# Web UI Specification > Change: `web-ui-rework` · Domain: `web-ui` · Phase: **spec** > Grounded in `openspec/changes/web-ui-rework/proposal.md` and `exploration.md` (verified inventory). > Locked product decisions encoded as requirements: IA (Backups top-level; surface named "Media" at `/media` with `/applications` → redirect), TanStack visibility-only table parity, palette (`#4f8cff` kept + `chart-1..5` repurposed), comfortable density, Vitest harness in slice 1. ## Purpose Define WHAT must be true of the Manage web frontend after the rework: a single coherent UI on **shadcn/ui + Tailwind v4 + lucide-react**, a **thin-dashboard** observability model (no in-app charts; Grafana deep-links preserved), **TanStack Table** data grids with **visibility-only** parity, a **reconciled information architecture**, and **zero** MUI/`@emotion`/`recharts`/`d3`/`theme.ts` residue — delivered as a chain of build-and-lint-green slices. This spec is acceptance-focused and verifiable; it deliberately does not prescribe implementation. ## Requirements ### Requirement: Single design system The frontend MUST render all surfaces using only **shadcn/ui** primitives, **Tailwind v4** `@theme` tokens, and **lucide-react** icons. The application MUST NOT introduce any additional component or styling library. The application MUST NOT retain any `@mui/*` or `@emotion/*` import. #### Scenario: No MUI imports remain anywhere in source - GIVEN the `web-ui-rework` change is fully applied - WHEN a recursive search of `frontend/src` is performed for imports from `@mui/material`, `@mui/icons-material`, `@mui/x-data-grid`, `@emotion/react`, or `@emotion/styled` - THEN the search returns zero matches - AND `@mui/material`, `@mui/icons-material`, `@mui/x-data-grid`, `@emotion/react`, and `@emotion/styled` are absent from `frontend/package.json` #### Scenario: No new design system adopted - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN `frontend/package.json` dependencies are inspected - THEN no component library other than the existing shadcn/ui + Tailwind + lucide-react stack is present ### Requirement: Orphaned charting dependencies removed and no in-app charting The frontend MUST remove the unused `recharts` and `d3` dependencies from `frontend/package.json`. The frontend MUST NOT introduce any in-app chart, time-series, or log-stream visualization component. The no-op `frontend/src/theme.ts` shim MUST be deleted. Metric surfaces MUST be expressed as numbers or outbound Grafana links only. #### Scenario: Charting dependencies are gone - GIVEN the final slice is applied - WHEN `frontend/package.json` is inspected - THEN neither `recharts` nor `d3` is listed as a dependency - AND a recursive search of `frontend/src` for imports from `recharts`, `d3`, or `d3-*` returns zero matches #### Scenario: No chart component is introduced - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN the migrated pages and components are inspected - THEN no component renders an in-app chart, sparkline, or graph canvas - AND observability metric surfaces render only as numeric values, status Badges, or outbound Grafana deep-link affordances #### Scenario: Theme shim deleted - GIVEN the foundation slice is applied - WHEN the `frontend/src/theme.ts` file is checked for existence - THEN it does not exist - AND no import of `theme`/`getAppTheme` remains in `frontend/src` ### Requirement: Palette — primary color kept and chart tokens repurposed The primary color MUST remain `#4f8cff`. The existing `chart-1..5` CSS tokens in `frontend/src/index.css` MUST be **repurposed** as Grafana-link and status color cues (success / info / warning / destructive / neutral) and MUST NOT be dropped from the token system. Status Badges MUST convey meaning through these semantic color cues. #### Scenario: Primary color unchanged - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN `frontend/src/index.css` is inspected - THEN the primary color token resolves to `#4f8cff` in both light and dark themes #### Scenario: Chart tokens retained and repurposed - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN `frontend/src/index.css` is inspected - THEN the `chart-1` through `chart-5` tokens are still defined - AND they are documented/applied as Grafana-link and status semantic cues (success / info / warning / destructive / neutral) - AND status Badges draw their variant colors from these