# Data Connections page — Topology-style refresh

Date: 2026-05-11
Status: Design

## Goal

Bring the Data Connections admin page up to the same UX standard as the new Topology page (`/deployment/topology`). The page already uses TreeView and the form already navigates as a separate page, so the refresh is a layered enhancement, not a rewrite.

## Decisions (captured from Q&A)

1. **Features to add** (others explicitly excluded):
   - Search with dim non-matches (opacity 0.4, shape preserved — Topology behavior)
   - Toolbar: **+ Connection**, **Refresh**, **Expand**, **Collapse**
   - **No** per-node icons / protocol badges beyond what's already rendered
   - **No** selection persistence via sessionStorage (selection is in-memory only)
2. **Site context menu** gains an "Add Connection here" item that navigates to the create form with `?siteId=N` preselecting and locking the Site field.
3. **+ Connection toolbar button** is **disabled until a site is selected**. Selecting either a site node or one of its connection nodes resolves to that site; the create form then preselects and locks Site.
4. **No move support** — moving a connection between sites is out of scope (would require a net-new service method and has knock-on effects on `InstanceConnectionBinding`).
5. **Empty sites still appear** at the top level (so they can be right-clicked to add a connection).
6. **URL renames**:
   - List page: `/admin/connections` (primary) + `/admin/data-connections` (legacy secondary).
   - Form: `/admin/connections/create` and `/admin/connections/{Id}/edit` (primary) + `/admin/data-connections/create` and `/admin/data-connections/{Id}/edit` (legacy secondaries).
   - Nav menu label changes from "Data Connections" to **"Connections"**.
7. **Form cleanup** to match the canonical `SiteForm.razor` style (per `feedback_form_layout` memory):
   - Add explicit `<h6 class="text-muted border-bottom pb-1">` subsection headers: **Primary Endpoint** and **Backup Endpoint**.
   - Move Failover Retry Count inside the Backup subsection (it only applies when backup is enabled).
   - Site field stays first; read-only in edit mode; preselected & disabled when `?siteId=` is passed on create.

## Files to modify

### `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Admin/DataConnections.razor`

- Add primary route `@page "/admin/connections"` and secondary legacy `@page "/admin/data-connections"`.
- Inject `IJSRuntime` only if needed (search doesn't need it; no sessionStorage).
- Add toolbar row above the tree:
  - Search input (`@bind="_searchText" @bind:event="oninput" @bind:after="OnSearchChanged"`)
  - btn-group with: **+ Connection** (disabled-bind to `!HasSiteSelected`), **Refresh**, **Expand**, **Collapse**.
- TreeView wiring:
  - Add `@ref="_tree"` and use `_tree?.ExpandAll()` / `CollapseAll()`.
  - Set `Selectable="true"` and `SelectedKeyChanged="OnTreeNodeSelected"`. Keep selected key in `_selectedKey` (in-memory only).
- Search dim:
  - Recompute a `HashSet<string> _matchKeys` of keys whose own label or any descendant's label contains the search text.
  - In `NodeContent`, wrap the label `<span>` with `style="opacity: 0.4"` if a search is active and the node is not in `_matchKeys`.
- Always-show-empty sites: current code already creates a Site node per Site regardless of children — keep as-is.
- Site context menu: add an item **"Add Connection here"** that navigates to `/admin/connections/create?siteId=@node.SiteId`.
- Connection context menu: keep Edit + Delete; update the Edit href to the new `/admin/connections/{id}/edit` path.

