feat(json-render-ui): session-persist uncontrolled state and scroll position

packages/json-render-ui/package.json

@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@json-render/vue": "catalog:frontend"
+    "@json-render/vue": "catalog:frontend",
+    "@vueuse/core": "catalog:frontend"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@antfu/design": "catalog:frontend",

packages/json-render-ui/src/components/Select.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import type { JrComponent } from './_shared'
 import FormCombobox from '@antfu/design/components/Form/FormCombobox.vue'
 import FormSelect from '@antfu/design/components/Form/FormSelect.vue'
 import { useBoundProp } from '@json-render/vue'
-import { computed, defineComponent, h, ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { useUncontrolledValue } from '../composables/useUncontrolledValue'
 
 interface SelectOption {
   value: string
@@ -28,8 +29,9 @@ function normalize(option: string | SelectOption): { value: string, label?: stri
 }
 
 // Stateful inner component: a JrComponent render fn can't hold a ref, so the
-// uncontrolled selection (no `$bindState` on `value`) lives here; when the spec
-// binds `value`, `bindingPath` is set and writes flow back to the state store.
+// uncontrolled selection (no `$bindState` on `value`) lives here, session-
+// persisted so it survives a reload; when the spec binds `value`,
+// `bindingPath` is set and writes flow back to the state store instead.
 const SelectImpl = defineComponent({
   name: 'JrSelectImpl',
   props: {
@@ -47,7 +49,11 @@ const SelectImpl = defineComponent({
     // on store change); `useBoundProp` is used only for its store setter.
     const [, setBound] = useBoundProp<string>(props.value, props.bindingPath)
     const controlled = props.bindingPath != null
-    const local = ref<string | undefined>(props.value)
+    const local = useUncontrolledValue<string | undefined>(
+      'Select',
+      { options: props.options, searchable: props.searchable },
+      props.value,
+    )
     const model = computed(() => (controlled ? props.value : local.value))
     const setModel = (next: string | undefined) => {
       if (controlled)

packages/json-render-ui/src/components/Switch.ts

@@ -1,23 +1,55 @@
+import type { PropType } from 'vue'
 import type { JrComponent } from './_shared'
 import FormSwitch from '@antfu/design/components/Form/FormSwitch.vue'
 import { useBoundProp } from '@json-render/vue'
-import { h } from 'vue'
+import { defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { useUncontrolledValue } from '../composables/useUncontrolledValue'
 
 interface SwitchProps {
   value?: boolean
   label?: string
   disabled?: boolean
 }
 
-export const Switch: JrComponent<SwitchProps> = ({ props, on, bindings }) => {
-  const [value, setValue] = useBoundProp(props.value, bindings?.value)
-  return h(FormSwitch, {
-    'modelValue': !!value,
-    'onUpdate:modelValue': (next: boolean) => {
-      setValue(next)
-      on('change').emit()
-    },
-    'label': props.label,
-    'disabled': props.disabled,
+// Stateful inner component: a JrComponent render fn can't hold a ref, so the
+// uncontrolled value (no `$bindState` on `value`) lives here, session-
+// persisted so it survives a reload; when the spec binds `value`,
+// `bindingPath` is set and writes flow back to the state store instead.
+const SwitchImpl = defineComponent({
+  name: 'JrSwitchImpl',
+  props: {
+    value: { type: Boolean, default: undefined },
+    label: { type: String, default: undefined },
+    disabled: { type: Boolean, default: undefined },
+    bindingPath: { type: String, default: undefined },
+    onChange: { type: Function as PropType<() => void>, default: undefined },
+  },
+  setup(props) {
+    // `props.value` is already the live resolved value; `useBoundProp` is used
+    // only for its store setter.
+    const [, setBound] = useBoundProp<boolean>(props.value, props.bindingPath)
+    const controlled = props.bindingPath != null
+    const local = useUncontrolledValue('Switch', { label: props.label }, props.value ?? false)
+    const setModel = (next: boolean) => {
+      if (controlled)
+        setBound(next)
+      else local.value = next
+      props.onChange?.()
+    }
+    return () => h(FormSwitch, {
+      'modelValue': !!(controlled ? props.value : local.value),
+      'onUpdate:modelValue': setModel,
+      'label': props.label,
+      'disabled': props.disabled,
+    })
+  },
+})
+
+export const Switch: JrComponent<SwitchProps> = ({ props, on, bindings }) =>
+  h(SwitchImpl, {
+    value: props.value,
+    label: props.label,
+    disabled: props.disabled,
+    bindingPath: bindings?.value,
+    onChange: () => on('change').emit(),
   })
-}

packages/json-render-ui/src/components/Tabs.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { PropType, VNode } from 'vue'
 import type { JrComponent } from './_shared'
 import { useBoundProp } from '@json-render/vue'
-import { computed, defineComponent, h, ref } from 'vue'
+import { computed, defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { useUncontrolledValue } from '../composables/useUncontrolledValue'
 import { Badge } from './Badge'
 import { Icon } from './Icon'
 
