fix: add Home nav link with active state for dashboard home page #84

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2026-03-28 05:06:16 +00:00

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Summary

The dashboard home page port (PR #76) and E2E selector fix (PR #82) completed the core work for issue #69. However, the home page (/) had no active nav link -- the playground's index.html shows "Dashboard" as highlighted, but in the SvelteKit app no nav item was active when viewing /. This adds a "Home" link to both the top nav bar and left sidebar with proper active state highlighting.

Changes

src/routes/+layout.svelte -- Add "Home" nav link (pointing to /) as the first item in both the top nav bar and sidebar navigation, with isActive('/') binding for active state
e2e/home.spec.ts -- Add "Home" to the nav links visibility test; add new test verifying the Home link has the active class on the home page

Test Plan

npm run build passes
E2E: Home nav link is visible and has active class on /
E2E: All existing nav link assertions still pass (Dashboard, Projects, Notes, Boards, Graph)
Lint: no new errors introduced (5 pre-existing errors unchanged)

Review Checklist

Build passes (npm run build)
No new lint errors
E2E tests updated for new nav link
Nav link active state matches playground behavior
Sidebar navigation updated consistently with top nav

Forgejo issue: #69
PR #76: dashboard home page port (merged)
PR #82: E2E selector fix (merged)

Closes #69

## Summary The dashboard home page port (PR #76) and E2E selector fix (PR #82) completed the core work for issue #69. However, the home page (`/`) had no active nav link -- the playground's `index.html` shows "Dashboard" as highlighted, but in the SvelteKit app no nav item was active when viewing `/`. This adds a "Home" link to both the top nav bar and left sidebar with proper active state highlighting. ## Changes - `src/routes/+layout.svelte` -- Add "Home" nav link (pointing to `/`) as the first item in both the top nav bar and sidebar navigation, with `isActive('/')` binding for active state - `e2e/home.spec.ts` -- Add "Home" to the nav links visibility test; add new test verifying the Home link has the `active` class on the home page ## Test Plan - `npm run build` passes - E2E: Home nav link is visible and has active class on `/` - E2E: All existing nav link assertions still pass (Dashboard, Projects, Notes, Boards, Graph) - Lint: no new errors introduced (5 pre-existing errors unchanged) ## Review Checklist - [x] Build passes (`npm run build`) - [x] No new lint errors - [x] E2E tests updated for new nav link - [x] Nav link active state matches playground behavior - [x] Sidebar navigation updated consistently with top nav ## Related Notes - Forgejo issue: #69 - PR #76: dashboard home page port (merged) - PR #82: E2E selector fix (merged) Closes #69

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fix: add Home nav link with active state for dashboard home page

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The playground index.html shows "Dashboard" as active on the home page,
but the SvelteKit port had no nav link highlighting when on /. Add a
"Home" link to both the top nav bar and sidebar so users have a clear
navigation indicator when viewing the activity-first home page.

Closes #69

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

forgejo_admin commented

2026-03-28 05:06:51 +00:00

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QA Review

Scope: 2 files, +15/-0 lines. Adds "Home" nav link to top nav bar and sidebar with active state on /.

Findings

No issues found.

Layout: Home link uses same class:active={isActive('/')} pattern as all other nav links. The isActive function already handles exact match for / (won't false-positive on /dashboard etc.).
Sidebar: Entry follows same structure as existing sidebar items -- tree-item class, closeSidebar handler, tree-item--active binding.
E2E: New test correctly asserts .nav-link with text "Home" has the active class. Existing nav link assertions preserved.
Build: Confirmed passing in PR description.
Lint: No new errors (5 pre-existing confirmed unchanged).

Note: Both the "pal-e" brand link and the new "Home" nav link point to /. This is standard web convention (brand logo + explicit nav item) and not a concern.

VERDICT: APPROVE

## QA Review **Scope:** 2 files, +15/-0 lines. Adds "Home" nav link to top nav bar and sidebar with active state on `/`. ### Findings **No issues found.** - Layout: Home link uses same `class:active={isActive('/')}` pattern as all other nav links. The `isActive` function already handles exact match for `/` (won't false-positive on `/dashboard` etc.). - Sidebar: Entry follows same structure as existing sidebar items -- `tree-item` class, `closeSidebar` handler, `tree-item--active` binding. - E2E: New test correctly asserts `.nav-link` with text "Home" has the `active` class. Existing nav link assertions preserved. - Build: Confirmed passing in PR description. - Lint: No new errors (5 pre-existing confirmed unchanged). **Note:** Both the "pal-e" brand link and the new "Home" nav link point to `/`. This is standard web convention (brand logo + explicit nav item) and not a concern. VERDICT: APPROVE

forgejo_admin commented

2026-03-28 05:08:08 +00:00

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PR #84 Review

DOMAIN REVIEW

Tech stack: SvelteKit (Svelte 5 runes), Playwright E2E tests, CSS.

Layout changes (src/routes/+layout.svelte):

Adds a "Home" link as the first item in both the top nav bar (nav-link) and the left sidebar (tree-item).
Both use the existing isActive('/') function, which already has an exact-match guard for / (line 36-38 on main). This correctly ensures "Home" is only active on exactly /, not on /dashboard, /projects, etc.
The sidebar "Home" link includes onclick={closeSidebar}, consistent with all other sidebar nav items.
The class:active / class:tree-item--active bindings follow the same pattern as every other nav link in the file. No divergence.

