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perf(serve): cap command palette template results to keep it responsive - #1837

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Problem

In large projects (hundreds to thousands of templates), the dev-server command palette freezes on the first keystroke, then works fine afterward.

When the search becomes non-empty, the palette rendered every template as a CommandItem — reka's per-item filtering only hides non-matches after they mount. So the first character mounts one component instance per template (e.g. ~900), which blocks the main thread. Once mounted they stay warm, so subsequent typing feels fine.

Fix

Render only the matching templates, capped at MAX_TEMPLATE_RESULTS = 50:

  • filteredCommandGrouped filters + groups matches and stops at the cap, so at most 50 CommandItems ever mount (and register with reka).
  • The footer shows Showing 50 of N — refine to narrow when there are more matches, otherwise the normal result count. filteredTemplatesCount still scans everything for the true total (sub-millisecond string checks).

Verified

Tested against a synthetic 900-template project:

  • Broad "template" → 50 rendered + truncation hint, first-search interaction fast (no freeze).
  • Specific search → narrows to the exact match; Enter navigates correctly.
  • The persisted-search behavior still works with the large list.

Tradeoff

Matches beyond the cap aren't shown until you refine — standard for command palettes (VS Code, Spotlight). Showing all matches would require full list virtualization, a much larger change to the reka Listbox integration; the cap is the minimal, robust win.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Improvements
    • Command palette results now display only templates matching search terms in filenames and paths.
    • Matching templates are grouped by directory for easier browsing.
    • Results are limited to the first 50 items for faster, more manageable browsing.
    • A message indicates when additional results are omitted and suggests refining the search.

Rendering every template as a CommandItem froze the palette on the first
keystroke in large projects (1000s of templates) — all instances mounted
at once. Render only the matches, capped at 50, with a "showing N of M"
hint when truncated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The command palette filters templates by search tokens, limits displayed results to 50 templates, renders matching groups, and reports when additional results are hidden.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Filter and cap template results
src/server/ui/App.vue
Search tokens match template names and paths. Matching templates are grouped by directory and limited to 50 displayed results.
Render and report filtered results
src/server/ui/App.vue
The command palette renders the filtered groups and reports complete or truncated result counts.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 45e09

This change caps rendered command-palette results to keep large template lists responsive while preserving matching and navigation behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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  • maizzle/framework#1836: This PR also modifies command-palette behavior in src/server/ui/App.vue, including search persistence and clearing.
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src/server/ui/App.vue (1)

234-252: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Compute the match count and capped groups in one pass.

These computations rebuild the same token predicate and path haystack. A no-match query scans the full template list twice on each search update. Combine them into one computed result that counts every match but stores only the first MAX_TEMPLATE_RESULTS items.

Suggested single-pass result
-const filteredTemplatesCount = computed(() => {
-  const tokens = commandSearch.value.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
-  if (tokens.length === 0) return 0
-  let count = 0
-  for (const t of templates.value) {
-    const haystack = `${getFileName(t.path)} ${t.path.split('/').join(' ')}`
-    if (tokens.every(token => contains(haystack, token))) count++
-  }
-  return count
-})
-
-/** The matching templates (capped), grouped by directory, for rendering. */
-const filteredCommandGrouped = computed(() => {
+const filteredCommandResults = computed(() => {
   const groups: Record<string, Template[]> = {}
   const tokens = commandSearch.value.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean)
-  if (tokens.length === 0) return groups
+  if (tokens.length === 0) return { count: 0, groups }
   let count = 0
   for (const t of templates.value) {
     const haystack = `${getFileName(t.path)} ${t.path.split('/').join(' ')}`
     if (!tokens.every(token => contains(haystack, token))) continue
+    count++
+    if (count > MAX_TEMPLATE_RESULTS) continue
     const parts = t.path.split('/')
     const dir = parts.length > 1 ? parts.slice(0, -1).join('/') : '.'
     ;(groups[dir] ??= []).push(t)
-    if (++count >= MAX_TEMPLATE_RESULTS) break
   }
-  return groups
+  return { count, groups }
 })
 
+const filteredTemplatesCount = computed(() => filteredCommandResults.value.count)
+const filteredCommandGrouped = computed(() => filteredCommandResults.value.groups)
 const templatesTruncated = computed(() => filteredTemplatesCount.value > MAX_TEMPLATE_RESULTS)
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In `@src/server/ui/App.vue` around lines 234 - 252, Combine filteredCommandGrouped
and filteredTemplatesCount into a single computed result that tokenizes
commandSearch once, evaluates each template’s match predicate and haystack once,
counts every match, and groups only the first MAX_TEMPLATE_RESULTS matches.
Update consumers, including templatesTruncated, to read the grouped results and
total count from this shared computed value while preserving existing rendering
behavior.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@src/server/ui/App.vue`:
- Around line 234-252: Combine filteredCommandGrouped and filteredTemplatesCount
into a single computed result that tokenizes commandSearch once, evaluates each
template’s match predicate and haystack once, counts every match, and groups
only the first MAX_TEMPLATE_RESULTS matches. Update consumers, including
templatesTruncated, to read the grouped results and total count from this shared
computed value while preserving existing rendering behavior.

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Fold the count and grouping into one computed so the search predicate and
haystack aren't duplicated or evaluated twice per keystroke.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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