Use comfyui_frontend_package pypi package to manage frontend dependency (Frontend v1.10.17)

[huchenlei]

• Remove web/
• Remove update-frontend.yml gh action
• Add comfyui-frontend-package as pip dependency
• Update frontend to v1.10.17

Ref: https://pypi.org/project/comfyui-frontend-package/

Changelog (1.10.0 - 1.10.17)

Features

• Selection Toolbox & Overlay: Added new selection toolbox with various actions ([#2608]([New Feature] Selection Toolbox ComfyUI_frontend#2608)), selection overlay ([#2592](Selection Overlay ComfyUI_frontend#2592)), bypass action ([#2616](Add bypass action to selection toolbox ComfyUI_frontend#2616)), and refresh button ([#2612](Add refresh button to selecton toolbox ComfyUI_frontend#2612))
• 3D Support: Fully converted load 3D nodes to Vue ([#2590]([3d] fully convert load 3d nodes into vue ComfyUI_frontend#2590)), added mouse wheel adjustment for preview screen size ([#2619]([3d] allow using mouse wheel to adjust preview screen size ComfyUI_frontend#2619)), and added image background support ([#2657]([3d] support using image as background ComfyUI_frontend#2657))
• Template Workflows: Added ComfyUI Examples workflows to in-app templates ([#2541](Add ComfyUI Examples workflows to in-app templates  ComfyUI_frontend#2541))
• Image Handling: Support for batch image upload ([#2597](Support batch image upload ComfyUI_frontend#2597))
• Litegraph Updates: Updated to versions 0.8.79 ([#2556](Update litegraph 0.8.79 ComfyUI_frontend#2556)), 0.8.81 ([#2568](Update litegraph 0.8.81 ComfyUI_frontend#2568)), 0.8.85 ([#2615](Update litegraph 0.8.85 ComfyUI_frontend#2615)), 0.8.87 ([#2625](Update litegraph 0.8.87 ComfyUI_frontend#2625)), 0.8.91 ([#2654](Update litegraph to 0.8.91 ComfyUI_frontend#2654)), and 0.8.92 ([#2662](Update litegraph 0.8.92 ComfyUI_frontend#2662))
• Commands: Added DeleteSelectedItems command ([#2606](Add DeleteSelectedItems command ComfyUI_frontend#2606))
• Localization: Updated locales for node definitions ([#2723](Update locales for node definitions ComfyUI_frontend#2723))
• Documentation: Added ID to details tag in README.md ([#2676]([Docs] Add id to details tag in README.md ComfyUI_frontend#2676))

BugFixes

• UI Fixes: Fixed node color for custom light themes ([#2621]([BugFix] Fix node color for custom light themes ComfyUI_frontend#2621)), title editor font size ([#2593](Fix title editor font size ComfyUI_frontend#2593)), gallery navigator icons ([#2601](Fix gallery navigator icons ComfyUI_frontend#2601)), and incorrect selection overlay after drag ([#2658]([BugFix] Fix incorrect selection overlay after drag ComfyUI_frontend#2658))
• 3D Component: Fixed issue with unable to click Vue button in 3D nodes ([#2581]([3d] bug fix for unable click vue button ComfyUI_frontend#2581))
• Template Workflows: Fixed incorrect link ([#2579](Fix incorrect link in template workflow ComfyUI_frontend#2579)) and extraneous values ([#2605](Fix extraneous values in template workflows ComfyUI_frontend#2605))
• Desktop App: Fixed invalid type assertion in API ([#2631]([Desktop] Fix invalid type assertion in API ComfyUI_frontend#2631)), missing git logo in troubleshooting ([#2633]([Desktop] Fix missing git logo in troubleshooting ComfyUI_frontend#2633))
• Selection Toolbox: Fixed color button color on first selection ([#2736]([BugFix] Properly update color button color on first selection ComfyUI_frontend#2736))
• Performance: Set height to 0 for hidden widgets on GroupNode ([#2566]([BugFix] Set height to 0 for hidden widgets on GroupNode ComfyUI_frontend#2566))
• Image Handling: Fixed pasting image copied from browser ([#2630](Fix pasting image that was copied from browser ComfyUI_frontend#2630))
• Localization: Fixed error translating legacy setting options ([#2648](Fix error translating legacy setting options ComfyUI_frontend#2648))
• Canvas: Fixed LGraphCanvas.ds on serialization ([#2653]([BugFix] Copy LGraphCanvas.ds on serialization ComfyUI_frontend#2653))
• Dialog Service: Properly trigger onClose hook ([#2655]([BugFix] Properly trigger onClose hook in dialogService ComfyUI_frontend#2655))
• Store: Removed outputs.animated in queueStore ([#2740]([BugFix] Remove outputs.animated in queueStore ComfyUI_frontend#2740))

