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- Added optional category field to ProjectMetadata - Updated project metadata with nested categories (e.g., MIDI/Instruments, Visual/Effects) - Updated module metadata with nested categories (e.g., Buffer/Combiner, Oscillators/Waveform) - Created buildCategoryTree utility to transform flat metadata into hierarchical tree - Added comprehensive unit tests for category tree builder - Refactored moduleCategoriesMenu and builtInModuleMenu to support nested navigation - Added projectCategoriesMenu to support nested project navigation - Updated main menu to use projectCategoriesMenu - All typechecks pass Co-authored-by: andorthehood <[email protected]>
- Added tests for moduleCategoriesMenu nested behavior - Added tests for builtInModuleMenu navigation - Added tests for projectCategoriesMenu nested behavior - Added tests for projectMenu navigation - All tests pass successfully - Production build succeeds Co-authored-by: andorthehood <[email protected]>
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Add nested category support for module and project menus
Dec 29, 2025
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Modules and projects were previously organized in flat single-level category lists. This made it difficult to organize larger sets of items and forced awkward single-bucket groupings.
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Type System
categoryfield toProjectMetadatafor consistency withModuleMetadataCategory Tree Builder
buildCategoryTreeutility that interprets/as path separator (e.g.,Effects/Time,MIDI/Instruments)UncategorizedMenu Generation
moduleCategoriesMenuandbuiltInModuleMenuto traverse category treeprojectCategoriesMenufor hierarchical project navigationprojectMenuto support both flat list (no categoryPath) and nested navigation (with categoryPath)Metadata Organization
Updated categories to demonstrate nesting:
Navigation flow: Main Menu → "Buffer" → "Combiner" → "Buffer Combiner (Int)" adds module.
Flat categories (no
/) continue to work as single-level menu items.Original prompt
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