Editor mode model: mobile Fixtures/Plants/Journal/Assistant bar (#99)

On a phone the editor stacked a control column (title, share, season, a
7-chip palette wrapping to 3 rows, journal/history/assistant) ABOVE the
canvas, crushing the garden — the point of the app — into a short strip.
There was no single "mode" switch: fixtures lived in the palette, plants
in a floating focus toolbar, and journal/assistant in the rail.

Mobile-first now (#99): the canvas is the whole screen, and a bottom mode
bar switches the tools docked beneath it —
- Fixtures  → the object palette (arm → tap to place)
- Plants    → the seed tray, once a bed is focused; focusing a bed enters
              this mode. No bed focused → a "tap a bed, then Plant here"
              hint. Done planting / Clear ride along.
- Journal   → opens the journal rail sheet
- Assistant → opens the chat rail sheet (hidden with no model configured)

A slim mobile top strip keeps the garden name / season / share that lived
in the desktop column. Closing a panel rail returns to a canvas mode so
the bar reappears; History stays a rail sub-tab (not a fifth mode).

Desktop is untouched: the mode bar is md:hidden and the side-column layout
stands; `mode` is an inert hint there. Store gains `mode`/`setMode`
(reset with the rest of transient state on garden switch).

Verified live at 390px (each mode + the select-bed → Plant here → seed-tray
flow, canvas now dominant) and 1280px (desktop unchanged). tsc + vitest
(92) + build green. DESIGN.md updated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01H3zbym8Doka2d7D48maSgZ

DESIGN.md

@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ Makefile                 (cd web && npm run build) → copy dist → CGO_ENABLED
 React 19 + TypeScript + Vite + Tailwind 4 (`@tailwindcss/vite`), `@tanstack/react-router`, `@tanstack/react-query`, zod for API parsing; dev proxy `/api` → Go server.
 
 - **Routes:** `/login`, `/register`, `/gardens` (list), `/gardens/:id` (editor, `?focus=objectId`), `/plants` (catalog). Auth guard on the router root via `/auth/me`.
-- **State:** TanStack Query for all server state (editor keyed on `gardens/:id/full`; optimistic mutations with version-conflict rollback). One small Zustand store for ephemeral editor state only: viewport, selection, focused object, active tool, in-flight drag.
+- **State:** TanStack Query for all server state (editor keyed on `gardens/:id/full`; optimistic mutations with version-conflict rollback). One small Zustand store for ephemeral editor state only: viewport, selection, focused object, active tool, in-flight drag, and the mobile `mode`.
+- **Mobile-first editor: one primary mode (#99).** On a phone the canvas is the whole screen; a bottom mode bar switches which tools dock beneath it — **Fixtures** (the object palette), **Plants** (the seed tray, shown once a bed is focused; focusing a bed puts you in this mode), **Journal**, **Assistant** (the last two open the rail sheet; Assistant is hidden with no model). This replaces the old phone layout where a stacked control column shoved the garden into a corner. Desktop keeps its side-column layout (the mode bar is `md:hidden`) and treats `mode` as an inert hint. History stays reachable as a rail sub-tab rather than a fifth primary mode.
 - **Editor components (`web/src/editor/`):** `GardenCanvas` (svg root + viewport g), `useViewport` (use-gesture pan/zoom/pinch), `ObjectShape`, `PlopMarker` (semantic-zoom branching), `Palette` (drag-to-place object kinds), `EditorRail` (the one side panel), `Inspector`, `HistoryPanel`, `PlantPicker`.
 - **One rail, tabs inside it.** The inspector, history, journal and assistant all want the same strip of screen; rather than each bolting on its own chrome they are tabs in `EditorRail` — so the canvas is one width instead of a different width per panel, and adding a panel is adding a tab. Selecting an object switches to the Inspector tab automatically, so the rail is never something you operate before you can edit; on a phone the same tabs render in the bottom sheet the inspector already used. Pure geometry helpers (local↔world transforms, unit formatting) in `web/src/lib/geometry.ts`, unit-tested.
 

web/src/editor/store.ts

@@ -11,10 +11,22 @@ import type { EditorObject } from './types'
 export const MIN_SCALE = 0.05 // px per cm — fully zoomed out
 export const MAX_SCALE = 20 // px per cm — fully zoomed in
 
+// The editor's one primary activity (#99). On mobile this is the segmented
+// control at the bottom of the screen; it decides which tools dock there —
+// placing fixtures, placing plants, the journal, or the assistant — so the four
+// activities stop competing for the same cramped strip. Desktop keeps its
+// side-column layout and treats this as a lighter hint.
+export type EditorMode = 'fixtures' | 'plants' | 'journal' | 'assistant'
+
 interface EditorState {
   viewport: Viewport
   setViewport: (next: Viewport | ((prev: Viewport) => Viewport)) => void
 
