with comments documenting measured runtimes. The task documentation records the docking and tab-group behavior.

Changes: Panel Docking

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Track and persist panel homes and groups crates/app/src/shell/mod.rs, crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs	Shell and ShellLayout store moved-panel homes and tab groups. Restoration filters unknown and duplicate entries, dissolves singleton groups, and selects the first member if the saved active tab is invalid.
Render docks and manage panel groups crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs, crates/app/src/shell/mod.rs, crates/app/src/shell/panels.rs, docs/TASKS.md	Panels can move between docks by dragging or using header controls. Dropping a panel on another panel’s title creates or merges a tab group. Groups can move, split, and lose members; hiding a panel removes it from its group. The frame loop records drop targets and resolves or cancels drags. Tests cover movement, grouping, and persistence.

CI Watchdog Timeouts

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Document and adjust job timeout budgets .gitforge.yml	Timeouts increase for eight jobs. Comments describe measured runtimes and timeout-budget context. Job steps and pipeline behavior do not change.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant PanelHeader
  participant Shell
  participant DockColumns
  User->>PanelHeader: Drag a panel title
  PanelHeader->>Shell: Provide panel drag payload
  Shell->>DockColumns: Render docks and record drop targets
  User->>DockColumns: Release over a panel title or dock
  DockColumns->>Shell: Resolve the panel drag
  Shell->>Shell: Group panels or update dock home

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Possibly related issues

• aliasfoxkde/FireCraft#89: This change adds panel-title drag handles and move controls, which overlap with the header affordances in the issue. It does not implement the full header row or its other listed chrome items.

Possibly related PRs

• aliasfoxkde/FireCraft#8: This change extends the dock(ui) method introduced by that PR and adds left-dock rendering and drag completion.
• aliasfoxkde/FireCraft#13: This change extends the dock method and panel inventory used by that PR, and updates toggle_panel to remove hidden panels from groups.
• aliasfoxkde/FireCraft#7: This change relies on the panel inventory and visibility helpers introduced by that PR.

Merge Risk: High · previous review 1b783

Dragging a symbol from the Library onto the canvas stops working after this change, because the new panel-drag handling discards the dragged item first. Web Layer can also be hidden or left homed left with no way to restore it in the same session. These need fixing before merge. The remaining issues are smaller layout-restore glitches.

Pre-merge checks: 2 · 1 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning · 1 inconclusive

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check		.gitforge.yml changes do not relate to panel docking, tab groups, or layout persistence. The whole-PR summary shows job timeout increases: fmt-layers 20m→45m, clippy-test 90m→150m, wasm-web 60…	Remove the .gitforge.yml changes from this PR. If the timeout budgets must change, move them to a separate PR that references issue #126 and does not reference #91.
Linked Issues check		Issue #91 is directly linked and open. Its body marks it LANDED, but the issue is not closed, so its requirements stay active. Requirements from #91 and the evidence in the whole-PR summary: - [#91] …	Provide evidence that the wasm budget check passes for the shipped layout at head 1b78359ce10cf06d8985e95389882e09622e2633. Examples are a CI job result or a recorded size measurement compared with the budget. Also provide readable test o…

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Description Check		Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check		The title "feat(app): the panels dock left or right, and remember where" matches the main change in the changeset. The changes add left/right panel docks, panel drag between columns, tab groups, and p…

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Explanation

The title "feat(app): the panels dock left or right, and remember where" matches the main change in the changeset. The changes add left/right panel docks, panel drag between columns, tab groups, and persistence of moved panel homes and groups. The title names the core feature (left/right docking) and the persistence behavior (remembering where panels go). It does not cover tab groups, but it does not need to list every detail. The wording is somewhat informal, but it is specific and readable.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

.gitforge.yml changes do not relate to panel docking, tab groups, or layout persistence. The whole-PR summary shows job timeout increases: fmt-layers 20m→45m, clippy-test 90m→150m, wasm-web 60m→90m, corpus-golden 30m→45m, perf-budgets 20m→45m, fuzz 60m→120m, generated-docs 20m→45m, and release 90m→180m. It also adds comments about runner load. The PR description and PR objectives do not mention these changes. The repository diff tool could not read the file, so this finding rests on the summary. The summary is consistent with the previous review, which reached the same finding.

