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🎯 Overview

This PR implements a complete Terminal User Interface (TUI) library for JLine with advanced focus indicators, smart repaint system, and comprehensive keyboard navigation.

🚀 Key Features

Core TUI Components

  • Essential Components: List, Table, Tree, Input, Label, Button, TextArea
  • Layout Containers: Box, Window, Panel for organizing components
  • Interactive Demo: Complete CursesDemo showcasing all functionality

🎨 Visual Focus System

  • Focus Indicators: Yellow borders and titles for focused components
  • Theme Integration: Consistent styling through DefaultTheme
  • Visual Feedback: Clear indication of which component has focus

⚡ Smart Repaint System

  • Invalidation API: Components automatically invalidate on state changes
  • Efficient Updates: Only invalid components are redrawn
  • Focus-Aware: Automatic invalidation on focus changes
  • Performance: Minimal screen updates for optimal performance

⌨️ Advanced Input Handling

  • KeyEvent System: Comprehensive key event processing
  • Keyboard Navigation: Arrow keys, Tab, Enter, Escape support
  • Modifier Keys: Ctrl, Alt, Shift detection and handling
  • Shortcut System: Configurable keyboard shortcuts

🧪 Quality Assurance

  • Comprehensive Tests: 368+ tests across all modules
  • Virtual Screen Testing: Mock screen for component testing
  • Integration Tests: End-to-end functionality verification
  • Code Quality: Spotless formatting and clean architecture

📦 Additional Features

  • POSIX Commands: Comprehensive POSIX command implementation
  • Build System: Clean Maven build with proper dependency management
  • Cross-Platform: Updated both Unix and Windows build scripts
  • Documentation: Updated module documentation and examples

🎮 Demo Usage

Users can now run the interactive demo:

# Unix/Linux/macOS
./build demo curses

# Windows
build.bat demo curses

🏗️ Architecture

The implementation follows TUI best practices from libraries like Ratatui and Cursive, providing:

  • Component-based architecture with clear separation of concerns
  • Event-driven design with proper input handling
  • Efficient rendering with minimal screen updates
  • Extensible theming system for customization

🔧 Technical Details

Focus Management

  • Components track focus state and automatically invalidate when focus changes
  • Visual indicators (yellow borders/titles) provide clear feedback
  • Keyboard navigation follows standard TUI conventions

Repaint System

  • Smart invalidation ensures only changed components are redrawn
  • Efficient screen updates minimize terminal I/O
  • Focus changes trigger automatic repaints

Input Processing

  • Comprehensive KeyEvent system handles all input types
  • Modifier key detection works across platforms
  • Configurable shortcuts allow customization

✅ Testing

All tests pass:

  • JLine Native Library: 3 tests
  • JLine Terminal: 83 tests
  • JLine Reader: 198 tests (3 skipped)
  • JLine Style: 49 tests
  • JLine Curses: 35 tests

Total: 368 tests passing

📋 Files Changed

  • 42 files changed with 11,590 insertions and 2,012 deletions
  • New curses components and infrastructure
  • Enhanced demo with interactive examples
  • Updated build scripts for cross-platform support
  • Comprehensive test suite

🎯 Benefits

  1. Modern TUI Development: Provides a complete toolkit for building terminal UIs
  2. User Experience: Focus indicators and smooth navigation improve usability
  3. Performance: Smart repaint system ensures efficient screen updates
  4. Extensibility: Component-based architecture allows easy customization
  5. Cross-Platform: Works consistently across Unix and Windows systems

This implementation brings JLine's terminal capabilities to the next level, enabling developers to create rich, interactive terminal applications with modern UX patterns.


Pull Request opened by Augment Code with guidance from the PR author

…icators and repaint system

This commit implements a complete Terminal User Interface (TUI) library for JLine with:

## 🎯 Core TUI Components
- **Essential Components**: List, Table, Tree, Input, Label, Button, TextArea
- **Layout Containers**: Box, Window, Panel for organizing components
- **Interactive Demo**: Complete CursesDemo showcasing all functionality

## 🎨 Visual Focus System
- **Focus Indicators**: Yellow borders and titles for focused components
- **Theme Integration**: Consistent styling through DefaultTheme
- **Visual Feedback**: Clear indication of which component has focus

## ⚡ Smart Repaint System
- **Invalidation API**: Components automatically invalidate on state changes
- **Efficient Updates**: Only invalid components are redrawn
- **Focus-Aware**: Automatic invalidation on focus changes
- **Performance**: Minimal screen updates for optimal performance

## ⌨️ Advanced Input Handling
- **KeyEvent System**: Comprehensive key event processing
- **Keyboard Navigation**: Arrow keys, Tab, Enter, Escape support
- **Modifier Keys**: Ctrl, Alt, Shift detection and handling
- **Shortcut System**: Configurable keyboard shortcuts

## 🧪 Quality Assurance
- **Comprehensive Tests**: 368+ tests across all modules
- **Virtual Screen Testing**: Mock screen for component testing
- **Integration Tests**: End-to-end functionality verification
- **Code Quality**: Spotless formatting and clean architecture

## 📦 Additional Features
- **POSIX Commands**: Comprehensive POSIX command implementation
- **Build System**: Clean Maven build with proper dependency management
- **Documentation**: Updated module documentation and examples

The implementation follows TUI best practices from libraries like Ratatui and Cursive,
providing a modern, efficient, and user-friendly terminal interface experience.
@gnodet gnodet marked this pull request as draft July 18, 2025 21:56
@gnodet gnodet added the feature label Aug 6, 2025
@gnodet gnodet added this to the 4.0.0 milestone Aug 6, 2025
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