### `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Admin/DataConnectionForm.razor`

- Add primary routes:
  ```razor
  @page "/admin/connections/create"
  @page "/admin/connections/{Id:int}/edit"
  @page "/admin/data-connections/create"
  @page "/admin/data-connections/{Id:int}/edit"
  ```
- Add `[SupplyParameterFromQuery] public int? SiteId { get; set; }`.
- On `OnInitializedAsync`, if `Id` is null and `SiteId` has a value, set `_formSiteId = SiteId.Value` and render the Site field as a disabled `<input>` (same pattern as edit mode) — also set `_siteName` for display.
- Reorganize fields to subsections per `SiteForm.razor` reference:
  - Site (already first), Name, Protocol.
  - `<h6 class="text-muted border-bottom pb-1">Primary Endpoint</h6>` then Primary Endpoint Configuration.
  - `<h6 class="text-muted border-bottom pb-1">Backup Endpoint</h6>` — collapsed (Add Backup Endpoint button) by default; when toggled on, render: Backup Configuration, Failover Retry Count, Remove Backup button.
- `GoBack()` → `NavigationManager.NavigateTo("/admin/connections")`.

### `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Layout/NavMenu.razor`

- Change `<NavLink class="nav-link" href="/admin/data-connections">Data Connections</NavLink>` to:
  ```razor
  <NavLink class="nav-link" href="/admin/connections">Connections</NavLink>
  ```

### `tests/ScadaLink.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/NavigationTests.cs`

- Update the AdminNavLinks theory: `[InlineData("Data Connections", "/admin/data-connections")]` → `[InlineData("Connections", "/admin/connections")]`.

## New tests

### `tests/ScadaLink.CentralUI.Tests/DataConnectionsPageTests.cs` (new)

bUnit rendering tests, modeled after `TopologyPageTests`:

1. `Renders_EmptyState_WhenNoSites` — no sites configured.
2. `Renders_EmptySite_AsTopLevelNode` — site with no connections still appears.
3. `Renders_SiteConnection_Nesting` — connection nested under site after click-expand.
4. `Search_DimsNonMatches_PreservesShape` — typing in search dims unmatched siblings.
5. `AddConnectionButton_DisabledUntilSiteSelected` — toolbar `+ Connection` is `disabled` initially, becomes enabled after clicking a site row.
6. `LegacyDataConnectionsRoute_IsDeclaredOnListPage` — both `/admin/connections` and `/admin/data-connections` routes are present (reflection check).

JSInterop stubs (TreeView calls `treeviewStorage.load`/`save` even when `StorageKey` isn't supplied — verify):
- `JSInterop.Setup<string?>("treeviewStorage.load", _ => true).SetResult(null);`
- `JSInterop.SetupVoid("treeviewStorage.save", _ => true);`

## Out of scope

- Moving connections between sites (would require new service method + binding consequences).
- Connection status indicators (live state) — DCL connection state isn't surfaced in this page; deferred.
- Drag-and-drop reorder.
- Selection persistence across page reloads.

## Verification

1. `dotnet build` clean.
2. `dotnet test tests/ScadaLink.CentralUI.Tests/ScadaLink.CentralUI.Tests.csproj` — all green incl. new tests.
3. Existing Playwright NavigationTests pass with the updated label/URL.
4. Browser smoke (after `bash docker/deploy.sh`):
   - `/admin/data-connections` (legacy bookmark) loads the same page as `/admin/connections`.
   - + Connection disabled until a site is selected; then navigates with `?siteId=N`; Site field is locked in the form.
   - Right-click on an empty site → "Add Connection here" works.
   - Search "OPC" dims non-matching connections (label-based search, case-insensitive).
   - Expand / Collapse buttons work; Refresh re-fetches from repos.
   - Form sections "Primary Endpoint" / "Backup Endpoint" render with the SiteForm-style headers; Failover Retry Count appears inside the Backup section only when backup is enabled.

## Critical files

- `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Admin/DataConnections.razor`
- `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Admin/DataConnectionForm.razor`
- `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Layout/NavMenu.razor`
- `tests/ScadaLink.CentralUI.PlaywrightTests/NavigationTests.cs`
- `tests/ScadaLink.CentralUI.Tests/DataConnectionsPageTests.cs` (new)

## Reference patterns

- TreeView usage with toolbar/search: `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Deployment/Topology.razor`
- Form layout convention: `src/ScadaLink.CentralUI/Components/Pages/Admin/SiteForm.razor`
- bUnit harness for tree page: `tests/ScadaLink.CentralUI.Tests/TopologyPageTests.cs`
