Clickable previews: every still links to its exact app frame

New shared component src/ui/preview.js (appFrameUrl + previewLink): song + seed + frame + venue/venueSel deep-links. App honors ?frame= (warm seek on bank-song load) and ?venueSel= via shared pinVenueShell helper (src/venues/pin.js), which filmstrip and venue-gallery now also use. Filmstrip figures and venue-gallery cards wrap canvases; gallery cells stay unlinked (isolated scene probes, not reproducible in-app).

flow-state/filmstrip.html

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@
     .strip { display: flex; gap: 4px; overflow-x: auto; padding-bottom: 6px; }
     .strip figure { margin: 0; flex: 0 0 auto; width: 168px; }
     .strip canvas { width: 100%; display: block; background: #05070a; border-radius: 2px; aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; }
+    a.preview-link canvas { cursor: zoom-in; }
+    a.preview-link:hover canvas { outline: 1px solid #7dd3fc; outline-offset: -1px; }
     .strip figcaption { font-size: 10px; color: #565f70; margin-top: 3px; line-height: 1.35; }
     .strip .t { color: #8b94a7; }
     .strip .sc { display: block; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ import { buildFilmstrip, songNames, STRIP, DEFAULT_EVERY, DEFAULT_DURATION } fro
 import { venues } from '/src/venues/registry.js';
 import { blit } from '/src/checks/blit.js';
 import { hashString } from '/src/engine/rng.js';
+import { previewLink } from '/src/ui/preview.js';
 import {
     sourceFingerprint, loadGallery, saveGallery,
     pixelsToBlob, blobToCanvas,
@@ -156,8 +159,26 @@ const grade = (row) => {
 // video. The app takes the bank's wav straight from `?song=`, and the seed is
 // the one renderSong() uses — hashed off the name — so what plays is the take
 // the strip measured rather than a fresh draw that happens to share a title.
-const watchLink = (name) =>
-    `/?song=${encodeURIComponent(name)}&seed=${hashString(name)}`;
+// The venue flag and pin ride along too, so a venue strip replays its room.
+const watchLink = (name) => {
+    const p = new URLSearchParams();
+    p.set('song', name);
+    p.set('seed', String(hashString(name)));
+    if (venueSel.value || venueEnabled) p.set('venue', '1');
+    if (venueSel.value) p.set('venueSel', venueSel.value);
+    return `/?${p}`;
+};
+
+// Deep link for one figure: song + seed + the frame it shows, so clicking a
+// still opens the exact image in the app. Built by the shared preview
+// component (src/ui/preview.js) — every preview page links the same way.
+const shotSpec = (rowName, shot) => ({
+    song: rowName,
+    seed: hashString(rowName),
+    frame: shot.frame,
+    venue: venueEnabled || !!venueSel.value,
+    venueSel: venueSel.value || null,
+});
 
 /**
  * One song's row.
@@ -192,6 +213,8 @@ function renderRow(row) {
         if (shot.moment === 'climax') fig.className = 'climax';
         const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
         fig.appendChild(canvas);
+        // Clicking a still opens the exact frame in the app.
+        if (Number.isFinite(shot.frame)) previewLink(canvas, shotSpec(row.name, shot));
         const cap = document.createElement('figcaption');
         const mm = Math.floor(shot.time / 60);
         const ss = String(Math.round(shot.time % 60)).padStart(2, '0');
@@ -282,7 +305,7 @@ async function build() {
             ...row,
             frames: undefined,
             shots: await Promise.all((row.frames || []).map(async (f) => ({
-                time: f.time, kind: f.kind, scene: f.scene, act: f.act,
+                time: f.time, frame: f.frame, kind: f.kind, scene: f.scene, act: f.act,
                 tension: f.tension, journey: f.journey, moment: f.moment,
                 blob: await pixelsToBlob(f.pixels, STRIP.width, STRIP.height),
             }))),

