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+// console-autocomplete.js
+// Vanilla dropdown autocomplete for [data-console-form] inputs.
+// Reads ranked completions from window.__rankVocab (loaded via
+// vocab-rank.bundle.js). Owns: Tab, Shift+Tab, Esc, mouse events.
+// Leaves: ArrowUp, ArrowDown, Enter (console-history.js owns those).
+//
+// First-token only: the dropdown is hidden as soon as the cursor
+// is past the first space in the input.
+
+const VOCAB_URL = "/static/data/srccfg-vocab.json";
+const MAX_RENDERED = 8;
+let vocabPromise = null;
+
+function loadVocab() {
+  if (vocabPromise) return vocabPromise;
+  vocabPromise = fetch(VOCAB_URL, { credentials: "same-origin" })
+    .then(r => r.ok ? r.json() : Promise.reject(new Error("vocab fetch failed: " + r.status)))
+    .catch(err => { console.warn("[console-autocomplete] vocab load failed", err); return null; });
+  return vocabPromise;
+}
+
+function firstTokenSlice(value, caret) {
+  // Returns the substring [0, end-of-first-token) if the caret is
+  // within the first token; otherwise null.
+  const spaceIdx = value.indexOf(" ");
+  if (spaceIdx === -1) {
+    return { token: value, from: 0, to: value.length };
+  }
+  if (caret > spaceIdx) return null;
+  return { token: value.slice(0, spaceIdx), from: 0, to: spaceIdx };
+}
+
+function bindConsoleAutocomplete(form) {
+  if (form.dataset.consoleAutocompleteBound === "true") return;
+  form.dataset.consoleAutocompleteBound = "true";
+
+  const input = form.querySelector("input[name='command']");
+  if (!input) return;
+
+  // --- Dropdown DOM (created lazily on first show) ---
+  let dropdown = null;
+  let items = [];            // current ranked items
+  let highlightIdx = 0;      // index of currently-highlighted row
+  let vocab = null;
+
+  function ensureDropdown() {
+    if (dropdown) return dropdown;
+    dropdown = document.createElement("div");
+    dropdown.className = "console-autocomplete-dropdown";
+    dropdown.setAttribute("role", "listbox");
+    dropdown.style.display = "none";
+    document.body.appendChild(dropdown);
+    return dropdown;
+  }
+
+  function position() {
+    if (!dropdown) return;
+    const rect = input.getBoundingClientRect();
+    dropdown.style.left = `${rect.left + window.scrollX}px`;
+    dropdown.style.top = `${rect.bottom + window.scrollY}px`;
+    dropdown.style.minWidth = `${rect.width}px`;
+  }
+
+  function close() {
+    if (!dropdown) return;
+    dropdown.style.display = "none";
+    items = [];
+    highlightIdx = 0;
+  }
+
+  function render() {
+    ensureDropdown();
+    if (items.length === 0) { close(); return; }
+    const rows = items.slice(0, MAX_RENDERED).map((e, i) => {
+      const selected = i === highlightIdx ? " aria-selected='true'" : "";
+      const kindClass = e.kind === "command" ? "kind-command" : "kind-cvar";
+      const desc = e.desc ? `<span class="console-autocomplete-desc">${escapeHtml(e.desc)}</span>` : "";
+      return `<div class="console-autocomplete-row ${kindClass}"${selected} role="option" data-idx="${i}"><span class="console-autocomplete-name">${escapeHtml(e.name)}</span>${desc}</div>`;
+    }).join("");
+    dropdown.innerHTML = rows;
+    dropdown.style.display = "block";
+    position();
+  }
+
+  function escapeHtml(s) {
+    return String(s).replace(/[&<>"']/g, c => ({
+      "&": "&amp;", "<": "&lt;", ">": "&gt;", '"': "&quot;", "'": "&#39;",
+    }[c]));
+  }
+
+  function acceptHighlighted() {
+    if (items.length === 0) return;
+    const chosen = items[highlightIdx];
+    const slice = firstTokenSlice(input.value, input.selectionStart || 0);
+    if (!slice) return;
+    const before = input.value.slice(0, slice.from);
+    const after = input.value.slice(slice.to);
+    input.value = before + chosen.name + after;
+    // Place caret at end of inserted name
+    const caret = before.length + chosen.name.length;
+    input.setSelectionRange(caret, caret);
+    recompute();
+  }
+
+  function recompute() {
+    if (!vocab) return;
+    const slice = firstTokenSlice(input.value, input.selectionStart || 0);
+    if (!slice || !slice.token) { close(); return; }
+    items = window.__rankVocab(slice.token, vocab);
+    if (items.length === 0) { close(); return; }
+    highlightIdx = 0;
+    render();
+  }
+
+  // --- Lazy vocab fetch on first focus ---
+  input.addEventListener("focus", async () => {
+    if (!vocab) {
+      vocab = await loadVocab();
+    }
+  }, { once: true });
+
+  input.addEventListener("input", () => {
+    if (!vocab) return; // fetch may not have resolved yet; next input will recompute
+    recompute();
+  });
+
+  input.addEventListener("keydown", (event) => {
+    if (event.key === "Tab" && !event.shiftKey) {
+      if (items.length > 0) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        acceptHighlighted();
+      }
+    } else if (event.key === "Tab" && event.shiftKey) {
+      if (items.length > 0) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        highlightIdx = (highlightIdx - 1 + Math.min(items.length, MAX_RENDERED))
+                       % Math.min(items.length, MAX_RENDERED);
+        render();
+      }
+    } else if (event.key === "Escape") {
+      if (dropdown && dropdown.style.display !== "none") {
+        event.preventDefault();
+        close();
+      }
+    }
+    // ArrowUp/ArrowDown/Enter intentionally NOT handled here.
+  });
+
+  input.addEventListener("blur", () => {
+    // Delay close so a click on a dropdown row can fire first.
+    setTimeout(close, 100);
+  });
+
+  // Mouse click on a row → accept that row.
+  document.addEventListener("mousedown", (event) => {
+    if (!dropdown || dropdown.style.display === "none") return;
+    const row = event.target.closest(".console-autocomplete-row");
+    if (!row || !dropdown.contains(row)) return;
+    event.preventDefault();
+    highlightIdx = parseInt(row.dataset.idx, 10) || 0;
+    acceptHighlighted();
+    input.focus();
+  });
+
+  // HTMX form submission clears the input; close on submit.
+  form.addEventListener("htmx:beforeRequest", close);
+
+  // Reposition on resize/scroll while dropdown is open.
+  window.addEventListener("resize", () => { if (dropdown && dropdown.style.display !== "none") position(); });
+  window.addEventListener("scroll", () => { if (dropdown && dropdown.style.display !== "none") position(); }, true);
+}
+
+function bindAll(root) {
+  if (!root) return;
+  const scope = root.matches && root.matches("[data-console-form]") ? [root] : [];
+  if (root.querySelectorAll) {
+    root.querySelectorAll("[data-console-form]").forEach((el) => scope.push(el));
+  }
+  scope.forEach(bindConsoleAutocomplete);
+}
+
+document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => bindAll(document));
+document.addEventListener("htmx:load", (event) => bindAll(event.detail.elt));