[wip] Welcome screen prototype

public/css/welcome.css

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+.welcomePanel {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 5px;
+    padding: 10px;
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+body.bubblechat .welcomePanel {
+    border-radius: 10px;
+    background-color: var(--SmartThemeBotMesBlurTintColor);
+    border: 1px solid var(--SmartThemeBorderColor);
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .welcomeHeader {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .recentChatsTitle {
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1.1);
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .welcomeHeaderTitle {
+    margin: 0;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 10px;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .welcomeHeaderVersionDisplay {
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1.2);
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .welcomeHeaderLogo {
+    width: 30px;
+    height: 30px;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .welcomeShortcuts {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: center;
+    gap: 5px;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .welcomeShortcuts .welcomeShortcutsSeparator {
+    margin: 0 2px;
+    color: var(--SmartThemeBorderColor);
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1.1);
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList {
+    flex: 1;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    width: 100%;
+    gap: 2px;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .welcomePanelLoader {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+    flex: 1;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    position: absolute;
+}
+
+.welcomePanel .recentChatList .noRecentChat {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    gap: 5px;
+    padding: 10px;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    transition: filter 0.2s;
+    padding: 5px 10px;
+    border-radius: 10px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    gap: 10px;
+    border: 1px solid var(--SmartThemeBorderColor);
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .avatar {
+    flex: 0;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat.selected {
+    background-color: var(--cobalt30a);
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat:hover {
+    background-color: var(--white30a);
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .recentChatInfo {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    flex-wrap: nowrap;
+    flex-grow: 1;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatNameContainer {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 1);
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatNameContainer .chatName {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatMessageContainer {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: center;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    gap: 5px;
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 0.9);
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatMessageContainer .chatMessage {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatStats {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    justify-content: flex-end;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    gap: 5px;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatStats .counterBlock {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: row;
+    align-items: baseline;
+    gap: 5px;
+}
+
+.welcomeRecent .recentChatList .recentChat .chatStats .counterBlock::after {
+    content: "|";
+    color: var(--SmartThemeBorderColor);
+    font-size: calc(var(--mainFontSize) * 0.95);
+}
+
+@media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
+    .welcomePanel .welcomeShortcuts a span {
+        display: none;
+    }
+}

public/script.js

@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ import { deriveTemplatesFromChatTemplate } from './scripts/chat-templates.js';
 import { getContext } from './scripts/st-context.js';
 import { extractReasoningFromData, initReasoning, parseReasoningInSwipes, PromptReasoning, ReasoningHandler, removeReasoningFromString, updateReasoningUI } from './scripts/reasoning.js';
 import { accountStorage } from './scripts/util/AccountStorage.js';
+import { initWelcomeScreen } from './scripts/welcome-screen.js';
 
 // API OBJECT FOR EXTERNAL WIRING
 globalThis.SillyTavern = {
@@ -563,7 +564,7 @@ let chat_create_date = '';
 let firstRun = false;
 let settingsReady = false;
 let currentVersion = '0.0.0';
-let displayVersion = 'SillyTavern';
+export let displayVersion = 'SillyTavern';
 
 let generatedPromptCache = '';
 let generation_started = new Date();
@@ -983,8 +984,6 @@ async function firstLoadInit() {
     ToolManager.initToolSlashCommands();
     await initPresetManager();
     await getSystemMessages();
-    sendSystemMessage(system_message_types.WELCOME);
-    sendSystemMessage(system_message_types.WELCOME_PROMPT);
     await getSettings();
     initKeyboard();
     initDynamicStyles();
@@ -1009,6 +1008,7 @@ async function firstLoadInit() {
     initSettingsSearch();
     initBulkEdit();
     initReasoning();
+    initWelcomeScreen();
     await initScrapers();
     initCustomSelectedSamplers();
     addDebugFunctions();
@@ -11176,8 +11176,6 @@ jQuery(async function () {
                 selected_button = 'characters';
                 $('#rm_button_selected_ch').children('h2').text('');
                 select_rm_characters();
-                sendSystemMessage(system_message_types.WELCOME);
-                sendSystemMessage(system_message_types.WELCOME_PROMPT);
                 await getClientVersion();
                 await eventSource.emit(event_types.CHAT_CHANGED, getCurrentChatId());
             } else {