flow-state/src/checks/filmstrip.js

@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 
 import { Show, FADE_SECONDS } from '../Show.js';
 import { generateLook } from '../look/LookGenerator.js';
-import { venues } from '../venues/registry.js';
 import { song, SONGS } from '../audio/songbank.js';
 import { hashString } from '../engine/rng.js';
+import { pinVenueShell } from '../venues/pin.js';
 import { frameDescriptor, motionDescriptor } from './variety/descriptors.js';
 import { descriptorDistance, directionOf, STRUCTURAL } from './variety/signature.js';
 import { describeStory } from '../look/Story.js';
@@ -79,13 +79,7 @@ export function renderSong(show, name, { duration, every, venueEnabled = null, v
     // Pin one venue in every row (same shell-swap as the venue gallery): the
     // VenueSpec population stays the census one, only the shell is forced.
     const sel = venueSel || (typeof location !== 'undefined' && new URLSearchParams(location.search).get('venueSel')) || null;
-    if (sel && look.venue) {
-        const picked = venues.find((v) => v.name === sel);
-        if (!picked) throw new Error(`unknown venue "${sel}"`);
-        look.venue.module = picked;
-        look.venue.name = picked.name;
-        look.venue.archetype = picked.archetype;
-    }
+    if (sel) pinVenueShell(look, sel);
     show.useTrack(track, look);
 
     const frames = [];

flow-state/src/main.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { synthesizeSong } from './audio/synth.js';
 import { FeatureTrack } from './audio/FeatureTrack.js';
 import { generateLook } from './look/LookGenerator.js';
 import { SONGS } from './audio/songbank.js';
+import { pinVenueShell } from './venues/pin.js';
 import { captureThumbnails } from './llm/thumbs.js';
 
 const QUALITY = {
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ const paramPanel = new ParamPanel(document.createElement('div'), onParamChange);
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------- loading
 
-async function loadFile(file, { seed = null } = {}) {
+async function loadFile(file, { seed = null, venueSel = null, frame = null } = {}) {
     if (state.busy) return;
     state.busy = true;
     stopPlayback();
@@ -133,7 +134,19 @@ async function loadFile(file, { seed = null } = {}) {
         strip.setShow(state.show);
         if (dom.osd) dom.osd.classList.toggle('on', state.osdVisible);
         resize();
-        seekTo(0);
+        // Deep link from a preview (filmstrip figure, venue-gallery card):
+        // the same shell-swap the probe pages do, then the exact frame with
+        // warm-up so stateful layers land converged like the probe render.
+        // Dropped files never carry these — only `?song=` loads pass them.
+        if (venueSel && state.show.look.venue) {
+            try {
+                if (pinVenueShell(state.show.look, venueSel,
+                    { seed: state.show.look.seed, buildIfMissing: true })) {
+                    state.show.prewarm();
+                }
+            } catch (err) { console.warn('[flow-state]', err.message); }
+        }
+        seekTo(Number.isFinite(frame) ? frame : 0);
         renderPanel();
         document.title = `flow-state · ${state.show.fileName}`;
         console.info('[flow-state]', describeLook(state.show.look));
@@ -169,6 +182,9 @@ dom.fileInput.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
  * reading is to watch the thing move, and until now that meant remembering
  * which of seventeen near-identically-named wavs to drag in. `&seed=` carries
  * the strip's seed across so the video you watch is the one it measured.
+ * `&frame=` seeks to the exact frame after load (with warm-up), and
+ * `&venueSel=` re-applies the pinned venue shell — together they make a
+ * preview deep-link reproduce its image. Built by src/ui/preview.js.
  *
  * Dev-only in practice: `test/songs/` is served by vite from the project root
  * and is not part of a build. The name is matched against a bare word rather
@@ -181,7 +197,15 @@ async function loadBankSong(name, seed) {
         const res = await fetch(url);
         if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`);
         const blob = await res.blob();
-        await loadFile(new File([blob], `${name}.wav`, { type: 'audio/wav' }), { seed });
+        // Preview deep-links (?frame=, ?venueSel=) ride along: the app lands
+        // on the exact image the preview showed. See src/ui/preview.js.
+        const q = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
+        const frame = q.get('frame');
+        await loadFile(new File([blob], `${name}.wav`, { type: 'audio/wav' }), {
+            seed,
+            venueSel: q.get('venueSel'),
+            frame: frame === null ? null : Number(frame),
+        });
     } catch (err) {
         dom.thLabel.textContent = 'no such song';
         dom.thName.hidden = false;