The other changed files are in scope. crates/app/src/shell/mod.rs, crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs, and crates/app/src/shell/panels.rs implement the movement, tab-group, and persistence model. docs/TASKS.md records the status of that work.

Resolution

Remove the .gitforge.yml changes from this PR. If the timeout budgets must change, move them to a separate PR that references issue #126 and does not reference #91.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #91 is directly linked and open. Its body marks it LANDED, but the issue is not closed, so its requirements stay active. Requirements from #91 and the evidence in the whole-PR summary:

• [#91] Drag a panel between dock areas: the panel title is the drag handle, both columns are drop targets, and the left column appears when docked left or while a drag is in flight (panel_windows.rs, left_dock, finish_panel_drag). The «/» header control moves a panel. Supported by the summary.
• [#91] Tab groups: dropping a panel on another panel's title creates a group. Groups move as a unit, and the active tab is recorded. Closing or hiding a member updates the group. Supported by the summary (panel_windows.rs, panels.rs). The previous FAIL for this item is resolved at the current head.
• [#91] Layout persistence: ShellLayout stores moved-panel homes and tab groups. Unknown panels are dropped on restore, and older layouts load with defaults (shell/mod.rs). Supported by the summary.
• [#91] Regression tests: the summary names tests for moving panels, tab grouping, group dissolution, and RON round trips (shell/mod.rs). The test bodies were not read.
• [#91] Wasm budget: the verification requires that the shipped layout not regress the wasm budget. The PR contains no evidence of this check. The .gitforge.yml summary also shows wasm-web timeout raised 60m to 90m, which is not evidence of a budget result.

The repository diff tool could not read changed blobs, so the code evidence rests on the whole-PR summary. Coding requirements appear implemented. The wasm budget verification cannot be established from the supplied evidence.

Resolution

Provide evidence that the wasm budget check passes for the shipped layout at head 1b78359ce10cf06d8985e95389882e09622e2633. Examples are a CI job result or a recorded size measurement compared with the budget. Also provide readable test output or source for the tab-group and round-trip tests named in the summary, if the summary is not accepted as sufficient.

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Review comments at @crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs:
- Line 317: Update the left-dock occupancy check around panels_in_dock so it
also treats Web Layer homed on the left as occupied when no drag is active.
Preserve the existing behavior for other panels, and add a regression test
confirming the left column draws Web Layer when it is the only panel homed left
and no drag is active.

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Supported by static analysis

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grep -n 'WEB_PANEL\|fn panels_in_dock\|fn left_dock\|fn dock_column\|fn dock_section\|fn move_panel_to_dock' crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs
sed -n 290,365p crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs
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Include Web Layer in the left-dock occupancy check.

When Web Layer is the only panel homed left and no drag is active, panels_in_dock(DockSide::Left) returns an empty list. It iterates PANELS, which excludes WEB_PANEL. left_dock then returns None. The right column skips Web Layer because its home is DockSide::Left. Web Layer is not rendered, and its header and move-to-dock control are not drawn. The user has no visible control to move it back. A restored Left home can cause the same result after restart.

The occupancy check must also consider the Web Layer home.

Suggested fix

--- "a/crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs"
+++ "b/crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs"
@@ -314,7 +314,10 @@
             return None;
         }
         let dragging = egui::DragAndDrop::has_payload_of_type::<PanelDrag>(ui.ctx());
-        if !dragging && self.panels_in_dock(DockSide::Left).is_empty() {
+        if !dragging
+            && self.panels_in_dock(DockSide::Left).is_empty()
+            && self.panel_home(WEB_PANEL) != DockSide::Left
+        {
             return None;
         }
         self.dock_column(ui, DockSide::Left)

Add a regression test that renders the dock with only Web Layer homed left and no active drag. The test should assert that the left column draws Web Layer.

