ui: persist playground state across route navigation (#525)

- Keep Playground component mounted when navigating away, preserving
streaming/generating state
- Add animated gradient effect on Playground nav link when activity is
in progress

ui-svelte/src/components/playground/AudioInterface.svelte

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import { models } from "../../stores/api";
   import { persistentStore } from "../../stores/persistent";
   import { transcribeAudio } from "../../lib/audioApi";
+  import { playgroundStores } from "../../stores/playgroundActivity";
   import ModelSelector from "./ModelSelector.svelte";
 
   const selectedModelStore = persistentStore<string>("playground-audio-model", "");
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
 
   let canTranscribe = $derived(selectedFile !== null && $selectedModelStore !== "" && !isTranscribing);
 
+  $effect(() => {
+    playgroundStores.audioTranscribing.set(isTranscribing);
+  });
+
   function validateFile(file: File): { valid: boolean; error?: string } {
     const ext = '.' + file.name.split('.').pop()?.toLowerCase();
 

ui-svelte/src/components/playground/ChatInterface.svelte

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import { models } from "../../stores/api";
   import { persistentStore } from "../../stores/persistent";
   import { streamChatCompletion } from "../../lib/chatApi";
+  import { playgroundStores } from "../../stores/playgroundActivity";
   import type { ChatMessage, ContentPart } from "../../lib/types";
   import ChatMessageComponent from "./ChatMessage.svelte";
   import ModelSelector from "./ModelSelector.svelte";
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@
   let hasModels = $derived($models.some((m) => !m.unlisted));
   let userScrolledUp = $state(false);
 
+  $effect(() => {
+    playgroundStores.chatStreaming.set(isStreaming);
+  });
+
   function handleMessagesScroll() {
     if (!messagesContainer) return;
     const { scrollTop, scrollHeight, clientHeight } = messagesContainer;

ui-svelte/src/components/playground/ImageInterface.svelte

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import { models } from "../../stores/api";
   import { persistentStore } from "../../stores/persistent";
   import { generateImage } from "../../lib/imageApi";
+  import { playgroundStores } from "../../stores/playgroundActivity";
   import ModelSelector from "./ModelSelector.svelte";
   import ExpandableTextarea from "./ExpandableTextarea.svelte";
 
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@
 
   let hasModels = $derived($models.some((m) => !m.unlisted));
 
+  $effect(() => {
+    playgroundStores.imageGenerating.set(isGenerating);
+  });
+
   async function generate() {
     const trimmedPrompt = prompt.trim();
     if (!trimmedPrompt || !$selectedModelStore || isGenerating) return;

ui-svelte/src/components/playground/SpeechInterface.svelte

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   import { models } from "../../stores/api";
   import { persistentStore } from "../../stores/persistent";
   import { generateSpeech } from "../../lib/speechApi";
+  import { playgroundStores } from "../../stores/playgroundActivity";
   import ModelSelector from "./ModelSelector.svelte";
   import ExpandableTextarea from "./ExpandableTextarea.svelte";
 
@@ -20,11 +21,9 @@
   let availableVoices = $state<string[]>(["coral", "alloy", "echo", "fable", "onyx", "nova", "shimmer"]);
   let isLoadingVoices = $state(false);
 
-  // Default voices to fall back to if API call fails
   const defaultVoices = ["coral", "alloy", "echo", "fable", "onyx", "nova", "shimmer"];
   const CACHE_KEY = "playground-speech-voices-cache";
 
-  // Load voices cache from localStorage
   function getVoicesCache(): Record<string, string[]> {
     if (typeof window === "undefined") return {};
     try {
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // Save voices cache to localStorage
   function saveVoicesCache(cache: Record<string, string[]>) {
     if (typeof window === "undefined") return;
     try {
@@ -47,9 +45,12 @@
 
   let hasModels = $derived($models.some((m) => !m.unlisted));
 
-  // Track if this is the initial page load to avoid fetching on refresh
   let isInitialLoad = $state(true);
 
+  $effect(() => {
+    playgroundStores.speechGenerating.set(isGenerating);
+  });
+
   // On page load, restore cached voices for the selected model if available
   $effect(() => {
     const model = $selectedModelStore;