public/scripts/templates/welcomePanel.html

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<div class="welcomePanel">
+    <div class="welcomeHeaderTitle">
+        <img src="img/logo.png" alt="SillyTavern Logo" class="welcomeHeaderLogo">
+        <span class="welcomeHeaderVersionDisplay">{{version}}</span>
+    </div>
+    <div class="welcomeHeader">
+        <div class="recentChatsTitle" data-i18n="Recent Chats">
+            Recent Chats
+        </div>
+        <div class="welcomeShortcuts">
+            <a class="menu_button menu_button_icon" target="_blank" href="https://docs.sillytavern.app/">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-question-circle"></i>
+                <span data-i18n="Docs">Docs</span>
+            </a>
+            <a class="menu_button menu_button_icon" target="_blank" href="https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern">
+                <i class="fa-brands fa-github"></i>
+                <span data-i18n="GitHub">GitHub</span>
+            </a>
+            <a class="menu_button menu_button_icon" target="_blank" href="https://discord.gg/sillytavern">
+                <i class="fa-brands fa-discord"></i>
+                <span data-i18n="Discord">Discord</span>
+            </a>
+            <span class="welcomeShortcutsSeparator">&vert;</span>
+            <button class="openTemporaryChat menu_button menu_button_icon">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-comment-dots"></i>
+                <span data-i18n="Temporary Chat">Temporary Chat</span>
+            </button>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="welcomeRecent">
+        <div class="recentChatList">
+        {{#if empty}}
+            <div class="noRecentChat">
+                <i class="fa-solid fa-comment-dots"></i>
+                <span data-i18n="No recent chats">No recent chats</span>
+            </div>
+        {{/if}}
+        {{#each chats}}
+            {{#with this}}
+            <div class="recentChat" data-file="{{chat_name}}" data-avatar="{{avatar}}">
+                <div class="avatar" title="{{char_name}}">
+                    <img src="{{char_thumbnail}}" alt="{{char_name}}">
+                </div>
+                <div class="recentChatInfo">
+                    <div class="chatNameContainer">
+                        <div class="chatName" title="{{file_name}}">
+                            <strong class="characterName">{{char_name}}</strong>
+                            <span>&ndash;</span>
+                            <span>{{chat_name}}</span>
+                        </div>
+                        <small class="chatDate" title="{{date_full}}">{{date_short}}</small>
+                    </div>
+                    <div class="chatMessageContainer">
+                        <div class="chatMessage" title="{{mes}}">
+                            {{mes}}
+                        </div>
+                        <div class="chatStats">
+                            <div class="counterBlock">
+                                <i class="fa-solid fa-comment fa-xs"></i>
+                                <small>{{chat_items}}</small>
+                            </div>
+                            <small class="fileSize">{{file_size}}</small>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            {{/with}}
+        {{/each}}
+        </div>
+    </div>
+</div>

