fix(studio): quiet deferred transport readbacks, compact workspace and deliberate setpoint commits

.github/workflows/arstack-studio-windows-lifecycle.yml

@@ -104,11 +104,14 @@ jobs:
           New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path 'studio-ui-evidence' -Force | Out-Null
           Remove-Item Env:ARSTACK_STUDIO_QA_DIR -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
           Remove-Item Env:ARSTACK_STUDIO_QA_NATIVE_ONLY -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-          foreach ($scale in @('1', '1.5', '1.75')) {
+          foreach ($scale in @('1', '1.25', '1.5', '1.75')) {
             $env:QT_SCALE_FACTOR = $scale
             $suffix = 'dpi-' + [string][int]([double]::Parse($scale, [System.Globalization.CultureInfo]::InvariantCulture) * 100)
             $logdir = Join-Path (Join-Path $PWD 'studio-ui-evidence') $suffix
             New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $logdir -Force | Out-Null
+            # Software viewport shots, when grabWindow supports the CI backend.
+            # Native Windows fidelity is verified separately below.
+            $env:ARSTACK_STUDIO_QA_DIR = $logdir
             $stdout = Join-Path $logdir 'geometry-stdout.txt'
             $stderr = Join-Path $logdir 'geometry-stderr.txt'
             $probe = Start-Process -FilePath $exe -ArgumentList '--check-operator-ui' -Wait -PassThru `
@@ -136,11 +139,11 @@ jobs:
           if ($probe.ExitCode -ne 0) {
             throw "Native Windows screenshot acceptance failed, exit=$($probe.ExitCode)"
           }
-          $png = Join-Path $env:ARSTACK_STUDIO_QA_DIR 'studio-960x620.png'
+          $png = Join-Path $env:ARSTACK_STUDIO_QA_DIR 'studio-960x680.png'
           if (-not (Test-Path $png) -or (Get-Item $png).Length -lt 10000) {
-            throw 'Native Windows 960x620 screenshot was missing or empty'
+            throw 'Native Windows 960x680 screenshot was missing or empty'
           }
-          Write-Host 'Windows Qt deterministic 3-viewports x 3-DPI geometry + native 960x620 screenshot: PASS'
+          Write-Host 'Windows Qt deterministic 5-viewports x 4-DPI geometry + native 960x680 screenshot: PASS'
       - name: Upload desktop layout evidence
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4

apps/arstack_studio/qml/Main.qml

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import ARStack.Studio 1.0
 
 ApplicationWindow {
     id: root
-    width: 1150
-    height: 790
-    minimumWidth: 960
-    minimumHeight: 620
+    width: 1024
+    height: 748
+    minimumWidth: 940
+    minimumHeight: 640
     visible: true
     title: "ARStack Studio · SMV + PTP · v" + Qt.application.version
     color: studioTheme.bg
@@ -432,15 +432,16 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 
     function parseOperatorNumber(text) {
         var normalized = String(text).trim()
-            .replace(/\s/g, "")
             .replace(/degrees?/ig, "")
             .replace(/deg/ig, "")
             .replace(/°/g, "")
             .replace(/Hz/ig, "")
-            .replace(/[AV]$/i, "")
+            .replace(/[AV]$/i, "").trim()
+        // Decimal comma and dot are equally valid. Never interpret mixed
+        // punctuation or thousands-grouping as a silently altered number.
         if (normalized.indexOf(",") >= 0 && normalized.indexOf(".") < 0)
             normalized = normalized.replace(",", ".")
-        if (!normalized.length || normalized === "+" || normalized === "-" || normalized === ".")
+        if (!/^[+-]?(?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)$/.test(normalized))
             return NaN
         return Number(normalized)
     }
@@ -575,8 +576,8 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         return ok
     }
     function startScenarioSnapshot() {
-        // The table editors debounce keyboard edits for live preview. Flush
-        // them synchronously before creating the ordered board START payload.
+        // Flush every local draft once before serializing the canonical
+        // 4I+4V scenario. An invalid draft cannot be sent to the board.
         if (!currentMatrix.flushPendingEdits() || !voltageMatrix.flushPendingEdits()) {
             showMessage("Invalid signal input: correct highlighted field before Start.", true)
             return null
@@ -1063,23 +1064,34 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 
                 SurfacePanel {
                     objectName: "studioInjectionSurface"
-                    SplitView.fillWidth: true
                     SplitView.fillHeight: true
-                    SplitView.minimumWidth: root.compactLayout ? 500 : 540
-                    SplitView.preferredWidth: root.compactLayout ? 600 : 690
-                    SplitView.maximumWidth: 750
+                    SplitView.minimumWidth: 405
+                    SplitView.preferredWidth: 425
+                    SplitView.maximumWidth: 465
+                    SplitView.fillWidth: false
                     theme: studioTheme
 