+  // The primary editor mode (mobile mode bar). Ephemeral — which tool you were
+  // last using is not a property of the garden.
+  mode: EditorMode
+  setMode: (mode: EditorMode) => void
+
   // The selected object OR plop (mutually exclusive; selecting one clears the
   // other). selectedId is a garden object; selectedPlantingId is a plop.
   selectedId: number | null
@@ -82,6 +94,9 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
   viewport: { tx: 0, ty: 0, scale: 1 },
   setViewport: (next) => set((s) => ({ viewport: typeof next === 'function' ? next(s.viewport) : next })),
 
+  mode: 'fixtures',
+  setMode: (mode) => set({ mode }),
+
   selectedId: null,
   select: (id) => set({ selectedId: id, selectedPlantingId: null }),
 
@@ -129,5 +144,6 @@ export const useEditorStore = create<EditorState>((set) => ({
       railTab: null,
       seasonYear: null,
       journalObjectId: null,
+      mode: 'fixtures',
     }),
 }))

web/src/pages/GardenEditorPage.tsx

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import { ClearBedModal } from '@/editor/ClearBedModal'
 import { EditorHint } from '@/editor/EditorHint'
 import { SeasonBanner, SeasonPicker } from '@/editor/SeasonPicker'
 import { objectDisplayName } from '@/editor/kinds'
-import { useEditorStore } from '@/editor/store'
+import { useEditorStore, type EditorMode } from '@/editor/store'
+import { cn } from '@/lib/cn'
 import type { EditorGarden } from '@/editor/types'
 import { ShareGardenModal } from '@/components/gardens/ShareGardenModal'
 import { useMe } from '@/lib/auth'
@@ -83,6 +84,8 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   )
   const armedPlant = useEditorStore((s) => s.armedPlant)
   const setArmedPlant = useEditorStore((s) => s.setArmedPlant)
+  const mode = useEditorStore((s) => s.mode)
+  const setMode = useEditorStore((s) => s.setMode)
 
   const updatePlanting = useUpdatePlanting(gid)
   const updateObject = useUpdateObject(gid)
@@ -169,6 +172,13 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
     }
   }, [focusedObjectId, objects, full.data, setFocusedObject])
 
+  // Focusing a bed IS "placing plants", so the mobile mode bar follows into Plants
+  // — otherwise the bottom strip would show the object palette while you're inside
+  // a bed. (Inert on desktop, where the mode bar isn't shown.)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (focusedObjectId != null) setMode('plants')
+  }, [focusedObjectId, setMode])
+
   // Selecting anything lands you in the inspector without a click — the rail
   // must never be something you operate before you can edit. Keyed off the
   // selected ids rather than a "something is selected" boolean, so selecting a
@@ -187,6 +197,22 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
     selectPlanting(null)
   }
 
+  // The mobile mode bar. Journal/Assistant are panel modes, so they open the
+  // rail sheet; Fixtures/Plants are canvas modes, so they close a panel rail (but
+  // leave an inspector, which is about the selection, alone).
+  const selectMode = (m: EditorMode) => {
+    setMode(m)
+    if (m === 'journal') {
+      setJournalObjectId(null)
+      setRailTab('journal')
+    } else if (m === 'assistant') {
+      setRailTab('chat')
+    } else {
+      const rt = useEditorStore.getState().railTab
+      if (rt === 'journal' || rt === 'chat') setRailTab(null)
+    }
+  }
+
   // Escape peels back one layer: stop placing → deselect plop → exit focus → deselect.
   useEffect(() => {
     function onKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
@@ -439,7 +465,10 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
   // the canvas bottom + Fit button under the browser chrome (#85).
   return (
     <div className="flex h-[calc(100dvh-8rem)] flex-col gap-3 md:flex-row">
-      <div className="shrink-0 md:w-40">
+      {/* Desktop-only control column. On mobile these move to the bottom mode bar
+          + a slim top strip so the canvas — the point of the screen — isn't shoved
+          into a corner by a stack of controls (#99). */}
+      <div className="hidden shrink-0 md:block md:w-40">
         <h1 className="mb-2 truncate text-lg font-semibold tracking-tight" title={garden.name}>
           {garden.name}
         </h1>
@@ -486,9 +515,29 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
       </div>
 
       <div className="relative flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col gap-2">
+        {/* Mobile top strip: the garden identity / season / share that live in the
+            desktop left column. md:hidden. */}
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-2 md:hidden">
+          <h1 className="min-w-0 flex-1 truncate text-base font-semibold tracking-tight" title={garden.name}>
+            {garden.name}
+          </h1>
+          {!canEdit && seasonYear === null && (
+            <span className="shrink-0 rounded-md bg-border/40 px-2 py-0.5 text-xs text-muted">👁 View only</span>
+          )}
+          {years.data && years.data.length > 0 && (
+            <SeasonPicker years={years.data} value={seasonYear} onChange={setSeasonYear} />
+          )}
+          {isOwner && (
+            <Button variant="ghost" className="shrink-0 px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={() => setSharing(true)}>
+              Share
+            </Button>
+          )}
+        </div>
         {seasonYear !== null && <SeasonBanner year={seasonYear} onExit={() => setSeasonYear(null)} />}
+        {/* Focus toolbar is desktop-only; on mobile its plant tools move to the
+            bottom Plants-mode strip so they don't wrap over the canvas. */}
         {focusedObject && (
-          <div className="absolute left-2 top-2 z-20 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-border bg-surface/90 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm shadow-sm backdrop-blur">
+          <div className="absolute left-2 top-2 z-20 hidden flex-wrap items-center gap-2 rounded-lg border border-border bg-surface/90 px-2 py-1.5 text-sm shadow-sm backdrop-blur md:flex">
             <button type="button" onClick={exitFocus} className="rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 font-medium text-accent-strong hover:underline">
               ← {garden.name}
             </button>
@@ -536,6 +585,49 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
         )}
       </div>
 
