From 50a847777e38b456cd60bc16e9a6695474bd7801 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elian Doran <contact@eliandoran.me>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:25:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(layout/inline-title): basic note type switcher

---
 .../src/widgets/dialogs/note_type_chooser.tsx |  4 +-
 .../client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.css | 16 ++++
 .../client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.tsx | 27 ++++++-
 apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.css | 65 +++-------------
 apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.tsx | 61 +--------------
 apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.css       | 49 ++++++++++++
 apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.tsx       | 78 ++++++++++++++++++-
 7 files changed, 178 insertions(+), 122 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.css

diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/note_type_chooser.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/note_type_chooser.tsx
index 7db061c1a..efb44f48c 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/note_type_chooser.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/note_type_chooser.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import note_types from "../../services/note_types";
 import { MenuCommandItem, MenuItem } from "../../menus/context_menu";
 import { TreeCommandNames } from "../../menus/tree_context_menu";
 import { Suggestion } from "../../services/note_autocomplete";
-import Badge from "../react/Badge";
+import SimpleBadge from "../react/Badge";
 import { useTriliumEvent } from "../react/hooks";
 
 export interface ChooseNoteTypeResponse {
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default function NoteTypeChooserDialogComponent() {
                                 value={[ item.type, item.templateNoteId ].join(",") }
                                 icon={item.uiIcon}>
                                 {item.title}
-                                {item.badges && item.badges.map((badge) => <Badge {...badge} />)}
+                                {item.badges && item.badges.map((badge) => <SimpleBadge {...badge} />)}
                             </FormListItem>;
                         }
                     })}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.css
index b18f1066b..237398449 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.css
@@ -40,3 +40,19 @@ body.prefers-centered-content .inline-title {
         font-weight: 500;
     }
 }
+
+.note-type-switcher {
+    padding: 1em 0;
+    display: flex;
+    overflow-x: auto;
+    min-width: 0;
+    gap: 5px;
+    --badge-radius: 12px;
+
+    .ext-badge {
+        --color: var(--input-background-color);
+        color: var(--main-text-color);
+        flex-shrink: 0;
+        font-size: 0.9rem;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.tsx
index e9eb66a39..06959a6e3 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/InlineTitle.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import "./InlineTitle.css";
 import { NoteType } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import { ComponentChild } from "preact";
-import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { Trans } from "react-i18next";
 
 import FNote from "../../entities/fnote";
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ import NoteTitleWidget from "../note_title";
 import { useNoteContext, useStaticTooltip } from "../react/hooks";
 import { joinElements } from "../react/react_utils";
 import { useNoteMetadata } from "../ribbon/NoteInfoTab";
+import { NOTE_TYPES } from "../../services/note_types";
+import { Badge } from "../react/Badge";
+import server from "../../services/server";
 
 const supportedNoteTypes = new Set<NoteType>([
     "text", "code"
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ export default function InlineTitle() {
             </div>
 
             <NoteTitleDetails />
+            <NoteTypeSwitcher />
         </div>
     );
 }
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ function shouldShow(note: FNote | null | undefined, viewScope: ViewScope | undef
     return supportedNoteTypes.has(note.type);
 }
 
+//#region Title details
 export function NoteTitleDetails() {
     const { note } = useNoteContext();
     const { metadata } = useNoteMetadata(note);
@@ -121,3 +126,23 @@ function TextWithValue({ i18nKey, value, valueTooltip }: {
         </li>
     );
 }
+//#endregion
+
+//#region Note type switcher
+function NoteTypeSwitcher() {
+    const { note } = useNoteContext();
+    const noteTypes = useMemo(() => NOTE_TYPES.filter((nt) => !nt.reserved && !nt.static), []);
+
+    return (note &&
+        <div className="note-type-switcher">
+            {noteTypes.map(noteType => (
+                <Badge
+                    key={noteType.type}
+                    text={noteType.title}
+                    onClick={() => server.put(`notes/${note.noteId}/type`, { type: noteType.type, mime: noteType.mime })}
+                />
+            ))}
+        </div>
+    );
+}
+//#endregion
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.css
index fca26305b..fa3bc504f 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.css
@@ -9,64 +9,19 @@
     flex-shrink: 1;
     overflow: hidden;
     --badge-radius: 12px;
-}
 
