From 41d5f1c0145bada3363aea29b2063323a1b00000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chili Palmer <hugoms@me.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 15:40:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve sidebar state for blogmarks.

---
 README.md                |  2 +-
 crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs | 20 +++++++++++++-------
 specs/script.allium      |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72c46d2..cea4d5e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The project is under active development. Core blogging workflows are broadly ava
 - Persistent conversational AI with safe Markdown, streamed and cancellable responses, model/session/token tracking, bounded project-aware blog tools, and localized conversation management in the Chat workspace. Allowlisted render tools add persistent native cards, charts, forms, lists, metrics, mind maps, tables, and tabs without executing assistant-provided HTML or JavaScript.
 - SSH-agent-based SCP or rsync publishing.
 - Integrated Git workflow for each blog project's current repository, with repository initialization, read-only origin discovery, Git LFS image tracking, status and diffs, branch/file history with bDS2-compatible sync-status colors, commits, cancellable fetch/pull/push, and post-pull filesystem reconciliation; network actions respect airplane mode.
-- Site, media, and translation validation plus `ruds://new-post` Blogmark capture and Lua transforms; captures open directly in the post editor as soon as the draft exists, without waiting for on-device semantic indexing, and defer automatic translation until an explicit manual save, which queues one task per still-missing language. Rendering tasks keep long generated URLs compact in progress messages. Publishing never starts automatic translation. bDS2 keeps its separate `bds2://` bookmarklet protocol.
+- Site, media, and translation validation plus `ruds://new-post` Blogmark capture and Lua transforms; captures open directly in the post editor as soon as the draft exists without changing the current or restored sidebar state or waiting for on-device semantic indexing, and defer automatic translation until an explicit manual save, which queues one task per still-missing language. Rendering tasks keep long generated URLs compact in progress messages. Publishing never starts automatic translation. bDS2 keeps its separate `bds2://` bookmarklet protocol.
 
 RuDS uses no JavaScript application runtime and loads no CSS or JavaScript from CDNs. The preview is served by the Rust application and displayed by the operating-system webview.
 
diff --git a/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs b/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs
index 16a834e..1b63aec 100644
--- a/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bds-ui/src/app.rs
@@ -3000,8 +3000,6 @@ impl BdsApp {
                 if self.task_manager.status(task_id) == Some(TaskStatus::Cancelled) {
                     return Task::none();
                 }
-                self.sidebar_view = SidebarView::Posts;
-                self.sidebar_visible = true;
                 let tab = Tab {
                     id: post.id,
                     tab_type: TabType::Post,
@@ -3021,8 +3019,6 @@ impl BdsApp {
                     for error in result.transform_errors {
                         self.add_output(&error);
                     }
-                    self.sidebar_view = SidebarView::Posts;
-                    self.sidebar_visible = true;
                     let post_id = result.post.id.clone();
                     let already_open = self
                         .tabs
@@ -11140,6 +11136,8 @@ mod tests {
         app.tabs.clear();
         app.active_tab = None;
         app.post_editors.clear();
+        app.sidebar_view = SidebarView::Media;
+        app.sidebar_visible = false;
         let task_id = app.task_manager.submit("Importing blogmark");
 
         let _ = app.update(Message::BlogmarkDraftCreated {
@@ -11149,6 +11147,14 @@ mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(app.active_tab.as_deref(), Some(created.id.as_str()));
         assert!(app.post_editors.contains_key(&created.id));
+        assert_eq!(app.sidebar_view, SidebarView::Media);
+        assert!(!app.sidebar_visible);
+        let persisted =
+            engine::ui_state::load(app.db.as_ref().unwrap().conn(), &created.project_id)
+                .unwrap()
+                .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(persisted.sidebar_view, "media");
+        assert!(!persisted.sidebar_visible);
         assert_eq!(
             app.task_manager.status(task_id),
             Some(TaskStatus::Running),
@@ -11175,7 +11181,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn imported_blogmark_activates_posts_and_opens_its_editor() {
+    fn imported_blogmark_opens_its_editor_without_changing_sidebar_state() {
         let (db, project, temp) = setup();
         ai::save_endpoint(
             db.conn(),
@@ -11220,8 +11226,8 @@ mod tests {
             }),
         });
 
-        assert_eq!(app.sidebar_view, SidebarView::Posts);
-        assert!(app.sidebar_visible);
+        assert_eq!(app.sidebar_view, SidebarView::Settings);
+        assert!(!app.sidebar_visible);
         assert_eq!(app.active_tab.as_deref(), Some(created.id.as_str()));
         assert!(app.post_editors.contains_key(&created.id));
         assert!(app.embedded_preview.is_some());
diff --git a/specs/script.allium b/specs/script.allium
index 2c199b5..0780720 100644
--- a/specs/script.allium
+++ b/specs/script.allium
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ rule ExecuteTransform {
         -- opens that draft in the post editor immediately. Post-created side
         -- effects that may take longer, including lazy model loading and semantic
         -- indexing, continue without delaying or replacing the opened editor.
+        -- Opening or completing the import does not change the sidebar's active
+        -- view or visibility; those remain in the current or restored project UI
+        -- session.
 
     @guarantee TransformTrigger
         -- Transform scripts are triggered automatically by blogmark import.