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# Core Interface Pattern Migration
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This document records the Core-owned part of the product-wide interface
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pattern-language rollout. The normative product grammar and complete route
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inventory live in the `govoplan` meta repository. Core owns reusable behavior;
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domain modules own their compositions.
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## Core Surfaces
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| Surface | Pattern | Consequence and provenance contract | Evidence |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| User settings | Two-zone settings workspace with typed controls and unsaved-change protection | Save actions distinguish busy, unchanged, and test-in-progress states; contextual help resolves through Docs or the hosted fallback | `SettingsPage.tsx`, `test-core-interface-patterns.mjs` |
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| Reusable credentials | Repeated administration with an adaptive create/edit dialog, optional password generator, and destructive confirmation | Secret values are write-only; generated candidates use the browser cryptographic API without a weak fallback and do not replace the field until explicitly confirmed; scope/permission blockers name the required action, responsible actor, and destination; unavailable row actions remain keyboard-explainable | `CredentialEnvelopeManager.tsx`, shared `PasswordField`, `PasswordGeneratorDialog`, `ActionBlockerHint`, `Button`, `TableActionGroup`, and `ConfirmDialog` |
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| Retention policy | Effective-policy editor with inherited source paths and typed, narrowing-only controls | Parent locks and missing write authority are explicit; the save action distinguishes locks, missing target, loading, clean draft, and active save | `RetentionPolicyManagement.tsx`, policy logic tests, `test-core-interface-patterns.mjs` |
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| Module lifecycle | Guided operator projection over durable installer-queue evidence | Preflight, handoff, progress, stale evidence, recovery, and rollback consequences remain visible | Admin module lifecycle tests and the Core installer-queue contract |
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| Shared page frame | Domain-neutral headed page layout used by Core and optional modules | Standalone, workspace, and embedded modes make inset and scroll ownership explicit; sticky heading, rich descriptions, route actions, notices, loading, narrow-layout collapse, and contextual-help identity are centralized; composite administration workspaces may delegate the visible heading to their contributed panel while retaining the same frame; `AdminPageLayout` composes the contract | `PageLayout.tsx`, `page-layout.test.tsx`, Core Settings, Access administration, Docs, Mail bounce processing, Dashboard, Ops, Campaign, and `check-shared-webui-layouts.py` |
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| Full-canvas workspace | Navigation/content and list/detail canvases that own pane geometry and scrolling | Navigation and split variants, primary-pane width, pane-owned or contained scrolling, responsive stacking or navigation collapse, pane labels, and contextual-help identity are centralized without encoding domain navigation | `WorkspaceLayout.tsx`, `workspace-layout.test.tsx`, Core Settings, Access administration, Docs, Organizations, Campaign, Templates, Approvals, and `check-shared-webui-layouts.py`; the raw-workspace exception baseline is empty |
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| Full-height module frame | Outer module landmark and viewport/container sizing | `WorkspaceFrame` centralizes surface, overflow, box sizing, accessible naming, help identity, and application-viewport height so modules do not copy the `100vh - shell` frame | `WorkspaceFrame.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, Dataflow, Workflow, Datasources, Distribution Lists, Notifications, Tasks, Scheduling, Forms, Portal, Projects, Records, and Reporting |
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| Responsive action toolbar | Domain-neutral action and filter grouping for pages, workspaces, editors, and overlays | Density, surface, grouping, flexible space, accessible naming, toolbar help identity, and responsive wrapping are centralized while modules retain action wording, authority, and consequence | `ActionToolbar.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, WYSIWYG, Calendar, Files, Forms, Templates, and the product-wide primitive check |
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| Catalogue and state composition | Search/filter bars, selectable navigation lists, count badges, and empty/blocked/error panels | Width, surface, wrap, selection geometry, title/description truncation, numeric emphasis, state sizing, tone and action placement are centralized; modules retain query behavior, object state and consequences | `FilterBar.tsx`, `SelectionList.tsx`, `CountBadge.tsx`, `StatePanel.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, and list/detail modules across Cases, Committee, Dataflow, Forms, Notifications, Portal, Postbox, Projects, Records, Reporting, Tasks, Templates, and Workflow |