-.breadcrumb-badge {
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: center;
-    padding: 2px 6px;
-    border-radius: var(--badge-radius);
-    font-size: 0.75em;
-    background-color: var(--color, transparent);
-    color: white;
-    min-width: 0;
-    flex-shrink: 1;
+    .ext-badge {
+        &.temporarily-editable-badge { --color: #4fa52b; }
+        &.read-only-badge { --color: #e33f3b; }
+        &.share-badge { --color: #3b82f6; }
+        &.clipped-note-badge { --color: #57a2a5; }
+        &.execute-badge { --color: #f59e0b; }
+    }
 
-    &.clickable {
-        cursor: pointer;
-
-        &:hover {
-            background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color, --badge-background-color) 80%, black);
+    .dropdown-badge {
+        &.dropdown-backlinks-badge .dropdown-menu {
+            min-width: 500px;
         }
     }
-
-    &.temporarily-editable-badge { --color: #4fa52b; }
-    &.read-only-badge { --color: #e33f3b; }
-    &.share-badge { --color: #3b82f6; }
-    &.clipped-note-badge { --color: #57a2a5; }
-    &.execute-badge { --color: #f59e0b; }
-
-    a {
-        color: inherit !important;
-        text-decoration: none;
-    }
-
-    > * {
-        min-width: 0;
-        overflow: hidden;
-        text-overflow: ellipsis;
-        white-space: nowrap;
-    }
 }
 
-.breadcrumb-dropdown-badge {
-    min-width: 0;
-    overflow: hidden;
-    text-overflow: ellipsis;
-    white-space: nowrap;
-    border-radius: var(--badge-radius);
-
-    &.dropdown-backlinks-badge .dropdown-menu {
-        min-width: 500px;
-    }
-
-    .breadcrumb-badge {
-        border-radius: 0;
-    }
-
-    .btn {
-        border: 0;
-        margin: 0;
-        padding: 0;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.tsx
index 51faf7183..0959b773c 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteBadges.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import Dropdown, { DropdownProps } from "../react/Dropdown";
 import { useIsNoteReadOnly, useNoteContext, useNoteLabel, useNoteLabelBoolean, useStaticTooltip } from "../react/hooks";
 import Icon from "../react/Icon";
 import { useShareInfo } from "../shared_info";
+import { Badge } from "../react/Badge";
 