cues ### Requirement: Comfortable visual density across all surfaces The redesign MUST use comfortable density on every surface: page padding `p-4 md:p-6` (matching the migrated shell `
`) and card spacing `gap-4`. The application MUST NOT introduce a compact or dense mode for any table, list, or panel. #### Scenario: Comfortable density on every page - GIVEN each migrated page is rendered - WHEN the page content container is inspected - THEN it uses comfortable padding consistent with the shell (`p-4 md:p-6`) and card gaps (`gap-4`) #### Scenario: No compact mode - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN the frontend is inspected for a density/compact toggle or compact spacing classes on tables - THEN no compact or dense mode exists for Media, Users, Backups runs, or any other surface ### Requirement: Status Badge semantics The Badge component MUST provide variants that cover success (healthy/OK), info (default), neutral (secondary), warning, and destructive (error / firing alert). Status displays across Backups, Observability, and Users MUST map status values to these variants consistently. #### Scenario: Healthy status uses a success cue - GIVEN a monitoring target or backup run is in a healthy/OK state - WHEN its status is rendered - THEN it displays a Badge using the success color cue (mapped from the repurposed `chart-*` tokens) #### Scenario: Firing alert uses a destructive cue - GIVEN an Alertmanager alert is firing - WHEN its status is rendered - THEN it displays a destructive Badge ### Requirement: Information architecture — Backups as a top-level navigation item The **Backups** surface MUST be exposed as a top-level navigation item in the sidebar, linking to the existing `/backups` route. #### Scenario: Backups is reachable from the sidebar - GIVEN the application shell is rendered - WHEN the sidebar navigation items are inspected - THEN a top-level "Backups" item is present - AND selecting it navigates to `/backups` and renders the Backups page ### Requirement: Information architecture — Media surface naming and route reconciliation The Media/Applications surface MUST be named **"Media"** going forward, and its canonical route MUST be `/media`. The legacy `/applications` route MUST redirect (replace) to `/media`, mirroring the existing `/monitoring` → `/observability` redirect pattern. This change MUST NOT alter the OIDC authentication model or the `react-router-dom` routing structure beyond the renamed nav item, the `/media` route, and the `/applications` redirect. #### Scenario: Media route is the canonical entry - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN the sidebar "Media" item is selected - THEN the browser navigates to `/media` - AND the Media/Applications surface is rendered under the name "Media" #### Scenario: Legacy /applications redirects to /media - GIVEN the application is running - WHEN a user navigates directly to `/applications` - THEN the client router issues a replace redirect to `/media` - AND the Media surface is rendered (same pattern as `/monitoring` → `/observability`) #### Scenario: Auth and routing model unchanged - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN the authentication and routing setup is inspected - THEN the OIDC flow (`auth.ts`, `react-oidc-context`) and the `react-router-dom` structure are unchanged - AND only nav items, the `/media` route, and the `/applications` redirect differ from the prior state ### Requirement: TanStack Table — visibility-only parity (no sorting, no resizing) The Media and FileBrowser data grids MUST be rebuilt on `@tanstack/react-table` styled with the shadcn `Table` primitive, reproducing **only** the features currently in use: **column visibility management**, **pagination** (where present), **row selection**, and **row click**. This is **visibility only** parity — the smallest DataGrid scope — and the rebuilt tables MUST NOT add column sorting, and MUST NOT add column resizing. #### Scenario: No sorting added - GIVEN the rebuilt Media and FileBrowser tables are rendered - WHEN the table headers and column definitions are inspected - THEN no sortable-column behavior is present - AND no sort affordance is rendered #### Scenario: No column resizing added - GIVEN the rebuilt Media and FileBrowser tables are rendered - WHEN the column edges are inspected - THEN no column-resize handles or resizing behavior are