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| Content and form grids | Equal-column content, field, and native-form geometry | Explicit 1–4 columns, standard gaps, item spans, alignment, and named narrow/workspace/standard/wide collapse points replace generic and module-prefixed copies; unequal domain tracks remain local | `ContentGrid.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, Core dashboard/settings/mail, Calendar dialogs, Forms editor, Datasources, Postbox, Campaign, administration surfaces, and the product-wide primitive check |
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| Content sections | Repeated editor/detail section surfaces | Border, surface, compact/default density, stacked flow and block rhythm are centralized without encoding section contents | `ContentSection.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, Datasources, Distribution Lists, Templates, Dataflow, and Workflow |
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| Form sections | Reusable heading/description/action/content grouping inside forms | Plain, separated, and panel variants centralize hierarchy and narrow action placement without moving validation, permissions, values, or domain wording into Core | `FormSection.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, Addresses contact editing, and Quick Access preferences |
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| Metric groups | Reusable responsive grouping around metric cards | Fixed one-to-five and auto-fit columns, minimum card widths, density, block/inset/zero spacing, and named collapse points replace the product-wide `metric-grid` class and cross-module dashboard overrides | `MetricGrid.tsx`, `MetricCard.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, Core and Dashboard summaries, administration, Campaign, Ops, Files, Search, and dashboard widgets |
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| Description lists | Semantic property and fact presentation | Stacked and inline variants, one-to-five list columns, density, term width, wrapping, and responsive collapse replace both `admin-details-grid` and `detail-list`; `DescriptionItem` preserves native `dt`/`dd` anatomy | `DescriptionList.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, Access and Tenancy administration, Audit, Policy, Campaign reports/imports, Docs, Settings, Ops, and Reporting |
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| Dialog anatomy | Shared outer dialog plus composable body and footer regions | Size and administration variants, body padding, descriptions, notices, fixed action wrapping, native form flow, and section grouping are centralized; focus trapping and stack lifecycle remain unchanged | `Dialog.tsx`, `DialogAnatomy.tsx`, `dialog-focus.test.tsx`, `layout-primitives.test.tsx`, Addresses, Calendar, Records, Datasources, Distribution Lists, Files, and Templates |
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| Definition-editor visuals | Reusable graph palette, canvas chrome, node icon/port geometry, empty overlay and floating activity state | Core owns visual and responsive anatomy while node/edge types, validation, execution, provenance and workflow semantics remain in Dataflow or Workflow | `DefinitionPalette.tsx`, `DefinitionNodeIcon.tsx`, `FloatingStatus.tsx`, shared definition styles, Dataflow and Workflow structure/build checks |
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| Shared configuration primitives | Cross-module component contract | Dialog focus, blocker structure, disabled-action focus, route/page/field/action F1 help, unsaved changes, confirmation, loading, alerts, problem lists, and policy provenance are centralized | Core component tests, `CONTEXTUAL_HELP_CONTRACT.md`, and module-permutation build |
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## Boundary
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Files and Mail are the first two external consumers of the layered
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server/credential/policy pattern. Their own repositories retain provider
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discovery, transport behavior, authorization, and migration evidence. Remaining
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module surfaces are tracked by bounded module-owned issues under GovOPlaN #11;
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they are not reasons to add sibling-private behavior to Core.
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Raw JSON remains permitted only for diagnostics, expert inspection,
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interchange, or conflict evidence. It is not a primary Core configuration
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editor.
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New headed pages use `PageLayout`; full-canvas modules use `WorkspaceFrame`
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and, where applicable, `WorkspaceLayout`, so Core owns the frame and pane
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scrolling. Module CSS continues to own unequal domain content layout, never the
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shared page, workspace, toolbar, state, list, filter, metric, section, or graph
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chrome. Retired copies and module-local component definitions are rejected by
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`check-shared-webui-primitives.py`. That check also requires standard dialog
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widths to use `Dialog size` and keeps every remaining domain-specific width in
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a reviewed, decrease-only exception baseline. The companion layout check now
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has zero raw page-frame and zero raw workspace exceptions.
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