Misc

• Refactoring: Used LGraphNode.setSize ([#2555](Use LGraphNode.setSize ComfyUI_frontend#2555)), upstreamed widgets layout to litegraph ([#2557](Upstream widgets layout to litegraph ComfyUI_frontend#2557)), improved node image upload and preview ([#2580](Refactor node image upload and preview ComfyUI_frontend#2580)), extracted color selector as component ([#2620]([Refactor] Extract color selector as component ComfyUI_frontend#2620)), and moved app.graphToPrompt to executionUtil ([#2664]([Refactor] Move app.graphToPrompt to executionUtil ComfyUI_frontend#2664))
• Template Improvements: Removed interchangeable models ([#2575](Remove interchangeable models from template workflows ComfyUI_frontend#2575)), changed title of pose ControlNet template ([#2573](Change title of pose ControlNet template workflow ComfyUI_frontend#2573)), replaced "clip" with "text_encoders" ([#2572](Replace "clip" with "text_encoders" in template workflows ComfyUI_frontend#2572)), normalized translation keys ([#2574](Normalize translation keys in template card component ComfyUI_frontend#2574)), removed lora dependency from flux canny template ([#2603](Remove lora dependency from flux canny template ComfyUI_frontend#2603)), and removed duplicate outpaint template ([#2602](Remove duplicate outpaint template ComfyUI_frontend#2602))
• Styling: Highlighted active workflow item in sidebar ([#2563]([Style] Highlight active workflow item in the workflow sidebar ComfyUI_frontend#2563)), added right arrow on nested submenu item ([#2564]([Style] Show right arrow on nested submenu item ComfyUI_frontend#2564)), and updated toolbox style ([#2614]([Style] Update toolbox style ComfyUI_frontend#2614))
• CI/CD: Added LTS branch testing ([#2641]([CI] Always test LTS branches ComfyUI_frontend#2641)), enabled release on LTS branches ([#2671]([CI] Enable release on LTS branches ComfyUI_frontend#2671)), and published comfyui_frontend PyPI package ([#2765](Publish comfyui_frontend pypi package ComfyUI_frontend#2765))
• Error Handling: Moved node field to tags in error report ([#2570](Move node field to tags in error report ComfyUI_frontend#2570)), updated issue report template ([#2645](Update issue report template ComfyUI_frontend#2645)), and updated issue report image ([#2647](Update issue report image ComfyUI_frontend#2647))
• Localization: Refined Korean locales ([#2600](refine locales/ko ComfyUI_frontend#2600))
• Dependencies: Bumped Vite from 5.4.6 to 5.4.14 ([#2585](Bump vite from 5.4.6 to 5.4.14 ComfyUI_frontend#2585)), updated setup-node to v4 ([#2587](Update setup-node to v4 ComfyUI_frontend#2587))
• Cleanup: Removed unused imports in domWidget ([#2559]([Cleanup] Remove unused imports in domWidget ComfyUI_frontend#2559)), upstreamed litegraph types ([#2666]([Cleanup] Remove upstreamed litegraph types ComfyUI_frontend#2666)), and general formatting/cleanup ([#2594](Formatting/cleanup ComfyUI_frontend#2594))

[comfyanonymous]

I think the only thing missing is something that warns the user on startup if they have not updated the frontend pip package.

[huchenlei]

I think the only thing missing is something that warns the user on startup if they have not updated the frontend pip package.

Do we have an easy way to check the package version specified in requirement.txt? I think the desktop side has check on whether the pip environment satisfies the requirement.txt. Do we want to also bring that logic to the main repo?

[huchenlei]

I think the only thing missing is something that warns the user on startup if they have not updated the frontend pip package.

Overall I think this should be a separate project. Users update via ComfyUI manager should automatically have the deps updated.

[comfyanonymous]

At least there needs to be a warning if there is no frontend package installed to warn users who are doing update with git pull only.

[huchenlei]

At least there needs to be a warning if there is no frontend package installed to warn users who are doing update with git pull only.

Done.

[mcmonkey4eva]

Is --front-end-version cli arg still relevant to use, or is it entirely pip install @whatever now?

[huchenlei]

Is --front-end-version cli arg still relevant to use, or is it entirely pip install @whatever now?

--front-end-version cli arg still works, but alternatively you can also pip install @whatever now.

[fofr]

Will it be possible to run the API without comfyui-frontend-package?

[mcmonkey4eva]

@huchenlei it looks like the CLI arg is being disregarded in favor of the pip package as mandatory 29832b3

Is it correct that the pip package is mandatory and updating versions of it is mandatory, or are the recent commits enforcing it in error and actually the CLI arg should suffice?