public/scripts/welcome-screen.js

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+import {
+    characters,
+    displayVersion,
+    event_types,
+    eventSource,
+    getCurrentChatId,
+    getRequestHeaders,
+    getThumbnailUrl,
+    openCharacterChat,
+    selectCharacterById,
+    sendSystemMessage,
+    system_message_types,
+} from '../script.js';
+import { t } from './i18n.js';
+import { renderTemplateAsync } from './templates.js';
+import { timestampToMoment } from './utils.js';
+
+export async function openWelcomeScreen() {
+    const currentChatId = getCurrentChatId();
+    if (currentChatId !== undefined) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    await sendWelcomePanel();
+    sendSystemMessage(system_message_types.WELCOME_PROMPT);
+}
+
+async function sendWelcomePanel() {
+    try {
+        const chatElement =  document.getElementById('chat');
+        if (!chatElement) {
+            console.error('Chat element not found');
+            return;
+        }
+        const chats = await getRecentChats();
+        const templateData = {
+            chats,
+            empty: !chats.length ,
+            version: displayVersion,
+        };
+        const template = await renderTemplateAsync('welcomePanel', templateData);
+        const fragment = document.createRange().createContextualFragment(template);
+        fragment.querySelectorAll('.recentChat').forEach((item) => {
+            item.addEventListener('click', () => {
+                const avatarId = item.getAttribute('data-avatar');
+                const fileName = item.getAttribute('data-file');
+                if (avatarId && fileName) {
+                    void openRecentChat(avatarId, fileName);
+                }
+            });
+        });
+        fragment.querySelector('button.openTemporaryChat').addEventListener('click', () => {
+            toastr.info('This button does nothing at the moment. Try again later.');
+        });
+        chatElement.append(fragment.firstChild);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Welcome screen error:', error);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Opens a recent chat.
+ * @param {string} avatarId Avatar file name
+ * @param {string} fileName Chat file name
+ */
+async function openRecentChat(avatarId, fileName) {
+    const characterId = characters.findIndex(x => x.avatar === avatarId);
+    if (characterId === -1) {
+        console.error(`Character not found for avatar ID: ${avatarId}`);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+        await selectCharacterById(characterId);
+        await openCharacterChat(fileName);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error opening recent chat:', error);
+        toastr.error(t`Failed to open recent chat. See console for details.`);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the list of recent chats from the server.
+ * @returns {Promise<RecentChat[]>} List of recent chats
+ *
+ * @typedef {object} RecentChat
+ * @property {string} file_name Name of the chat file
+ * @property {string} chat_name Name of the chat (without extension)
+ * @property {string} file_size Size of the chat file
+ * @property {number} chat_items Number of items in the chat
+ * @property {string} mes Last message content
+ * @property {number} last_mes Timestamp of the last message
+ * @property {string} avatar Avatar URL
+ * @property {string} char_thumbnail Thumbnail URL
+ * @property {string} char_name Character name
+ * @property {string} date_short Date in short format
+ * @property {string} date_long Date in long format
+ */
+async function getRecentChats() {
+    const response = await fetch('/api/characters/recent', {
+        method: 'POST',
+        headers: getRequestHeaders(),
+    });
+    if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error('Failed to fetch recent chats');
+    }
+
+    /** @type {RecentChat[]} */
+    const data = await response.json();
+
+    data.sort((a, b) =>  b.last_mes - a.last_mes).forEach((chat, index) => {
+        const character = characters.find(x => x.avatar === chat.avatar);
+        if (!character) {
+            console.warn(`Character not found for chat: ${chat.file_name}`);
+            data.splice(index, 1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const chatTimestamp = timestampToMoment(chat.last_mes);
+        chat.char_name = character.name;
+        chat.date_short = chatTimestamp.format('l');
+        chat.date_long = chatTimestamp.format('LL LT');
+        chat.chat_name = chat.file_name.replace('.jsonl', '');
+        chat.char_thumbnail = getThumbnailUrl('avatar', character.avatar);
+    });
+
+    return data;
+}
+
+export function initWelcomeScreen() {
+    const events = [event_types.CHAT_CHANGED, event_types.APP_READY];
+    for (const event of events) {
+        eventSource.makeFirst(event, openWelcomeScreen);
+    }
+}

public/style.css

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 @import url(css/accounts.css);
 @import url(css/tags.css);
 @import url(css/scrollable-button.css);
+@import url(css/welcome.css);
 
 :root {
     --doc-height: 100%;

src/endpoints/characters.js

@@ -934,6 +934,69 @@ async function importFromPng(uploadPath, { request }, preservedFileName) {
     return '';
 }
 
+/**
+ * @typedef {Object} ChatInfo
+ * @property {string} [file_name] - The name of the chat file
+ * @property {string} [file_size] - The size of the chat file
+ * @property {number} [chat_items] - The number of chat items in the file
+ * @property {string} [mes] - The last message in the chat
+ * @property {number} [last_mes] - The timestamp of the last message
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Reads the information from a chat file.
+ * @param {string} pathToFile
+ * @param {object} additionalData
+ * @returns {Promise<ChatInfo>}
+ */
+async function getChatInfo(pathToFile, additionalData = {}) {
+    return new Promise(async (res) => {
+        const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(pathToFile);
+        const stats = fs.statSync(pathToFile);
+        const fileSizeInKB = `${(stats.size / 1024).toFixed(2)}kb`;
+
+        if (stats.size === 0) {
+            console.warn(`Found an empty chat file: ${pathToFile}`);
+            res({});
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const rl = readline.createInterface({
+            input: fileStream,
+            crlfDelay: Infinity,
+        });
+
+        let lastLine;
+        let itemCounter = 0;
+        rl.on('line', (line) => {
+            itemCounter++;
+            lastLine = line;
+        });
+        rl.on('close', () => {
+            rl.close();
+
+            if (lastLine) {
+                const jsonData = tryParse(lastLine);
+                if (jsonData && (jsonData.name || jsonData.character_name)) {
+                    const chatData = {};
+
+                    chatData['file_name'] = path.parse(pathToFile).base;
+                    chatData['file_size'] = fileSizeInKB;
+                    chatData['chat_items'] = itemCounter - 1;
+                    chatData['mes'] = jsonData['mes'] || '[The chat is empty]';
+                    chatData['last_mes'] = jsonData['send_date'] || Date.now();
+                    Object.assign(chatData, additionalData);
+
+                    res(chatData);
+                } else {
+                    console.warn('Found an invalid or corrupted chat file:', pathToFile);
+                    res({});
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    });
+}
+
 export const router = express.Router();
 
 router.post('/create', async function (request, response) {
@@ -1223,12 +1286,52 @@ router.post('/get', validateAvatarUrlMiddleware, async function (request, respon
     }
 });
 
