[[globalMenu]] support for customisable quick actions

Author: soapdog

ui/core/kernel/prefs.js

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const defaultPreferencesContent = `
 # DO NOT SHARE YOUR PREFERENCES FILE WITH ANYONE.
 # IT CONTAINS YOUR PRIVATE KEYS.
 #
-[preferences]
+[Preferences]
 theme = "light"
 textSize = "prose-lg"
 limit = "40"
@@ -33,6 +33,16 @@ blog = "all"
 contact = "following"
 about = "all"
 gathering = "all"
+
+[[QuickActions]]
+label = "Public"
+pkg = "hub"
+view = "public"
+
+[[QuickActions]]
+label = "Mentions"
+pkg = "hub"
+view = "mentions"
 `
 
 let savedData = {}
@@ -43,8 +53,8 @@ const preferencesFileExists = () => {
   if (fileExists) {
     const data = TOML.parse(fs.readFileSync(prefsFile))
     console.log(data)
-    if (data?.preferences?.defaultIdentity &&
-      data[data?.preferences?.defaultIdentity]?.id) {
+    if (data?.Preferences?.defaultIdentity &&
+      data[data?.Preferences?.defaultIdentity]?.id) {
       return true
     }
   }
@@ -79,8 +89,8 @@ const loadSavedData = async () => {
   }
 }
 
-const getPref = (key, defaultValue, namespace = "preferences") => {
-  if (!savedData.hasOwnProperty("preferences")) {
+const getPref = (key, defaultValue, namespace = "Preferences") => {
+  if (!savedData.hasOwnProperty("Preferences")) {
     // maybe not loaded. Preferences should always be present. It is added
     // by the first-time setup.
     if (preferencesFileExists()) {
@@ -96,6 +106,21 @@ const getPref = (key, defaultValue, namespace = "preferences") => {
   return defaultValue
 }
 
+const getNamespace = (namespace, defaultValue) => {
+  if (!savedData.hasOwnProperty("Preferences")) {
+    // maybe not loaded. Preferences should always be present. It is added
+    // by the first-time setup.
+    if (preferencesFileExists()) {
+      savedData = TOML.parse(fs.readFileSync(prefsFile))
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (savedData[namespace]) {
+    return savedData[namespace]
+  }
+  return defaultValue
+}
+
 function writePreferencesFile() {
   let header = `
 #
@@ -134,7 +159,7 @@ const removeIdentity = (key) => {
 }
 
 
-const setPref = (key, value, namespace = "preferences") => {
+const setPref = (key, value, namespace = "Preferences") => {
   savedData[namespace] = savedData[namespace] || {}
   savedData[namespace][key] = value
 
@@ -250,4 +275,5 @@ module.exports = {
   initialisePreferencesFileIfNeeded,
   setMessageTypeVisibility,
   getVisibilityForMessageType,
+  getNamespace,
 }

ui/packages/globalMenu/globalMenuView.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const m = require("mithril")
 const queryString = require("query-string")
 const ipcRenderer = require("electron").ipcRenderer
 const { when } = require("../../core/kernel/utils.js")
+const { getNamespace } = require("../../core/kernel/prefs.js")
 const ThemeSwitcher = require("../../core/components/ThemeSwitcher.js")
 
 //const IdentitySwitcher = require("../../core/components/IdentitySwitcher.js")
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ const GlobalMenuView = {
       )
     }
 
+    const defaultActions = [{label: "Public", pkg: "hub", view: "public"}, {label: "Mentions", pkg: "hub", view: "mentions"}]
+    const actions = getNamespace("QuickActions", defaultActions)
+    const quickActions = actions.map(a => makeButton(a.label, a.pkg, a.view, a.data))
+
     const search = ev => {
       let query = document.getElementById("search-box").value
 
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ const GlobalMenuView = {
               m.trust("→")
             ),
           ]),
-          m(".navbar-center", [makeButton("Public", "hub", "public"), makeButton("Mentions", "hub", "mentions")]),
+          m(".navbar-center", quickActions),
           m(".navbar-end", [
             m("form",{
               role: "search",