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Rebuild admin UI with React + Tailwind CSS v4 + shadcn/ui#187
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Summary

  • Replace jQuery/Select2/PHP template admin UI with React 18 + Tailwind CSS v4 + shadcn/ui component architecture
  • Migrate all 6 admin pages (Settings, Terms, Users, Comments, Attachments, Posts) to lazy-loaded React roots backed by the existing REST API
  • Refactor PHP: unify container helpers in Factory classes, convert Ajax.php to instance methods, add DI-friendly Plugin methods, deprecate Field.php
  • Set up build pipeline with Bun, @tailwindcss/postcss, and fp: class prefix for CSS isolation from WordPress admin
  • Add 42 Jest tests (components, hooks, pages) and 11 WPUnit PHP tests for asset registration and page config

Latest changes

  • Replaced CSS #fakerpress-react-root specificity with zero-specificity :where([data-fp-root]) attribute scoping so WordPress admin form styles are cleanly overridden without !important
  • Removed ~433 lines of legacy Select2/jQuery .__fakerpress styles from admin.pcss
  • Simplified DateRangeField to a single value/onChange prop pair; fixed default dates being initialised as empty strings
  • Added tooltips to all form fields on the Attachments page
  • Tuned button and input sizes down one step for tighter WP admin fit
  • Set data-fp-root on document.body in JS and on template root divs in PHP so resets apply globally

Test plan

  • Run bun install && bun run build — verify build/admin.js, build/admin.css, and build/admin.asset.php are produced
  • Run bun run test — verify all 42 Jest tests pass
  • Run composer test:wpunit — verify all WPUnit tests pass (existing + 11 new)
  • Activate plugin in WordPress, visit each FakerPress admin page and verify React UI renders
  • Generate items from each page (Terms, Users, Comments, Attachments, Posts) via the Generate button
  • Test AJAX search fields (Author, Parent post, Term search) in ComboboxMulti components
  • Test date range presets and custom date pickers
  • Test Meta Field Rules add/remove and type switching
  • Verify Settings page erase confirmation dialog works
  • Confirm WordPress admin form elements (inputs, selects, buttons) retain native WP styles outside FakerPress panels

bordoni added 16 commits March 3, 2026 00:50
Replace the jQuery/Select2/PHP template admin interface with a modern
React component architecture. Each admin page renders as a separate
React root mounted on #fakerpress-react-root, using lazy-loaded page
components, React Hook Form for state, and the existing REST API for
data generation.

PHP refactoring:
- Unify container usage in Factory classes with helper functions
- Convert Ajax.php static methods to instance methods
- Add DI-friendly instance methods to Plugin.php
- Mark Field.php as @deprecated
- Add wp_localize_script page config bridge to all View classes

Build pipeline:
- Switch from npm to Bun, add React 18, Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui
- Configure webpack with @tailwindcss/postcss for packages/
- Register React bundle in Assets.php with conditional loading
- Set up Jest with jsdom, @testing-library/react, WordPress mocks

React components (22 shadcn/ui + 9 custom):
- Form: RangeInput, ComboboxMulti, DateRangeField, MetaFieldRules,
  TaxonomyFieldRules, GenerateButton, FormField
- Layout: PageLayout, AdminNotice
- Hooks: usePageConfig, useGenerateModule (with batching),
  useAsyncSearch (debounced AJAX)

Pages migrated: Settings, Terms, Users, Comments, Attachments, Posts

Tests: 42 Jest tests (components, hooks, pages) + 11 WPUnit tests
- Delete .nvmrc (no longer needed with Bun)
- Update AGENTS.md: prerequisites table, JS/CSS section heading, and all npm run commands → bun run
- Update CI js-build job: setup-node+npm ci → oven-sh/setup-bun+bun install/run
- Replace @import "tailwindcss" with partial imports (theme + utilities)
  to skip preflight and prevent global reset leaking into WP admin
- Add minimal scoped reset in @layer base targeting #fakerpress-react-root
- Add StripTailwindLayerHacksPlugin webpack plugin to remove Tailwind v4's
  :not(#\#) cascade-compatibility shims from compiled CSS assets
- Add postcss.config.js to route package CSS through @tailwindcss/postcss
- Document Tailwind/WP admin pitfalls in CLAUDE.md (formerly AGENTS.md)
- Fix all Tailwind classes from `fp-*` dash notation to `fp:*` colon notation
- Fix variant ordering: `fp:hover:`, `fp:last:`, `fp:sm:` (prefix always first)
- Document the correct `fp:` colon prefix rule in AGENTS.md
- Add scoped CSS variables and base styles to globals.css
- Add StripTailwindLayerHacksPlugin and minor webpack config tweaks

