Implements comprehensive quality-of-life improvements for professional editing experience:
**1. Status Bar Component** (`components/editor/status-bar.tsx`):
- Real-time canvas dimensions display (width × height)
- Live zoom percentage indicator
- Dynamic cursor position tracking in canvas coordinates
- FPS counter for performance monitoring
- Memory usage display (when browser supports performance.memory)
- Icons for each metric (Maximize2, ZoomIn, MousePointer, Activity, HardDrive)
- Fixed bottom position with clean UI
- Updates at 60 FPS for smooth cursor tracking
- Memory updates every 2 seconds to reduce overhead
**2. Mini-Map / Navigator** (`components/canvas/mini-map.tsx`):
- Live thumbnail preview of entire canvas
- Renders all visible layers with proper stacking order
- Checkerboard background for transparency visualization
- Interactive viewport indicator (blue rectangle with semi-transparent fill)
- Click or drag to pan viewport to different canvas areas
- Collapsible with expand/minimize toggle button
- Maintains canvas aspect ratio (max 200px)
- Positioned in bottom-right corner as floating overlay
- Zoom percentage display at bottom
- Smart scaling for optimal thumbnail size
- Cursor changes to pointer/grabbing during interaction
**3. Keyboard Shortcuts Help Panel** (`components/editor/shortcuts-help-panel.tsx`):
- Comprehensive list of 40+ keyboard shortcuts
- 7 categories: File, Edit, View, Tools, Layers, Transform, Adjustments, Help
- Real-time search filtering (searches action, category, keys, description)
- Beautiful kbd element styling for shortcut keys
- Modal overlay with backdrop blur
- Opens with `?` or `F1` keys
- Closes with `Esc` key or backdrop click
- Fully responsive with scrollable content
- Organized sections with category headers
- Shows key combinations with proper separators (+)
- Optional descriptions for special shortcuts (e.g., "Hold to pan")
- Footer with helpful hints
**Integration Changes:**
**Canvas Component** (`canvas-with-tools.tsx`):
- Added `onCursorMove` prop callback for cursor position reporting
- Modified `handlePointerMove` to report canvas coordinates
- Created `handlePointerLeave` to clear cursor when leaving canvas
- Integrated MiniMap component as overlay
**Editor Layout** (`editor-layout.tsx`):
- Added cursor position state management
- Integrated StatusBar at bottom of layout
- Added ShortcutsHelpPanel with state management
- Keyboard event handlers for `?` and `F1` to open shortcuts
- Cursor position passed down to CanvasWithTools and up to StatusBar
**Features:**
- Non-intrusive overlays that don't block canvas interaction
- All components optimized for performance
- Responsive design adapts to different screen sizes
- Professional appearance matching app theme
- Smooth animations and transitions
- Real-time updates without lag
**User Experience Improvements:**
- Quick access to all shortcuts via `?` or `F1`
- Always-visible status information in bottom bar
- Easy canvas navigation with mini-map
- Performance monitoring at a glance
- Professional editor feel with polished UI
All features tested and working smoothly with no performance impact.
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Sebastian Krüger
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