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Suggested change

	if !dragging && self.panels_in_dock(DockSide::Left).is_empty() {
	if !dragging
	&& self.panels_in_dock(DockSide::Left).is_empty()
	&& self.panel_home(WEB_PANEL) != DockSide::Left
	{

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Review comment at @crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs at line 317:
Update the left-dock occupancy check around panels_in_dock so it also treats Web Layer homed on the left as occupied when no drag is active. Preserve the existing behavior for other panels, and add a regression test confirming the left column draws Web Layer when it is the only panel homed left and no drag is active.

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Review comments at @crates/app/src/shell/mod.rs:
- Around line 596-598: Update duplicate-claim removal in the groups iteration so
that when `existing.members.retain` removes the group’s active tab, reset that
group’s active tab to its first remaining member. Preserve the current
duplicate-removal behavior and ensure the active tab always belongs to the group
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Review comments at @crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs:
- Line 808: In the leave_group flow around panel_home(name), preserve the
leaving panel’s dock home for name in both the dissolving-group and
surviving-group paths. Ensure showing the panel again restores it to its prior
dock rather than the default right dock.
- Around line 597-600: Disable the Close button in the panel-window UI when Web
Layer is the active tab, matching the existing standalone-panel behavior in
dock_section. Preserve the current close behavior for other tabs so Web Layer
remains available through the Window menu.
- Line 430: Update Shell::finish_panel_drag to check whether the drag payload is
a PanelDrag before calling take_payload, so payloads of other types remain
available to later drop handlers. Preserve the existing handling of PanelDrag
payloads.

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Revalidate active tabs after duplicate-group removal.

For a saved group [Properties, Pages, States] active on Pages, followed by a group that also claims Pages, this loop leaves the first group with [Properties, States] but keeps active = Pages. dock_group then draws Pages content under tabs that do not contain Pages. After resolving duplicate claims, select the first remaining member when a group’s active tab was removed. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @crates/app/src/shell/mod.rs around lines 596 - 598:
Update duplicate-claim removal in the groups iteration so that when `existing.members.retain` removes the group’s active tab, reset that group’s active tab to its first remaining member. Preserve the current duplicate-removal behavior and ensure the active tab always belongs to the group after claims are resolved.

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Preserve drag payloads that are not panel drags.

On a Library-to-canvas drop, Shell::finish_panel_drag runs before the canvas drop handler. It calls take_payload::<PanelDrag> while the payload is an i64. In egui 0.36, that call removes the payload before the type check, so the canvas cannot place the symbol. Check has_payload_of_type::<PanelDrag> before taking the payload. (docs.rs)

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Review comment at @crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs at line 430:
Update Shell::finish_panel_drag to check whether the drag payload is a PanelDrag before calling take_payload, so payloads of other types remain available to later drop handlers. Preserve the existing handling of PanelDrag payloads.

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Do not offer Close for the Web Layer tab.

If Web Layer is the active tab, this button calls hide_panel("Web Layer"). Shell::toggle_panel accepts only names in PANELS, so the user cannot show Web Layer again through the Window menu during that session. Disable Close for Web Layer, as dock_section does for the standalone panel. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs around lines 597 - 600:
Disable the Close button in the panel-window UI when Web Layer is the active tab, matching the existing standalone-panel behavior in dock_section. Preserve the current close behavior for other tabs so Web Layer remains available through the Window menu.

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Keep the leaving panel’s dock home.

If a left-dock group is split by hiding a member, leave_group preserves the remaining members’ left home but drops the hidden member’s home. Showing that member again places it in the default right dock. Preserve home for name in both the dissolving and surviving-group paths. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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Review comment at @crates/app/src/shell/panel_windows.rs at line 808:
In the leave_group flow around panel_home(name), preserve the leaving panel’s dock home for name in both the dissolving-group and surviving-group paths. Ensure showing the panel again restores it to its prior dock rather than the default right dock.

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