Tailwind v4 `prefix(fp)` generates `.fp\:flex` selectors — the dash form
`fp-flex` matches nothing and styles silently fail.
- Add @config directive to globals.css
- Switch box-sizing reset to :where(#fakerpress-react-root) for lower specificity
- Add :where([data-fp-root]) resets for all WP admin form element overrides
- Update color tokens to WP admin blue palette
- Remove legacy .__fakerpress block from admin.pcss (~433 lines)
- Add data-fp-root attribute to all PHP template root divs
- Set data-fp-root on document.body so CSS resets apply to all WP form elements
- Simplify DateRangeField to value/onChange API; export getPresetRange helper
- Initialise date default values with computed preset dates (not empty strings)
- Add tooltip props to all FormField instances on Attachments page
- Reduce button/input sizes one step for WP admin density (h-9→h-8, etc.)
- Add build:dev script to package.json
… reset

- Add @csstools/postcss-is-pseudo-class with onComplexSelector: 'ignore' to postcss.config.js
- Patch postcss-preset-env in .pcss webpack pipeline to also suppress warning
- Move CSS vars into @layer fp-base for internal cascade organization
- Promote WP admin resets out of @layer base (unlayered beats WP unlayered via source order)
- Add missing resets for headings, links, lists, and paragraphs to block WP admin bleed
…onents

- ReactAssetTest: register React bundle on an active admin page before asserting
- jest: ignore the dev/ Bun sub-project so its bun:test files don't run under Jest
- date-range-field/combobox-multi/meta-field-rules: update stale tests to the
  current component APIs (value/onChange, aria-labelled remove controls, inputs)
Make the X icon smaller (size-2.5) and turn the remove wrapper into a
centered inline-flex square so the rounded hover background aligns to the
badge instead of hugging the icon's text box.
…ound

Add a transparent base border to dropdown options and apply a visible
border plus accent background on hover and keyboard highlight so the
active option stands out clearly.
- cn(): configure tailwind-merge with the fp: prefix so className overrides
  (radius, border, etc.) actually win over component base classes instead of
  being silently dropped
- multi-select badges: give selected items a visible border and softer
  rectangular corners (rounded-md) instead of full pills
- switch: replace the transparent border with a visible foreground/20 border
- Migrate taxonomy term search from AJAX to REST (/terms/search)
- Add per-post-type default meta (_thumbnail_id) via the fakerpress.posts.default_meta filter
- Pre-fill and non-destructively merge default meta on post type change
- Guard Meta::generate() so under-configured meta types skip instead of fataling
- Restyle Taxonomy/Meta Field Rules from box to header + divider
- Move "Add Rule" buttons to the right
- Document that JS/CSS changes require recompiling
- Add attachment meta config panel (Stored Data id/url + Providers)
- Add a per-rule Weight field to every meta type
- Pre-configure default _thumbnail_id (store=id, providers, weight 75) so it
  renders complete and generates a featured image
- Fix meta type to backend mapping: number -> numbers, drop unsupported date,
  reshape ranged configs to positional [min,max] arrays, add config panels for
  wp_query / person / geo / company
- Enforce canonical config key order in transform so positional array_values()
  maps correctly regardless of UI interaction order
- Fix taxonomy mapping: emit the 'taxonomy' key (not 'taxonomy_rules') and a
  'qty' range (not 'quantity') so terms are actually applied; 'rate' already
  covers the old taxonomy 'weight' concept
- Add RuleCard/RuleField (components/form/rule-card.tsx): a white card per
  rule with a numbered badge, header − / + controls, and label-on-left field
  rows; removes the fragmented side-rail layout
- Rebuild Meta and Taxonomy rule rows and every per-type config panel on the
  new layout, matching the stable UI's native-WP form feel
- Add attachment Width/Height range fields; transform special-cases attachment
  so weight stays in slot 3 (store, providers, weight, width, height)
- Pre-fill a filterable default taxonomy rule (Categories + Tags, Rate 85,
  Qty 1-4) via the fakerpress.posts.default_taxonomy filter
- White card backgrounds on all rule rows
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