flow-state/src/ui/preview.js

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Clickable previews: every rendered thumbnail links back to the app frame
+// that produced it.
+//
+// A preview is exact when the app can rebuild the same pixels from the URL:
+// bank song + look seed + frame, plus the venue flag and — when the source
+// pinned one — the venue shell. The app honors all five on `?song=` loads
+// (see main.js query handling), seeking with warm-up so stateful layers land
+// converged, the way every probe page renders them.
+//
+// Gallery cells are the deliberate exception: they hold one scene fixed
+// outside any look, so no app URL reproduces them — don't wrap those.
+//
+// Pure module: no DOM at import time, no WebGL, no wall-clock. The URL
+// builder is node-testable; wrapPreview needs a document.
+
+/**
+ * App URL for the exact frame a preview shows.
+ *
+ * @param {object} spec
+ * @param {string} spec.song   bank song name
+ * @param {number} spec.seed   look seed (unsigned int)
+ * @param {number} spec.frame  frame index
+ * @param {boolean} [spec.venue]      venue on (app ?venue=1)
+ * @param {string} [spec.venueSel]    pinned venue shell (implies venue)
+ */
+export function appFrameUrl({ song, seed, frame, venue = false, venueSel = null }) {
+    const p = new URLSearchParams();
+    p.set('song', song);
+    p.set('seed', String(seed >>> 0));
+    p.set('frame', String(Math.max(0, Math.round(frame))));
+    if (venueSel) {
+        p.set('venue', '1');
+        p.set('venueSel', venueSel);
+    } else if (venue) {
+        p.set('venue', '1');
+    }
+    return `/?${p}`;
+}
+
+/** Human caption for the link title: song · seed · m:ss · venue. */
+export function previewTitle({ song, seed, frame, venue = false, venueSel = null, fps = 60 }) {
+    const t = Math.max(0, Math.round(frame)) / fps;
+    const mm = Math.floor(t / 60);
+    const ss = String(Math.floor(t % 60)).padStart(2, '0');
+    const where = venueSel ? `venue ${venueSel}` : (venue ? 'venue' : 'no venue');
+    return `${song} · seed ${seed >>> 0} · frame ${Math.round(frame)} (${mm}:${ss}) · ${where} — open this exact frame in the app`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wrap a rendered canvas so clicking it opens the exact app frame.
+ * Returns the anchor (wrapping the canvas); the canvas keeps its size.
+ */
+export function previewLink(canvas, spec) {
+    const a = document.createElement('a');
+    a.href = appFrameUrl(spec);
+    a.target = '_blank';
+    a.rel = 'noopener';
+    a.title = previewTitle(spec);
+    a.className = 'preview-link';
+    canvas.replaceWith(a);
+    a.appendChild(canvas);
+    return a;
+}

flow-state/src/venues/pin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Pin one venue shell onto a look.
+//
+// The same shell-swap in three places: the filmstrip's `venueSel`, the venue
+// gallery's venue picker, and the app's `?venueSel=`. Only the shell is
+// forced — module/name/archetype. The VenueSpec population stays the census
+// one (counts overlap between archetypes), so this is what makes a pinned
+// preview the exact image the app reproduces, rather than a nearby one.
+
+import { venues } from './registry.js';
+
+/**
+ * Force `look.venue` to render as the named venue.
+ *
+ * @param {object} look  LookSpec from generateLook (mutated in place)
+ * @param {string} name  venue name, e.g. 'Ride'
+ * @param {object} [opts]
+ * @param {number} [opts.seed]  seed for a from-scratch spec (default 1)
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.buildIfMissing]  build a neutral spec when the
+ *   census produced no venue at all (the venue gallery does; the filmstrip
+ *   keeps the no-venue video instead)
+ * @returns {boolean} true when a venue is pinned afterwards
+ */
+export function pinVenueShell(look, name, { seed = 1, buildIfMissing = false } = {}) {
+    if (!name || !look) return false;
+    const picked = venues.find((v) => v.name === name);
+    if (!picked) throw new Error(`unknown venue "${name}"`);
+    if (!look.venue) {
+        if (!buildIfMissing) return false;
+        look.venue = {
+            archetype: picked.archetype, name: picked.name, seed,
+            shell: { kind: picked.archetype }, projection: { kind: 'screen' },
+            population: { kind: 'scatter', count: 5, spread: 0.7, jitter: 0.25 },
+            paletteMap: [0, 1, 2, 3],
+            perSection: (look.sections || []).map(
+                () => ({ light: 0.7, fog: 0.35, popMul: 0.65, reachMul: 0.85 })),
+            venue: true, readsDepth: false, module: picked,
+        };
+        return true;
+    }
+    look.venue.module = picked;
+    look.venue.name = picked.name;
+    look.venue.archetype = picked.archetype;
+    return true;
+}

