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Album Manager lacked navigation back to Settings, forcing users to close and reopen dialogs. Dialog opening was also delayed by synchronous album loading, allowing UMAP hover events to display thumbnails on top of the modal.

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  • Navigation: Added "← Settings" button in Album Manager header that returns to Settings dialog

    • Positioned top-left, styled with #faea0e theme color
    • Uses dynamic import to call openSettingsModal() from settings.js
  • Performance: Show dialog immediately, defer album loading

    • Removed blocking showSpinner() call from open flow
    • Moved loadAlbums() and checkForOngoingIndexing() into setTimeout(..., 0)
    • Dialog becomes visible before async operations begin
async show() {
  // Show immediately
  this.overlay.classList.add("visible");
  
  // Defer heavy operations
  setTimeout(async () => {
    await this.loadAlbums();
    await this.checkForOngoingIndexing();
  }, 0);
}

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Album Manager with back navigation:
Album Manager

Navigation flow:
Back to Settings

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<issue_title>User interface improvements for Album Manager</issue_title>
<issue_description># Two UI refinements for the Album Manager UI

Add a back arrow to the album manager

To open the Album Manager UI, the user first opens the settings dialog and then clicks the "Manage Albums" button. However, once the AM dialog is open there is no way to return to the settings dialog. Instead, the user must close the AM dialog and then reopen the settings dialog. This is counterintuitive.

A better user interface would be to provide a left-arrow icon at the top-left of the AM dialog labeled "Settings". Click on the icon to return to the settings dialog.

Reduce delay when bringing up the AM dialog

When there are a large number of albums defined, there is a significant delay when clicking on the "Manage Albums" button. During this time hover events over the UMAP display can be triggered, causing thumbnail previews to display on top of the album manager dialog.

Please bring the AM dialog up as soon as possible and defer the generation of the album content until the dialog is visible to avoid this behavior.</issue_description>

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- Added back arrow button in Album Manager header that returns to Settings
- Show Album Manager dialog immediately to prevent UMAP hover events
- Defer album loading until after dialog is visible using setTimeout
- Updated CSS for back arrow button with hover effect

Co-authored-by: lstein <[email protected]>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Update user interface for Album Manager Add back navigation and eliminate dialog delay in Album Manager Dec 10, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from lstein December 10, 2025 02:06
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Clean code and works as expected.

@lstein lstein marked this pull request as ready for review December 10, 2025 02:20
@lstein lstein self-requested a review December 10, 2025 02:20
@lstein lstein merged commit 1e4598d into master Dec 10, 2025
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@lstein lstein deleted the copilot/ui-improvements-album-manager branch December 10, 2025 02:29
lstein added a commit that referenced this pull request Dec 23, 2025
…e PR #139 features (#156)

* Initial plan

* Fix Album Manager button: add missing imports and adjust width

Co-authored-by: lstein <[email protected]>

* Remove redundant min-width property from #albumSelect

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* Restore deferred loading and back button; fix button width

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* Add focus state to back button for accessibility

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* Move '+ Add Album' button 20px left to avoid clashing with close button

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Co-authored-by: lstein <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Lincoln Stein <[email protected]>
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User interface improvements for Album Manager

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