present ### Requirement: TanStack Table — column visibility management preserved Both rebuilt tables MUST preserve the existing column-visibility management behavior, allowing the same set of columns to be shown or hidden as before the rework. #### Scenario: Column visibility works on Media - GIVEN the rebuilt Media table is rendered - WHEN a user toggles the visibility of a column - THEN that column is shown or hidden accordingly - AND the set of toggleable columns matches the pre-rework DataGrid columns (title, series, season, episode, type, year, runtime, size, bitrate, hdr, video, resolution, date_added, library, path) #### Scenario: Column visibility works on FileBrowser - GIVEN the rebuilt FileBrowser table is rendered - WHEN a user toggles the visibility of a column - THEN that column is shown or hidden accordingly - AND the set of toggleable columns matches the pre-rework columns (type, name, ext, size, modified) ### Requirement: TanStack Table — pagination preserved where present The Media table MUST preserve its pagination behavior (page-size selection, total-count display, and page navigation) as it existed in the pre-rework DataGrid. #### Scenario: Media pagination parity - GIVEN the rebuilt Media table is rendered with more rows than one page - WHEN a user changes the page size and navigates between pages - THEN the visible rows, total count, and page index update consistently with the pre-rework behavior ### Requirement: TanStack Table — row selection preserved The rebuilt tables MUST preserve their existing row-selection behavior (checkbox selection model) where it existed pre-rework. #### Scenario: Row selection works on Media - GIVEN the rebuilt Media table is rendered - WHEN a user selects and deselects rows via the selection control - THEN the selection state is maintained across pagination and matches the pre-rework row-selection model #### Scenario: Row selection works on FileBrowser - GIVEN the rebuilt FileBrowser table is rendered - WHEN a user selects rows via the selection control - THEN the selection state is maintained and matches the pre-rework model ### Requirement: TanStack Table — row click behavior preserved The rebuilt tables MUST preserve their existing row-click behavior. On Media, clicking a row MUST open the file browser at the item's path. On FileBrowser, clicking a row MUST select that file for ffprobe preview, matching the pre-rework behavior. #### Scenario: Media row click opens file browser - GIVEN the rebuilt Media table is rendered - WHEN a user clicks a media row - THEN navigation occurs to the file browser targeted at the clicked item's path, as before the rework #### Scenario: FileBrowser row click selects file for preview - GIVEN the rebuilt FileBrowser table is rendered - WHEN a user clicks a file row - THEN that file is selected for ffprobe preview, as before the rework ### Requirement: Observability parity preserved (thin dashboard) The Observability surface MUST continue to render Alertmanager alerts, Prometheus target health, monitoring-machine status, and Grafana deep-link cards (kiosk iframe URLs and Explore links). The rework MUST NOT introduce any in-app chart, and MUST preserve all existing Grafana deep-link affordances. #### Scenario: Alerts and target health still shown - GIVEN the Observability page is rendered - WHEN Alertmanager and Prometheus data are available - THEN Alertmanager alerts and Prometheus target health are displayed as before the rework #### Scenario: Grafana deep-links preserved - GIVEN the Observability page is rendered - WHEN a Grafana deep-link card is inspected - THEN the outbound kiosk/explore URL with instance variables is preserved - AND an external-link affordance is present and consistent across the surface #### Scenario: No in-app chart on observability - GIVEN the Observability page is rendered - WHEN metric surfaces are inspected - THEN no in-app chart is rendered; metrics are numbers, status Badges, or Grafana deep-links only ### Requirement: Component test harness introduced and maintained Slice 1 MUST introduce a **Vitest** + **@testing-library/react** component test harness. Every component migrated by this rework MUST have real component tests asserting the migrated behavior. The existing `node --test` suites in `frontend/tests` (e.g. `users.test.mjs`, `userState.test.mjs`) MUST continue to run and pass. #### Scenario: