stickman/docs/archive/plans/PHASE_9_PROP_EDITOR.md

Phase 1: Prop Theme & Material Token Integration

• Task 1.1: Prop Design Token Schema

• Define a standalone JSON theme configuration (prop_theme.json) structuring design tokens specifically for prop editing (e.g., outline_widths, material_tints, primitive_defaults).

• Implement fallback hierarchy for default colors, line widths, and physics values.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• prop_theme.json parses successfully and loads default tokens on editor startup.

• Missing keys in custom prop files fall back gracefully without raising runtime errors.

• Task 1.2: Material Preset Visual Utility

• Create helper logic mapping physics material presets (Wood, Rubber, Cardboard, Metal) directly to default mass, friction, bounce, and fill/outline color tints.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Selecting a material preset populates default mass, friction, restitution, and visual tint values.

• Task 1.3: Prop Control Inspector Theme

• Apply standardized .theme styling to Prop Editor control widgets (OptionButton, SpinBox, ColorPicker, Button).

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Prop Editor controls match visual styling without mutating global GUI settings or sandbox scenes.

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Phase 2: Vector Geometry, Vertex Editing & Shape Manipulation

• Task 2.1: Multi-Shape Creation & Primitive Geometry Controls

• Implement UI controls to instantiate primitive shapes (Polygons, Circles, Lines) onto the active drawing surface.

• Support an internal shape stack array for multiple vector shapes per prop asset.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Adding a shape appends a new vector item to the shape stack array.

• Switching primitive modes exposes mode-specific geometry parameters (e.g., radius for circles, vertex lists for polygons).

• Task 2.2: Direct Vertex Dragging & Reshaping

• Render interactive vertex handles on selected shapes.

• Implement left-click drag on vertex handles to reshape polygon geometry in real time.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Dragging a vertex handle updates the shape mesh visually during input.

• Releasing the mouse commits the updated vertex coordinates.

• Task 2.3: Contextual Vertex Insertion & Deletion

• Right-clicking an outline segment displays a "Create Point" menu option to insert a vertex at the edge midpoint.

• Right-clicking an existing vertex handle displays a "Remove Point" option to delete the vertex.

• Handle degenerate edges gracefully.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Inserting a vertex adds a new point to the shape's point list at the targeted midpoint.

• Deleting a vertex removes the handle and closes the surrounding line segment.

• Shapes reduced below 2 vertices are removed from the canvas.

• Task 2.4: Shape Selection, Context Menu & Z-Ordering

• Build a canvas hit-testing system to select shapes via left-click.

• Implement a right-click context menu offering Copy, Paste, Delete, Mirror X, Mirror Y, Bring Forward, and Send Back.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Left-clicking a shape highlights its bounding box and handles.

• Pressing Delete/Backspace or selecting "Delete" removes the targeted shape.

• "Bring Forward" and "Send Back" alter the target shape's draw order in the rendering stack.

• Task 2.5: Translation, Rotation & Scaling Gizmos

• Implement direct click-and-drag translation handles on selected shape bounding boxes.

• Provide a rotation gizmo that snaps to 15-degree increments when holding Ctrl.

• Provide corner scaling handles that lock aspect ratio uniform scaling while holding Ctrl.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Dragging the translation handle translates all vertices in unison.

• Holding Ctrl during rotation snaps rotation strictly to 15-degree steps.

• Holding Ctrl during scaling locks aspect ratio; releasing Ctrl allows non-uniform scaling.

• Task 2.6: Shape Mirroring Engine

• Implement Mirror X and Mirror Y shape transformations relative to the shape's bounding-box center.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Triggering "Mirror X" inverts X-coordinates across the shape center; "Mirror Y" inverts Y-coordinates.

• Task 2.7: In-Memory Shape Clipboard System

• Implement a dedicated shape clipboard module storing deep duplicates of shape property dictionaries.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Copying a shape stores its full parameter dictionary in memory.

• Pasting creates a duplicate shape offset from the original.

• The "Paste" context menu option is disabled when the clipboard is empty.

• Task 2.8: Live Vector Canvas Synchronizer

• Wire UI input signals directly to PropBlock setters for real-time visual updates.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Modifying fill_color, outline_color, or outline_width reflects instantly on the active canvas.

• Task 2.9: Point Sanitization Pipeline

• Pass edited polygon coordinates through TerrainUtils.sanitize_points().

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Committed geometry maintains clockwise vertex ordering and strips redundant collinear points.

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Phase 3: Physical Property Inspector & Styling Tools

• Task 3.1: Material Preset Picker

• Implement UI selectors for assigning material_preset values and displaying physics properties.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Changing material presets updates displayed physics values (mass, friction, restitution).

• Task 3.2: Custom Color Swatch & Palette Pickers

• Build reusable visual color swatches for custom interior fill and outline stroke colors.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Selecting custom colors overrides preset colors and updates visual stroke/fill values.

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Phase 4: Prop Preview Rendering & Disk Caching

• Task 4.1: Prop SubViewport Thumbnail Generator

• Build an isolated SubViewport preview pipeline (prop_thumbnail.gd) to capture 2D textures.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• prop_thumbnail.gd renders off-screen prop geometry into a transparent 2D texture without interfering with main editor performance.

• Task 4.2: Disk Caching Pipeline

• Implement local thumbnail export writing textures to user://thumbnails/props/<id>.png.

• Validate file timestamps to reload cached textures when up-to-date.

• Acceptance Criteria:

• Saving a prop exports a 200x200 PNG thumbnail to user://thumbnails/props/<id>.png.

• The editor loads cached thumbnails from disk if source files are unchanged.