+      {/* Mobile bottom: contextual tools for the current mode + the mode switch
+          bar (#99). md:hidden — desktop uses the left column. A panel-mode rail
+          (journal/assistant) or the inspector overlays this while open. */}
+      <div className="shrink-0 md:hidden">
+        {canEdit && (mode === 'fixtures' || mode === 'plants') && (
+          <div className="mb-2 min-h-[2.25rem]">
+            {mode === 'fixtures' && <Palette />}
+            {mode === 'plants' &&
+              (focusedObject?.plantable ? (
+                <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
+                  <SeedTray
+                    trayPlants={trayPlants}
+                    armedPlantId={armedPlant?.id ?? null}
+                    onArm={armPlant}
+                    onRemove={removeFromTrayAndDisarm}
+                    onOpenPicker={() => setPicker('place')}
+                  />
+                  {armedPlant && (
+                    <Button variant="ghost" className="px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={() => setArmedPlant(null)}>
+                      Done
+                    </Button>
+                  )}
+                  {focusedPlops.length > 0 && (
+                    <Button
+                      variant="ghost"
+                      className="px-2 py-1 text-xs text-red-600 dark:text-red-400"
+                      onClick={() => setClearing(true)}
+                    >
+                      Clear ({focusedPlops.length})
+                    </Button>
+                  )}
+                  <Button variant="ghost" className="ml-auto px-2 py-1 text-xs" onClick={exitFocus}>
+                    Done planting
+                  </Button>
+                </div>
+              ) : (
+                <p className="px-1 text-xs text-muted">Tap a bed, then “🌱 Plant here” to start planting.</p>
+              ))}
+          </div>
+        )}
+        <ModeBar mode={mode} onSelect={selectMode} hasAssistant={!!capabilities.data?.agent} />
+      </div>
+
       {railTab && (
         <EditorRail
           tabs={railTabs}
@@ -543,10 +635,14 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
           onActivate={setRailTab}
           onClose={() => {
             // Only the inspector is *about* the selection, so only closing it
-            // deselects; dismissing History leaves the canvas as you had it.
+            // deselects; dismissing a panel leaves the canvas as you had it. Any
+            // panel rail (journal/history/chat) drops back to a canvas mode so the
+            // mobile mode bar reappears.
             if (railTab === 'inspector') {
               select(null)
               selectPlanting(null)
+            } else {
+              setMode('fixtures')
             }
             setRailTab(null)
           }}
@@ -575,3 +671,54 @@ export function GardenEditorPage() {
     </div>
   )
 }
+
+// The mobile primary mode switch (#99): one always-there tab bar so "placing
+// beds", "planting", "journaling" and "assistant" stop competing for the same
+// strip. Assistant is dropped when the instance has no model configured.
+const MODES: { id: EditorMode; label: string; icon: string }[] = [
+  { id: 'fixtures', label: 'Fixtures', icon: '🛠️' },
+  { id: 'plants', label: 'Plants', icon: '🌱' },
+  { id: 'journal', label: 'Journal', icon: '📓' },
+  { id: 'assistant', label: 'Assistant', icon: '💬' },
+]
+
+function ModeBar({
+  mode,
+  onSelect,
+  hasAssistant,
+}: {
+  mode: EditorMode
+  onSelect: (m: EditorMode) => void
+  hasAssistant: boolean
+}) {
+  const modes = hasAssistant ? MODES : MODES.filter((m) => m.id !== 'assistant')
+  return (
+    <div
+      role="tablist"
+      aria-label="Editor mode"
+      className="flex items-stretch justify-around overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-border bg-surface"
+    >
+      {modes.map((m) => {
+        const active = mode === m.id
+        return (
+          <button
+            key={m.id}
+            type="button"
+            role="tab"
+            aria-selected={active}
+            onClick={() => onSelect(m.id)}
+            className={cn(
+              'flex flex-1 flex-col items-center gap-0.5 py-2 text-xs font-medium transition-colors',
+              active ? 'bg-border/60 text-accent-strong' : 'text-muted hover:text-fg',
+            )}
+          >
+            <span aria-hidden className="text-lg leading-none">
+              {m.icon}
+            </span>
+            {m.label}
+          </button>
+        )
+      })}
+    </div>
+  )
+}