Vitest harness is present - GIVEN the foundation slice is applied - WHEN `frontend/package.json` and config are inspected - THEN Vitest and `@testing-library/react` are installed - AND a Vitest test script is configured #### Scenario: Migrated components have component tests - GIVEN a slice migrates a component - WHEN that slice is applied - THEN at least one component test exercising the migrated behavior exists and passes #### Scenario: Legacy node:test suites keep passing - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN the `frontend/tests/*.mjs` suites are executed with `node --test` - THEN all pre-existing assertions still pass ### Requirement: Per-slice build and lint green gate Every slice in the delivery chain MUST leave `npm run build` (which runs `tsc -b` then `vite build`) and `npm run lint` (eslint) green as a hard, non-negotiable gate. No slice may be merged with a failing build or lint. #### Scenario: A slice leaves the build green - GIVEN any slice in the chain is applied in isolation - WHEN `npm run build` is executed in `frontend/` - THEN the command exits successfully with no TypeScript or Vite errors #### Scenario: A slice leaves lint green - GIVEN any slice in the chain is applied in isolation - WHEN `npm run lint` is executed in `frontend/` - THEN the command exits successfully with no eslint errors ### Requirement: Eight-slice delivery strategy (per-slice scope and gate) The rework MUST be delivered as the chained eight-slice strategy at the requirement level, with each slice independently reviewable and leaving build + lint green: (1) **Foundation** — add the missing shadcn primitives and `@tanstack/react-table`, remove `recharts`/`d3`, delete `theme.ts`, introduce the Vitest harness; (2) **Shared components** — migrate the reusable building blocks (`SectionCard`, `SelectionRailCard`, `TabbedCard`, `MetricCard`, `DiskSpaceCard`, `HoverEditButton`, `DialogFooter`, `ConfirmDialog`, `LibraryOverview`, `NowPlaying`/`SessionActivityPanel`); (3) **Backups cluster** (and surface `/backups` in nav); (4) **Dashboard + Media/Applications surface**; (5) **Settings + Actions**; (6) **Users** (largest consumer; may sub-split); (7) **DataGrid → TanStack Table** (Media + FileBrowser; highest risk, sequenced last); (8) **Cleanup + docs** — remove `@mui/*` + `@emotion/*`, final typecheck/lint pass, update `docs/REQUIREMENTS.md`. #### Scenario: Foundation slice enables later slices - GIVEN slice 1 is applied - WHEN the shared primitives, `@tanstack/react-table`, Vitest harness are present and `recharts`/`d3`/`theme.ts` are removed - THEN `npm run build` and `npm run lint` are green and the foundation is in place for subsequent slices #### Scenario: Backups slice surfaces nav - GIVEN slice 3 is applied - WHEN the Backups cluster is migrated - THEN the `/backups` route is reachable as a top-level nav item and the build + lint are green #### Scenario: Final cleanup slice removes all MUI - GIVEN slice 8 is applied - WHEN a recursive search for `@mui/*` and `@emotion/*` imports is performed in `frontend/src` - THEN zero matches remain - AND the cleanup slice leaves build + lint green ### Requirement: Documentation updated to reflect the new UX and architecture `docs/REQUIREMENTS.md` MUST be updated to reflect the post-rework UX and architecture (single design system, thin-dashboard observability, TanStack tables, reconciled IA, removed dependencies). #### Scenario: Requirements doc reflects the rework - GIVEN the final slice is applied - WHEN `docs/REQUIREMENTS.md` is inspected - THEN it documents the shadcn/ui + Tailwind + lucide-react stack, the thin-dashboard observability model (no in-app charts), the `/media` route with `/applications` redirect, the Backups top-level nav item, and the removal of MUI/`@emotion`/`recharts`/`d3` ### Requirement: No backend API or frontend data-contract changes The rework MUST NOT change any backend API contract or any type in `frontend/src/types/*`. If a UI simplification forces a contract change, that change MUST be flagged separately and approved outside this spec. #### Scenario: Frontend data contracts unchanged - GIVEN the rework is applied - WHEN `frontend/src/types/*` and the backend API surface are compared to the pre-rework state - THEN no backend endpoint, response shape, or shared frontend type is altered by this change (unless a separate, flagged change is approved)