feat: improve thumbnail readability and add description excerpts

src/main.rs

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 //! Normal-mode t toggles a thumbnail in the same-sized popup; j/k follows selection, Esc closes.
 //! Images use native terminal graphics when supported, otherwise colored half-block characters.
 //! Thumbnails scale proportionally in the left pane without cropping.
-//! The right pane shows a wrapped title above author · publication date, dimmed like the footer.
+//! The right pane has a bold title above a dimmed author · publication date and description excerpt.
+//! Text wraps two columns before the right border; the excerpt is clipped to the remaining height.
+//! Both previews share asynchronous full-description fetching and per-video caching.
 //! curl fetches JPEGs lazily into memory; decoding and image resizing/encoding run off-thread.
 //! Channel tags live in `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tubular/config.toml`, or `~/.config/tubular/config.toml`.
 //! `[categories]` stores flat, overlapping tags: one channel can appear in several arrays.
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@
 //! Search pages contain 20 results; Feed/tag pages request 20 uploads per channel's /videos tab.
 //! In normal mode, approaching the loaded end fetches the next page without replacing rows/selection.
 //! Loading result/preview panes animate a spinner after their title, including additional pages.
-//! Thumbnail spinners cover download, decode, and resize work; ready content and errors stop them.
+//! Thumbnail spinners cover image download/decode/resize and description fetching; errors stop them.
 //! Feed rows use approximate upload dates; older rows wait until newer channel pages catch up.
 //! Undated feed rows appear at exhaustion. Cached views retain their page position across switches.
 //! Switching views cancels in-flight extraction; returning resumes the same pending range.
@@ -822,9 +824,9 @@ impl App {
             view.selection
                 .select(Some(index.min(view.videos.len() - 1)));
         }
-        if !self.description_open {
+        if !self.description_open && !self.thumbnail_open {
             self.description_job = None;
-        } else if !description_was_open
+        } else if (!description_was_open && !thumbnail_was_open)
             || self.views[self.view_index].selection.selected() != selected_before
         {
             self.load_description();
@@ -1029,8 +1031,9 @@ impl App {
                 Constraint::Fill(2),
             ])
             .areas(block.inner(popup));
+            details.width = details.width.saturating_sub(2);
             let metadata = Paragraph::new(vec![
-                Line::raw(video.title.as_str()),
+                Line::raw(video.title.as_str()).bold(),
                 Line::from(vec![
                     video.channel.as_deref().unwrap_or("Unknown").into(),
                     " · ".into(),
@@ -1039,10 +1042,10 @@ impl App {
                         .as_deref()
                         .unwrap_or("Unknown")
                         .into(),
-                ]),
                 ])
-            .wrap(Wrap { trim: true })
+                .dim(),
-            .dim();
+            ])
+            .wrap(Wrap { trim: true });
             let height = if details.is_empty() {
                 0
             } else {
@@ -1050,16 +1053,32 @@ impl App {
                     .line_count(details.width)
                     .min(details.height as usize) as u16
             };
-            details.y += (details.height - height) / 2;
+            let mut excerpt = details;
+            let gap = (excerpt.height - height).min(1);
+            excerpt.y += height + gap;
+            excerpt.height -= height + gap;
             details.height = height;
             frame.render_widget(metadata, details);
+            let description = match video.description.as_deref() {
+                Some("") => "This video has no description.",
+                Some(description) => description,
+                None => self
+                    .description_error
+                    .as_deref()
+                    .unwrap_or("Loading full description..."),
+            };
+            frame.render_widget(
+                Paragraph::new(description).wrap(Wrap { trim: false }).dim(),
+                excerpt,
+            );
             // Drawing polls completion and starts resize work before we choose the title state.
             self.thumbnail.draw(frame, image);
             frame.render_widget(
                 block.title(loading_title(
                     " Thumbnail ",
                     "· t/Esc close ",
-                    self.thumbnail.is_loading().then_some(spinner),
+                    (self.thumbnail.is_loading() || self.description_job.is_some())
+                        .then_some(spinner),
                 )),
                 popup,
             );
@@ -1260,35 +1279,57 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn thumbnail_title_wraps_above_a_dimmed_byline_in_the_right_pane() {
+    fn thumbnail_text_has_contrast_a_right_gutter_and_a_clipped_excerpt() {
         use ratatui::{Terminal, backend::TestBackend, style::Modifier};
 
         let mut app = app(&["tubular"]);
         app.views[0].videos = youtube::search_results(
             r#"{"entries":[{"id":"jNQXAC9IVRw","title":"First second third fourth fifth","channel":"Creator","upload_date":"20050423"}]}"#,
         ).unwrap().videos;
+        app.views[0].videos[0].description =
+            Some(format!("{}CLIPPED SENTINEL", "Excerpt line\n".repeat(30)));
         app.views[0].selection.select(Some(0));
         app.thumbnail_open = true;
-        for (width, height, x, title_y, title_lines) in [
+        for (width, height) in [(80, 24), (120, 40), (20, 10)] {
-            (80, 24, 46, 10, vec!["First second third", "fourth fifth"]),
-            (120, 40, 69, 19, vec!["First second third fourth fifth"]),
-        ] {
             let mut terminal = Terminal::new(TestBackend::new(width, height)).unwrap();
             terminal
                 .draw(|frame| app.draw(frame, Duration::ZERO))
                 .unwrap();
             let buffer = terminal.backend().buffer();
-            let mut lines = title_lines;
+            let popup = preview_area(Rect::new(0, 0, width, height));
-            lines.push("Creator · 2005-04-23");
+            let mut excerpt_rows = Vec::new();
-            for (row, text) in lines.iter().enumerate() {
+            for y in popup.y + 1..popup.bottom() - 1 {
-                for (column, character) in text.chars().enumerate() {
+                for x in popup.right() - 3..popup.right() - 1 {
-                    let cell = buffer
+                    assert_eq!(buffer.cell((x, y)).unwrap().symbol(), " ");
-                        .cell((x + column as u16, title_y + row as u16))
+                }
+                let row: String = (popup.x + popup.width / 2..popup.right() - 3)
+                    .map(|x| buffer.cell((x, y)).unwrap().symbol())
+                    .collect();
+                assert!(!row.contains("CLIPPED SENTINEL"));
+                if row.contains("Excerpt line") {
+                    excerpt_rows.push(y);
+                }
+            }
+            if width == 20 {
+                assert!(excerpt_rows.is_empty()); // Heading takes all available height.
+                continue;
+            }
+            let title = buffer
+                .cell((if width == 80 { 46 } else { 69 }, popup.y + 1))
                 .unwrap();
-                    assert_eq!(cell.symbol(), character.to_string());
+            assert_eq!(title.symbol(), "F");
-                    assert!(cell.modifier.contains(Modifier::DIM));
+            assert!(title.modifier.contains(Modifier::BOLD));
-                }
+            assert!(!title.modifier.contains(Modifier::DIM));
-            }
+            let excerpt_y = *excerpt_rows
+                .last()
+                .expect("description fills remaining space");
+            assert_eq!(excerpt_y, popup.bottom() - 2);
+            let excerpt = buffer
+                .cell((if width == 80 { 46 } else { 69 }, excerpt_y))
+                .unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(excerpt.symbol(), "E");
+            assert!(excerpt.modifier.contains(Modifier::DIM));
+            assert!(!excerpt.modifier.contains(Modifier::BOLD));
         }
     }