+                    // Clicking unoccupied workspace commits the focused cell.
+                    // Controls above this background retain their own taps.
+                    MouseArea {
+                        anchors.fill: parent
+                        onClicked: root.contentItem.forceActiveFocus()
+                    }
+
                     ColumnLayout {
+                        z: 1
                         anchors.fill: parent
-                        anchors.margins: root.compactLayout ? 11 : 13
-                        spacing: root.compactLayout ? 6 : 8
+                        // Injection width stays 405..465px at every desktop size.
+                        // Never expand its children just because the whole window
+                        // crosses the 1220px toolbar breakpoint.
+                        anchors.margins: 10
+                        spacing: 6
 
                         RowLayout {
                             Layout.fillWidth: true
                             ColumnLayout {
                                 spacing: 1
-                                Label { text: "4I + 4V Injection"; color: studioTheme.text; font.family: root.uiFont; font.pixelSize: root.compactLayout ? 17 : 18; font.weight: Font.DemiBold }
+                                Label { text: "4I + 4V Injection"; color: studioTheme.text; font.family: root.uiFont; font.pixelSize: 17; font.weight: Font.DemiBold }
                             }
                             Item { Layout.fillWidth: true }
                             // START owns the single ordered scenario transaction.
@@ -1140,7 +1152,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                                     }
                                     theme: studioTheme
                                     monoFont: root.monoFont
-                                    compact: root.compactLayout
+                                    compact: true
                                     implicitWidth: 90
                                     text: "50.000"
                                     suffixText: "Hz"
@@ -1168,10 +1180,6 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                                     }
                                 }
 
-                                CalmButton { theme: studioTheme; uiFont: root.uiFont; text: "0"; implicitWidth: 44; toolTipText: "DC"; onClicked: root.setFrequencyValue(0) }
-                                CalmButton { theme: studioTheme; uiFont: root.uiFont; text: "50"; implicitWidth: 44; onClicked: root.setFrequencyValue(50) }
-                                CalmButton { theme: studioTheme; uiFont: root.uiFont; text: "60"; implicitWidth: 44; onClicked: root.setFrequencyValue(60) }
-                                Rectangle { width: 1; height: 24; color: studioTheme.lineSoft }
                                 StudioLinkSwitch {
                                     theme: studioTheme
                                     uiFont: root.uiFont
@@ -1221,7 +1229,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                                 titleText: "Voltage"
                                 symbolText: "U"
                                 unitText: root.signalFrequency === 0 ? "V DC" : "V RMS"
-                                compact: root.compactLayout
+                                compact: true
                             }
                             SignalMatrix {
                                 id: currentMatrix
@@ -1242,7 +1250,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                                 titleText: "Current"
                                 symbolText: "I"
                                 unitText: root.signalFrequency === 0 ? "A DC" : "A RMS"
-                                compact: root.compactLayout
+                                compact: true
                             }
 