E2E changes (e2e/home.spec.ts):

Adds Home to the nav link visibility assertion. Placed first in the list, matching DOM order.
Adds a dedicated test for the active class: test('Home nav link is active on the home page', ...). The test navigates to / (via beforeEach) and asserts the Home link has the active class.

Accessibility: The new <a> elements are standard anchor tags with text content -- screen readers will read "Home" correctly. No ARIA issues. The sidebar already has the existing a11y-ignore comments for the onclick on <aside>, which is pre-existing and not introduced by this PR.

Performance: Two additional <a> elements in the DOM. Negligible impact.

BLOCKERS

None.

New functionality (Home nav link) has test coverage: both a visibility assertion and an active-class assertion.
No user input handling introduced.
No secrets or credentials.
No duplicated auth/security logic.

NITS

Selector inconsistency in E2E tests: The nav link visibility test uses the role-based selector nav.getByRole('link', { name: 'Home' }), while the active-class test uses a CSS selector page.locator('nav .nav-link', { hasText: 'Home' }). The CSS selector is necessary here because getByRole does not expose class assertions, so this is actually the correct approach. No change needed -- noting for completeness.
PR body template: The Related section is titled "Related Notes" instead of just "Related". Minor deviation from the PR template, but all required information is present.

SOP COMPLIANCE

Branch named after issue (69-home-nav-active-state)
PR body has Summary, Changes, Test Plan, Related
Related references issue #69; no plan slug required (standalone board item)
E2E tests added for new functionality
No secrets committed
No unnecessary file changes -- exactly 2 files touched, both directly related to the fix
Commit messages are descriptive (PR title: "fix: add Home nav link with active state for dashboard home page")

PROCESS OBSERVATIONS

Clean, small PR (15 additions, 0 deletions, 2 files). This is the third PR in the issue #69 chain (after #76 and #82), completing the "dashboard home page from playground" port. The scope is tight: one nav link addition with matching E2E coverage. Deployment risk is minimal -- no logic changes, no API changes, no CSS changes. Change failure risk: very low.

VERDICT: APPROVED

## PR #84 Review ### DOMAIN REVIEW **Tech stack**: SvelteKit (Svelte 5 runes), Playwright E2E tests, CSS. **Layout changes** (`src/routes/+layout.svelte`): - Adds a "Home" link as the first item in both the top nav bar (`nav-link`) and the left sidebar (`tree-item`). - Both use the existing `isActive('/')` function, which already has an exact-match guard for `/` (line 36-38 on main). This correctly ensures "Home" is only active on exactly `/`, not on `/dashboard`, `/projects`, etc. - The sidebar "Home" link includes `onclick={closeSidebar}`, consistent with all other sidebar nav items. - The `class:active` / `class:tree-item--active` bindings follow the same pattern as every other nav link in the file. No divergence. **E2E changes** (`e2e/home.spec.ts`): - Adds `Home` to the nav link visibility assertion. Placed first in the list, matching DOM order. - Adds a dedicated test for the active class: `test('Home nav link is active on the home page', ...)`. The test navigates to `/` (via `beforeEach`) and asserts the Home link has the `active` class. **Accessibility**: The new `<a>` elements are standard anchor tags with text content -- screen readers will read "Home" correctly. No ARIA issues. The sidebar already has the existing a11y-ignore comments for the `onclick` on `<aside>`, which is pre-existing and not introduced by this PR. **Performance**: Two additional `<a>` elements in the DOM. Negligible impact. ### BLOCKERS None. - New functionality (Home nav link) **has** test coverage: both a visibility assertion and an active-class assertion. - No user input handling introduced. - No secrets or credentials. - No duplicated auth/security logic. ### NITS 1. **Selector inconsistency in E2E tests**: The nav link visibility test uses the role-based selector `nav.getByRole('link', { name: 'Home' })`, while the active-class test uses a CSS selector `page.locator('nav .nav-link', { hasText: 'Home' })`. The CSS selector is necessary here because `getByRole` does not expose class assertions, so this is actually the correct approach. No change needed -- noting for completeness. 2. **PR body template**: The Related section is titled "Related Notes" instead of just "Related". Minor deviation from the PR template, but all required information is present. ### SOP COMPLIANCE - [x] Branch named after issue (`69-home-nav-active-state`) - [x] PR body has Summary, Changes, Test Plan, Related - [x] Related references issue #69; no plan slug required (standalone board item) - [x] E2E tests added for new functionality - [x] No secrets committed - [x] No unnecessary file changes -- exactly 2 files touched, both directly related to the fix - [x] Commit messages are descriptive (PR title: "fix: add Home nav link with active state for dashboard home page") ### PROCESS OBSERVATIONS Clean, small PR (15 additions, 0 deletions, 2 files). This is the third PR in the issue #69 chain (after #76 and #82), completing the "dashboard home page from playground" port. The scope is tight: one nav link addition with matching E2E coverage. Deployment risk is minimal -- no logic changes, no API changes, no CSS changes. Change failure risk: very low. ### VERDICT: APPROVED