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ interface TabsProps {
 // are runtime-resolved *names* — so this is a thin custom component over the
 // shared semantic tokens (like Text/Stack), using the Icon component. Stateful
 // so the uncontrolled selection persists across renders (a JrComponent render
-// fn can't hold a ref); binds to the state store when `bindingPath` is set.
+// fn can't hold a ref) and across a reload (session-persisted); binds to the
+// state store when `bindingPath` is set.
 const TabsImpl = defineComponent({
   name: 'JrTabsImpl',
   props: {
@@ -44,7 +46,12 @@ const TabsImpl = defineComponent({
     // only for its store setter.
     const [, setBound] = useBoundProp<string>(props.value, props.bindingPath)
     const controlled = props.bindingPath != null
-    const local = ref<string | undefined>(props.defaultValue ?? props.value ?? props.tabs[0]?.value)
+    // Session-persisted so the uncontrolled selection survives a reload.
+    const local = useUncontrolledValue<string | undefined>(
+      'Tabs',
+      { tabs: props.tabs, orientation: props.orientation },
+      props.defaultValue ?? props.value ?? props.tabs[0]?.value,
+    )
     const active = computed(() => (controlled ? props.value : local.value))
     const isVertical = computed(() => props.orientation === 'vertical')
 

packages/json-render-ui/src/components/TextInput.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import type { PropType } from 'vue'
 import type { JrComponent } from './_shared'
 import FormTextInput from '@antfu/design/components/Form/FormTextInput.vue'
 import { useBoundProp } from '@json-render/vue'
-import { h } from 'vue'
+import { defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { useUncontrolledValue } from '../composables/useUncontrolledValue'
 
 interface TextInputProps {
   value?: string
@@ -12,24 +14,61 @@ interface TextInputProps {
   loading?: boolean
 }
 
-export const TextInput: JrComponent<TextInputProps> = ({ props, on, bindings }) => {
-  const [value, setValue] = useBoundProp(props.value, bindings?.value)
-  const input = h(FormTextInput, {
-    'modelValue': value ?? '',
-    'onUpdate:modelValue': (next: string) => {
-      // Carry the new value into bound state, then fire the `change` action.
-      setValue(next)
-      on('change').emit()
-    },
-    'placeholder': props.placeholder,
-    'type': props.type ?? 'text',
-    'disabled': props.disabled || props.loading,
+// Stateful inner component: a JrComponent render fn can't hold a ref, so the
+// uncontrolled value (no `$bindState` on `value`) lives here, session-
+// persisted so it survives a reload; when the spec binds `value`,
+// `bindingPath` is set and writes flow back to the state store instead.
+const TextInputImpl = defineComponent({
+  name: 'JrTextInputImpl',
+  props: {
+    value: { type: String, default: undefined },
+    placeholder: { type: String, default: undefined },
+    label: { type: String, default: undefined },
+    disabled: { type: Boolean, default: undefined },
+    type: { type: String as PropType<TextInputProps['type']>, default: 'text' },
+    loading: { type: Boolean, default: undefined },
+    bindingPath: { type: String, default: undefined },
+    onChange: { type: Function as PropType<() => void>, default: undefined },
+  },
+  setup(props) {
+    // `props.value` is already the live resolved value; `useBoundProp` is used
+    // only for its store setter.
+    const [, setBound] = useBoundProp<string>(props.value, props.bindingPath)
+    const controlled = props.bindingPath != null
+    const local = useUncontrolledValue('TextInput', { placeholder: props.placeholder, type: props.type }, props.value ?? '')
+    const setModel = (next: string) => {
+      if (controlled)
+        setBound(next)
+      else local.value = next
+      props.onChange?.()
+    }
+    return () => {
+      const input = h(FormTextInput, {
+        'modelValue': (controlled ? props.value : local.value) ?? '',
+        'onUpdate:modelValue': setModel,
+        'placeholder': props.placeholder,
+        'type': props.type ?? 'text',
+        'disabled': props.disabled || props.loading,
+      })
+      if (props.label) {
+        return h('label', { class: 'flex flex-col gap-1 text-sm color-muted' }, [
+          h('span', props.label),
+          input,
+        ])
+      }
+      return input
+    }
+  },
+})
+
+export const TextInput: JrComponent<TextInputProps> = ({ props, on, bindings }) =>
+  h(TextInputImpl, {
+    value: props.value,
+    placeholder: props.placeholder,
+    label: props.label,
+    disabled: props.disabled,
+    type: props.type,
+    loading: props.loading,
+    bindingPath: bindings?.value,
+    onChange: () => on('change').emit(),
   })
-  if (props.label) {
-    return h('label', { class: 'flex flex-col gap-1 text-sm color-muted' }, [
-      h('span', props.label),
-      input,
-    ])
-  }
-  return input
-}

