CHAPTER_ENHANCEMENT_UI - Life-Experimentalist/NovelSynth GitHub Wiki

Chapter Enhancement UI Implementation

Overview

The Chapter Enhancement UI provides a streamlined interface for enhancing novel chapters with two prominent buttons for the most recently used actions and a dropdown menu for additional features.

Features

1. Dynamic Primary Buttons

  • Two prominent buttons display the last 2 used enhancement actions
  • Default actions: "Enhance" and "Summarize"
  • Auto-reordering: When you use a different action, it becomes a primary button
  • Persistent storage: Last used actions are remembered across sessions

2. Dropdown Menu

  • Additional actions available in "More Actions" dropdown
  • Current available actions:
    • 🔍 Analyze - Analyze themes and writing style
    • 💡 Suggestions - Get improvement suggestions
    • 🌐 Translate - Translate to different language
    • 📝 Grammar Check - Check and fix grammar issues
    • 🎨 Style Check - Improve writing style
    • 💬 Dialogue - Enhance dialogue quality

3. Smart Detection

  • Chapter page detection: Automatically detects chapter pages using:
    • URL patterns (/chapter-\d+, /ch-\d+, /part-\d+, etc.)
    • Novel website domains (fanfiction.net, royalroad.com, etc.)
    • Content analysis (word count, structure)
  • Fallback: Uses floating action button for non-chapter pages

4. UI Positioning

  • Smart insertion: Finds the best position to insert the UI
  • Content-aware: Looks for chapter content containers
  • Fallback positioning: Uses document body if no content area found

Implementation Details

Files Modified

  1. src/content/index.ts

    • Added ChapterEnhancementUI integration
    • Chapter page detection logic
    • Content insertion point detection
    • Action handling and mapping
  2. src/utils/ChapterEnhancementUI.ts

    • Complete UI implementation
    • Action management and persistence
    • Event handling
    • Processing state management
  3. src/styles/content.css

    • Complete styling for the enhancement bar
    • Responsive design with dark theme support
    • Button and dropdown styling
  4. manifest.json

    • Added CSS file to content_scripts
  5. webpack.config.js

    • Added CSS copying to build process

Key Classes and Methods

ChapterEnhancementUI

class ChapterEnhancementUI {
  // Create UI at specified insertion point
  createUI(insertionPoint: InsertionPoint): HTMLElement

  // Set callback for action events
  setActionCallback(callback: (action: string) => void): void

  // Show/hide processing state
  showProcessing(actionLabel?: string): void
  hideProcessing(): void

  // Manage UI lifecycle
  remove(): void
  isVisible(): boolean
}

ContentScript Integration

// Chapter detection
isChapterPage(): boolean

// UI creation
createChapterEnhancementUI(): void
createEnhancementUI(): void

// Action handling
handleChapterAction(action: string): Promise<void>

Usage Flow

  1. Page Load: Content script analyzes the page
  2. Detection: Checks if it's a chapter page using multiple criteria
  3. UI Creation: Creates ChapterEnhancementUI if chapter detected
  4. Positioning: Finds best insertion point for the UI
  5. Event Handling: Sets up action callbacks
  6. Action Processing: Maps UI actions to existing enhancement logic
  7. State Management: Updates last used actions and persists to storage

Testing

A test page (test-chapter-ui.html) is available that simulates a chapter page with:

  • Proper chapter content structure
  • Mock UI creation for standalone testing
  • Action button functionality testing
  • Dropdown menu interaction

Benefits

  1. Improved Accessibility: No need to open dropdown for common actions
  2. Personalized Experience: UI adapts to user's most common actions
  3. Better UX: Prominent buttons for quick access
  4. Context Awareness: Only appears on relevant chapter pages
  5. Consistent Design: Matches extension's overall design language

Future Enhancements

  1. Customizable Actions: Allow users to configure which actions appear as primary buttons
  2. Keyboard Shortcuts: Add hotkeys for quick action triggering
  3. Action History: Show recent actions in a separate section
  4. Smart Suggestions: Recommend actions based on content type
  5. Batch Operations: Allow multiple actions on the same content
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