                         }
@@ -1258,23 +1266,18 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                             session: workflowBar.session
                             uiFont: root.uiFont
                             monoFont: root.monoFont
-                            compact: root.compactLayout
+                            compact: true
                         }
                         Rectangle { Layout.fillWidth: true; height: 1; color: studioTheme.lineSoft }
                         RowLayout {
                             objectName: "studioQualityRow"
                             Layout.fillWidth: true
-                            spacing: 8
+                            spacing: 6
                             Rectangle { width: 6; height: 6; radius: 3; color: studioTheme.accent }
                             Label { text: root.activeSignal; color: studioTheme.textSoft; font.family: root.monoFont; font.pixelSize: studioTheme.labelSize; font.weight: Font.Bold }
-                            Label {
-                                text: root.signalFrequency === 0
-                                    ? root.activeMagnitude.toFixed(3) + " " + root.activeUnit + " DC"
-                                    : root.activeMagnitude.toFixed(3) + " " + root.activeUnit + " RMS · " + root.activePhase.toFixed(2) + "°"
-                                color: studioTheme.muted
-                                font.family: root.uiFont
-                                font.pixelSize: 9
-                            }
+                            // The same magnitude/phase is already visible in
+                            // the active matrix row and plots. Removing this
+                            // duplicate avoids squeezing the quality controls.
                             Rectangle { width: 1; height: 20; color: studioTheme.lineSoft }
                             QualityEditor {
                                 enabled: !workflowBar.startQueued
@@ -1285,7 +1288,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                                 uiFont: root.uiFont
                                 monoFont: root.monoFont
                                 qualityValue: root.activeQuality
-                                compact: root.compactLayout
+                                compact: true
                             }
                         }
                         // No trailing filler: vertically stacked matrices
@@ -1296,9 +1299,9 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                 SplitView {
                     visible: (root.phasorDockVisible && !root.phasorDetached) ||
                              (root.waveformDockVisible && !root.waveformDetached)
-                    SplitView.preferredWidth: root.compactLayout ? 450 : 470
-                    SplitView.minimumWidth: root.compactLayout ? 300 : 340
-                    SplitView.maximumWidth: 680
+                    SplitView.preferredWidth: 560
+                    SplitView.minimumWidth: 390
+                    SplitView.fillWidth: true
                     SplitView.fillHeight: true
                     orientation: Qt.Vertical
                     handle: Rectangle {
@@ -1315,11 +1318,11 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                     }
 
                     DockFrame {
+                        objectName: "studioPhasorDock"
                         visible: root.phasorDockVisible && !root.phasorDetached
                         SplitView.fillWidth: true
                         SplitView.minimumHeight: 170
-                        SplitView.preferredHeight: 225
-                        SplitView.maximumHeight: 265
+                        SplitView.preferredHeight: Math.max(170, (workspaceSplit.height - 9) / 2)
                         SplitView.fillHeight: false
                         theme: studioTheme
                         titleText: "Phasor"
@@ -1355,10 +1358,11 @@ ApplicationWindow {
                     }
 
                     DockFrame {
+                        objectName: "studioWaveformDock"
                         visible: root.waveformDockVisible && !root.waveformDetached
                         SplitView.fillWidth: true
                         SplitView.minimumHeight: 170
-                        SplitView.preferredHeight: 328
+                        SplitView.preferredHeight: Math.max(170, (workspaceSplit.height - 9) / 2)
                         SplitView.fillHeight: true
                         theme: studioTheme
                         titleText: "Waveform"

apps/arstack_studio/qml/QualityEditor.qml

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ RowLayout {
         theme: editor.theme
         uiFont: editor.uiFont
         id: presetBox
-        implicitWidth: editor.compact ? 98 : 108
+        implicitWidth: editor.compact ? 90 : 108
         model: ["Good", "Invalid", "Questionable", "Test"]
         currentIndex: editor.presetIndex(editor.qualityValue)
         font.family: editor.uiFont
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ RowLayout {
         theme: editor.theme
         monoFont: editor.monoFont
         compact: true
-        implicitWidth: editor.compact ? 100 : 112
+        implicitWidth: editor.compact ? 98 : 112
         Component.onCompleted: text = editor.hexText(editor.qualityValue)
         onEditingFinished: {
             var trimmed = text.trim()