flow-state/venue-gallery.html

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
     .meta { color:#6b7280; font-size:11px; }
     .meta.err { color:#f87171; }
     canvas { width:100%; display:block; background:#05070a; border-radius:2px; aspect-ratio:16/9; }
+    a.preview-link canvas { cursor: zoom-in; }
+    a.preview-link:hover canvas { outline: 1px solid #7dd3fc; outline-offset: -1px; }
     .hint { font-size:10px; color:#565f70; margin-top:4px; }
     #controls { display:flex; gap:8px; align-items:center; flex-wrap:wrap; margin-top:8px; }
     .progress { height:2px; background:#1a1e28; margin-top:8px; border-radius:2px; overflow:hidden; display:none; }
@@ -59,11 +61,13 @@ import { Show } from '/src/Show.js';
 import { SONGS, song } from '/src/audio/songbank.js';
 import { Rng, hashString } from '/src/engine/rng.js';
 import { generateLook } from '/src/look/LookGenerator.js';
+import { pinVenueShell } from '/src/venues/pin.js';
 import { sampleValues } from '/src/params/schema.js';
 import { subjectIndexOf } from '/src/look/stack.js';
 import { venues } from '/src/venues/registry.js';
 import { scenes } from '/src/scenes/registry.js';
 import { blit } from '/src/checks/blit.js';
+import { previewLink } from '/src/ui/preview.js';
 
 const THUMB = { width: 320, height: 180 };
 const DEFAULT_ROWS = 3;
@@ -228,25 +232,12 @@ async function renderCell(show, entry, venueName, vizMod, colIdx) {
     // Force the selected venue. The VenueSpec population stays the census one
     // (counts overlap between archetypes), so this is a shell swap for the lab.
     if (venueName) {
-        const picked = venues.find(v => v.name === venueName);
-        if (!picked) {
-            errorCard(`${entry.name} · col ${colIdx + 1}`, `unknown venue "${venueName}"`);
+        try {
+            pinVenueShell(look, venueName, { seed: seedBase, buildIfMissing: true });
+        } catch (err) {
+            errorCard(`${entry.name} · col ${colIdx + 1}`, err.message || String(err));
             return;
         }
-        if (!look.venue) {
-            look.venue = {
-                archetype: picked.archetype, name: picked.name, seed: seedBase,
-                shell: { kind: picked.archetype }, projection: { kind: 'screen' },
-                population: { kind: 'scatter', count: 5, spread: 0.7, jitter: 0.25 },
-                paletteMap: [0, 1, 2, 3],
-                perSection: look.sections.map(() => ({ light: 0.7, fog: 0.35, popMul: 0.65, reachMul: 0.85 })),
-                venue: true, readsDepth: false, module: picked,
-            };
-        } else {
-            look.venue.module = picked;
-            look.venue.name = picked.name;
-            look.venue.archetype = picked.archetype;
-        }
     }
     if (vizMod) pinViz(look, vizMod, seedBase);
 
@@ -286,6 +277,18 @@ async function renderCell(show, entry, venueName, vizMod, colIdx) {
     card.appendChild(cv);
     card.appendChild(meta);
     out.appendChild(card);
+    // Clicking opens the exact frame in the app — but only when the cell is
+    // reproducible there: a pinned viz re-samples the stacks outside any
+    // look, so those cards stay unlinked (same reason gallery cells aren't).
+    if (!vizMod && look.venue) {
+        previewLink(cv, {
+            song: entry.name,
+            seed: seedBase,
+            frame,
+            venue: true,
+            venueSel: venueName || look.venue.name,
+        });
+    }
     blit(cv, pix, THUMB.width, THUMB.height);
 }