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Adds a how-to guide for the new Draft Mode in Control Center (/manage/control-center/draft-mode): build a change on a working copy of the canvas, review the exact API requests, and deploy everything as one batch. One running example (giving DevOps HTTPS access to a not-yet-installed staging server) carries through entering a draft, the canvas toolbar, node interactions, placeholder-peer installs, and Review & Deploy.

Overview page & navigation

  • Control Center is now a nested sidebar group (Overview + Draft Mode).
  • Overview updates: Users view added to the intro and quick start; new Edit Nodes section covering live edits vs Draft Mode; permissions notes now call out that installing placeholder peers creates a setup key, which Network Admins cannot do; HashRedirect keeps the renamed #editing-policies-from-the-graph anchor working.

New <Video> component

Shared component for screen recordings (src/components/Video.jsx, exported from @/components/mdx): plays only while scrolled into view (IntersectionObserver), keeps controls visible so loops can be paused (WCAG 2.2.2), uses preload="metadata", and skips autoplay under prefers-reduced-motion.

Media optimization

  • Recordings re-encoded (H.264 CRF 26, 30 fps, faststart, audio stripped): 5.6 MB → 840 KB.
  • Screenshots losslessly recompressed with oxipng: 700 KB → 400 KB.
  • Page media payload overall: 6.3 MB → 1.2 MB.

Bug fix (separate commit)

Fixes a site-wide image-zoom flicker: the closing fade-out lacked animation-fill-mode: forwards, so the overlay flashed back to full opacity between animation end and React unmount.

Test plan

  • npm run build passes; both control-center routes prerender
  • npm run lint:mdx passes; ESLint reports no new problems
  • Internal links, in-page anchors, and media paths verified
  • Visual pass in the deploy preview (video playback/controls, zoom close animation)

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  • New Features

    • Added comprehensive Draft Mode documentation, including editing, node configuration, deployments, troubleshooting, limitations, and keyboard shortcuts.
    • Added accessible, lazy-loading video playback with looping, viewport controls, and reduced-motion support.
    • Expanded Control Center documentation to cover Users, Draft Mode, permissions, and workflows.
    • Updated navigation with a collapsible Control Center section for Overview and Draft Mode.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved video cursor behavior and ensured overlays retain their intended final animation states.

heisbrot and others added 2 commits August 20, 2026 12:22
Add a how-to page for the new Draft Mode in Control Center: build a
change on a working copy of the canvas, review the exact API requests,
and deploy everything as one batch. A single running example (giving
DevOps HTTPS access to a not-yet-installed staging server) carries
through entering a draft, the canvas toolbar, node interactions,
placeholder-peer installs, and Review & Deploy.

Along the way:
- Nest Control Center in the sidebar (Overview + Draft Mode) and update
  the overview page: Users view in the intro and quick start, an Edit
  Nodes section covering live edits vs Draft Mode, permissions notes
  including the Network Admin setup-key limitation, and a HashRedirect
  for the renamed #editing-policies-from-the-graph anchor.
- Add a shared <Video> component for screen recordings: lazy playback
  via IntersectionObserver, visible controls, preload="metadata", and
  no autoplay under prefers-reduced-motion.
- Optimize media: re-encode recordings (H.264 CRF 26, 30 fps,
  faststart, audio stripped) and losslessly recompress screenshots,
  cutting the page's media payload from 6.3 MB to 1.2 MB.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The closing fade-out ran without animation-fill-mode: forwards, so when
the 200ms animation finished the overlay snapped back to full opacity
until React's unmount timeout fired, flashing for a frame or two.
Holding the animation end state covers that gap.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The PR reorganizes Control Center navigation, updates its overview, adds a Draft Mode page, and introduces an accessible, viewport-aware video component for MDX content.

Changes

Control Center documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
MDX video playback
src/components/Video.jsx, src/components/mdx.jsx, src/styles/tailwind.css
Adds lazy looping video playback with reduced-motion handling, accessibility labeling, passthrough props, and related styling.
Control Center navigation and overview
src/components/NavigationDocs.jsx, src/pages/manage/control-center/index.mdx
Adds Overview and Draft Mode navigation entries. Updates overview content, permissions, editing guidance, headings, quick-start tabs, and links.
Draft Mode workflow documentation
src/pages/manage/control-center/draft-mode.mdx
Documents Draft Mode setup, canvas editing, node and peer management, review, deployment, cancellation, shortcuts, limitations, and related documentation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to af71c

The guide and shared video component are otherwise mergeable, but videos may continue playing if a user enables reduced-motion after the page loads, creating a bounded accessibility concern that should be followed up by the owner.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Video
  participant IntersectionObserver
  participant HTMLVideoElement
  Video->>IntersectionObserver: observe viewport visibility
  IntersectionObserver->>Video: report visibility changes
  Video->>HTMLVideoElement: play when visible
  Video->>HTMLVideoElement: pause when hidden or reduced motion is preferred
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A rabbit hops through docs so bright,
Draft Mode guides the path just right.
Videos pause when out of sight,
New links guide each reviewer's flight.
Control Center shines tonight.

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In `@src/components/Video.jsx`:
- Around line 19-36: Update the useEffect managing the IntersectionObserver to
retain the MediaQueryList, register a change handler, and pause the video plus
disconnect the observer when reduced motion becomes active; recreate observation
when it becomes inactive. Remove the media-query handler and disconnect any
active observer during cleanup, while preserving the existing intersection
playback behavior.
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Comment thread src/components/Video.jsx
Give the running example its own paragraph and drop the header-chrome
description; the video right below it shows the same thing.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Document Focus Mode on the Control Center overview (right-click a node
and choose Focus, or select it and press F) with two screenshots, and
move the F shortcut prose there from the Draft Mode page. Add a
recording of creating a group from a multi-peer selection to the
Draft Mode page. New media compressed like the rest.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
heisbrot and others added 6 commits August 20, 2026 15:50
F is pressed first, then the node is selected.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The Network Admin limitation is already covered where it bites, in the
placeholder install section.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Show the drag-to-group recording right after the text it illustrates,
then the group-from-selection flow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The review rows do not carry Add/Modify/Delete/Install badges.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The reduced-motion check ran once on mount, so toggling the OS setting
while the page was open either kept videos auto-playing or left them
permanently inert. Listen for MediaQueryList changes: pause and drop
the observer when reduced motion turns on, re-observe when it turns
off.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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