+router.post('/recent', async function (request, response) {
+    try {
+        /** @type {{pngFile: string, filePath: string, mtime: number}[]} */
+        const allChatFiles = [];
+
+        const pngFiles = fs
+            .readdirSync(request.user.directories.characters, { withFileTypes: true })
+            .filter(dirent => dirent.isFile() && dirent.name.endsWith('.png'))
+            .map(dirent => dirent.name);
+
+        for (const pngFile of pngFiles) {
+            const chatsDirectory = pngFile.replace('.png', '');
+            const pathToChats = path.join(request.user.directories.chats, chatsDirectory);
+            if (fs.existsSync(pathToChats) && fs.statSync(pathToChats).isDirectory()) {
+                const chatFiles = fs.readdirSync(pathToChats);
+                const chatFilesWithDate = chatFiles
+                    .filter(file => file.endsWith('.jsonl'))
+                    .map(file => {
+                        const filePath = path.join(pathToChats, file);
+                        const stats = fs.statSync(filePath);
+                        return { pngFile, filePath, mtime: stats.mtimeMs };
+                    });
+                allChatFiles.push(...chatFilesWithDate);
+            }
+        }
+
+        const recentChats = allChatFiles.sort((a, b) => b.mtime - a.mtime).slice(0, 5);
+        const jsonFilesPromise = recentChats.map((file) => {
+            return getChatInfo(file.filePath, { avatar: file.pngFile });
+        });
+
+        const chatData = (await Promise.allSettled(jsonFilesPromise)).filter(x => x.status === 'fulfilled').map(x => x.value);
+        const validFiles = chatData.filter(i => i.file_name);
+
+        return response.send(validFiles);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error);
+        return response.sendStatus(500);
+    }
+});
+
 router.post('/chats', validateAvatarUrlMiddleware, async function (request, response) {
     try {
         if (!request.body) return response.sendStatus(400);
 
         const characterDirectory = (request.body.avatar_url).replace('.png', '');
-
         const chatsDirectory = path.join(request.user.directories.chats, characterDirectory);
 
         if (!fs.existsSync(chatsDirectory)) {
@@ -1248,54 +1351,11 @@ router.post('/chats', validateAvatarUrlMiddleware, async function (request, resp
         }
 
         const jsonFilesPromise = jsonFiles.map((file) => {
-            return new Promise(async (res) => {
+            const pathToFile = path.join(request.user.directories.chats, characterDirectory, file);
-                const pathToFile = path.join(request.user.directories.chats, characterDirectory, file);
+            return getChatInfo(pathToFile);
-                const fileStream = fs.createReadStream(pathToFile);
-                const stats = fs.statSync(pathToFile);
-                const fileSizeInKB = `${(stats.size / 1024).toFixed(2)}kb`;
-
-                if (stats.size === 0) {
-                    console.warn(`Found an empty chat file: ${pathToFile}`);
-                    res({});
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                const rl = readline.createInterface({
-                    input: fileStream,
-                    crlfDelay: Infinity,
-                });
-
-                let lastLine;
-                let itemCounter = 0;
-                rl.on('line', (line) => {
-                    itemCounter++;
-                    lastLine = line;
-                });
-                rl.on('close', () => {
-                    rl.close();
-
-                    if (lastLine) {
-                        const jsonData = tryParse(lastLine);
-                        if (jsonData && (jsonData.name || jsonData.character_name)) {
-                            const chatData = {};
-
-                            chatData['file_name'] = file;
-                            chatData['file_size'] = fileSizeInKB;
-                            chatData['chat_items'] = itemCounter - 1;
-                            chatData['mes'] = jsonData['mes'] || '[The chat is empty]';
-                            chatData['last_mes'] = jsonData['send_date'] || Date.now();
-
-                            res(chatData);
-                        } else {
-                            console.warn('Found an invalid or corrupted chat file:', pathToFile);
-                            res({});
-                        }
-                    }
-                });
-            });
         });
 
-        const chatData = await Promise.all(jsonFilesPromise);
+        const chatData = (await Promise.allSettled(jsonFilesPromise)).filter(x => x.status === 'fulfilled').map(x => x.value);
         const validFiles = chatData.filter(i => i.file_name);
 
         return response.send(validFiles);