 export default function NoteBadges() {
     return (
@@ -97,63 +98,3 @@ function ExecuteBadge() {
         />
     );
 }
-
-interface BadgeProps {
-    text?: string;
-    icon?: string;
-    className: string;
-    tooltip?: string;
-    onClick?: MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>;
-    href?: string;
-}
-
-function Badge({ icon, className, text, tooltip, onClick, href }: BadgeProps) {
-    const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-    useStaticTooltip(containerRef, {
-        placement: "bottom",
-        fallbackPlacements: [ "bottom" ],
-        animation: false,
-        html: true,
-        title: tooltip
-    });
-
-    const content = <>
-        {icon && <><Icon icon={icon} />&nbsp;</>}
-        <span class="text">{text}</span>
-    </>;
-
-    return (
-        <div
-            ref={containerRef}
-            className={clsx("breadcrumb-badge", className, { "clickable": !!onClick })}
-            onClick={onClick}
-        >
-            {href ? <a href={href}>{content}</a> : <span>{content}</span>}
-        </div>
-    );
-}
-
-function BadgeWithDropdown({ children, tooltip, className, dropdownOptions, ...props }: BadgeProps & {
-    children: ComponentChildren,
-    dropdownOptions?: Partial<DropdownProps>
-}) {
-    return (
-        <Dropdown
-            className={`breadcrumb-dropdown-badge dropdown-${className}`}
-            text={<Badge className={className} {...props} />}
-            noDropdownListStyle
-            noSelectButtonStyle
-            hideToggleArrow
-            title={tooltip}
-            titlePosition="bottom"
-            {...dropdownOptions}
-            dropdownOptions={{
-                ...dropdownOptions?.dropdownOptions,
-                popperConfig: {
-                    ...dropdownOptions?.dropdownOptions?.popperConfig,
-                    placement: "bottom", strategy: "fixed"
-                }
-            }}
-        >{children}</Dropdown>
-    );
-}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83f3f05ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.css
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+.ext-badge {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    padding: 2px 6px;
+    border-radius: var(--badge-radius);
+    font-size: 0.75em;
+    background-color: var(--color, transparent);
+    color: white;
+    min-width: 0;
+    flex-shrink: 1;
+
+    &.clickable {
+        cursor: pointer;
+
+        &:hover {
+            background-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--color, --badge-background-color) 80%, black);
+        }
+    }
+
+    a {
+        color: inherit !important;
+        text-decoration: none;
+    }
+
+    > * {
+        min-width: 0;
+        overflow: hidden;
+        text-overflow: ellipsis;
+        white-space: nowrap;
+    }
+}
+
+.dropdown-badge {
+    min-width: 0;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    border-radius: var(--badge-radius);
+
+    .ext-badge {
+        border-radius: 0;
+    }
+
+    .btn {
+        border: 0;
+        margin: 0;
+        padding: 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.tsx
index 49d4b879d..e7844368c 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Badge.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,78 @@
-interface BadgeProps {
+import "./Badge.css";
+
+import clsx from "clsx";
+import { ComponentChildren, MouseEventHandler } from "preact";
+import { useRef } from "preact/hooks";
+
+import Dropdown, { DropdownProps } from "./Dropdown";
+import { useStaticTooltip } from "./hooks";
+import Icon from "./Icon";
+
+interface SimpleBadgeProps {
     className?: string;
     title: string;
 }
 
-export default function Badge({ title, className }: BadgeProps) {
-    return <span class={`badge ${className ?? ""}`}>{title}</span>
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+interface BadgeProps {
+    text?: string;
+    icon?: string;
+    className?: string;
+    tooltip?: string;
+    onClick?: MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>;
+    href?: string;
+}
+
+export default function SimpleBadge({ title, className }: SimpleBadgeProps) {
+    return <span class={`badge ${className ?? ""}`}>{title}</span>;
+}
+
+export function Badge({ icon, className, text, tooltip, onClick, href }: BadgeProps) {
+    const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+    useStaticTooltip(containerRef, {
+        placement: "bottom",
+        fallbackPlacements: [ "bottom" ],
+        animation: false,
+        html: true,
+        title: tooltip
+    });
+
+    const content = <>
+        {icon && <><Icon icon={icon} />&nbsp;</>}
+        <span class="text">{text}</span>
+    </>;
+
+    return (
+        <div
+            ref={containerRef}
+            className={clsx("ext-badge", className, { "clickable": !!onClick })}
+            onClick={onClick}
+        >
+            {href ? <a href={href}>{content}</a> : <span>{content}</span>}
+        </div>
+    );
+}
+
+export function BadgeWithDropdown({ children, tooltip, className, dropdownOptions, ...props }: BadgeProps & {
+    children: ComponentChildren,
+    dropdownOptions?: Partial<DropdownProps>
+}) {
+    return (
+        <Dropdown
+            className={`dropdown-badge dropdown-${className}`}
+            text={<Badge className={className} {...props} />}
+            noDropdownListStyle
+            noSelectButtonStyle
+            hideToggleArrow
+            title={tooltip}
+            titlePosition="bottom"
+            {...dropdownOptions}
+            dropdownOptions={{
+                ...dropdownOptions?.dropdownOptions,
+                popperConfig: {
+                    ...dropdownOptions?.dropdownOptions?.popperConfig,
+                    placement: "bottom", strategy: "fixed"
+                }
+            }}
+        >{children}</Dropdown>
+    );
+}