packages/json-render-ui/src/composables/dock-entry-id.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { InjectionKey } from 'vue'
+
+/**
+ * Injection key for the current dock's own identity — the `viewId`
+ * {@link JsonRenderView} is mounted with (a shared-state `stateKey`, or a
+ * client-synthesized dock id). `JsonRenderView` `provide()`s it once per
+ * mounted view; {@link useUncontrolledValue}'s session-persistence key
+ * `inject()`s it instead of threading the id through every registry
+ * component's props.
+ */
+export const DOCK_ENTRY_ID_KEY: InjectionKey<string | undefined> = Symbol('devframes:json-render:dock-entry-id')

packages/json-render-ui/src/composables/useUncontrolledValue.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { Ref } from 'vue'
+import { useSessionStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
+import { inject } from 'vue'
+import { DOCK_ENTRY_ID_KEY } from './dock-entry-id'
+
+/**
+ * Session-persisted fallback for a json-render element's own *uncontrolled*
+ * value — the local state `Tabs`/`Select`/`Switch`/`TextInput` fall back to
+ * when the bindable prop has no `$bindState` binding (`useBoundProp`'s setter
+ * is a no-op without one). On by default: calling this instead of a plain
+ * `ref(defaultValue)` survives a reload within the same tab.
+ *
+ * The key combines the current dock's id ({@link DOCK_ENTRY_ID_KEY}, absent
+ * outside a devframe dock) with a caller-supplied `signature` identifying the
+ * element within that dock — `kind` (the component, e.g. `'Tabs'`) plus the
+ * element's own static props. There is no element id to key off directly here
+ * (unlike some other json-render integrations' render context): a shape
+ * change yields a different key, so persistence falls back to `defaultValue`
+ * instead of restoring a stale value for a different element — intended, not
+ * a bug.
+ */
+export function useUncontrolledValue<T>(kind: string, signature: Record<string, unknown>, defaultValue: T): Ref<T> {
+  const dockEntryId = inject(DOCK_ENTRY_ID_KEY, undefined)
+  const key = `devframes-json-render-uncontrolled:${dockEntryId ?? '~'}:${kind}:${JSON.stringify(signature)}`
+  return useSessionStorage<T>(key, defaultValue)
+}

packages/json-render-ui/src/renderer.ts

@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import type { Component, PropType } from 'vue'
 import type { ActionBridgeRpc } from './action-bridge'
 import { basePropSchemas } from '@devframes/json-render'
 import { JSONUIProvider, Renderer } from '@json-render/vue'
-import { computed, defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import { useDebounceFn, useSessionStorage } from '@vueuse/core'
+import { computed, defineComponent, h, provide, ref, watchEffect } from 'vue'
 import { createActionBridge } from './action-bridge'
+import { DOCK_ENTRY_ID_KEY } from './composables/dock-entry-id'
 import { baseRegistry, ERROR_COMPONENT_TYPE, UNSUPPORTED_COMPONENT_TYPE } from './registry'
 
 // Upstream ships these as heavily-typed `DefineComponent`s; render them through
@@ -82,10 +84,37 @@ export const JsonRenderView = defineComponent({
   setup(props) {
     const bridge = createActionBridge(props.rpc, { interactive: props.interactive })
 
+    /**
+     * Descendants (e.g. `useUncontrolledValue`) `inject()` this to scope
+     * session-persisted state to "this dock" — the mounted view's own id,
+     * stable while a given `resetKey` subtree is alive (a `viewId` change
+     * remounts that subtree below, via the `key` on `ProviderC`).
+     */
+    provide(DOCK_ENTRY_ID_KEY, props.viewId)
+
     // Reset the provider (reseed state) only on identity change.
     const resetKey = computed(() => props.viewId)
     const effectiveSpec = computed(() => (props.spec ? sanitizeSpec(props.spec, props.registry) : null))
 
+    /**
+     * Restores/persists the scroll position of this view, per tab, across a
+     * reload — keyed by `viewId` so switching views doesn't bleed one view's
+     * scroll into another's. The key is a getter (not a plain string) since,
+     * unlike the registry components below, this component instance itself is
+     * not guaranteed to remount when `viewId` changes (e.g. the reference SPA
+     * keeps one `JsonRenderView` alive across its own view switcher) — the
+     * `watchEffect` below re-fires on both a fresh mount and a `viewId` change.
+     */
+    const scrollEl = ref<HTMLElement | null>(null)
+    const scrollTop = useSessionStorage(() => `devframes-json-render-scroll:${props.viewId}`, 0)
+    watchEffect(() => {
+      if (scrollEl.value)
+        scrollEl.value.scrollTop = scrollTop.value
+    })
+    const persistScrollTop = useDebounceFn(() => {
+      scrollTop.value = scrollEl.value?.scrollTop ?? 0
+    }, 200)
+
     return () => {
       if (props.loading)
         return h('div', { class: surface }, 'Loading…')
@@ -107,7 +136,7 @@ export const JsonRenderView = defineComponent({
           }, 'Interactive actions are unavailable in static output.')
         : null
 
-      return h('div', { class: 'color-base' }, [
+      return h('div', { class: 'color-base w-full h-full overflow-auto', ref: scrollEl, onScroll: persistScrollTop }, [
         staticNote,
         banner,
         h(