diff --git a/docs/IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md b/docs/IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md
index 8ec899b..7f47e71 100644
--- a/docs/IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md
+++ b/docs/IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.md
@@ -75,9 +75,11 @@ This is the at-a-glance list; keep it in sync with them.
**Next (flagged for build):**
- **Multi-view data model** ([`multi-view-data-model-scope.md`](exploration/multi-view-data-model-scope.md)) —
- durable composition support across the data-facing features. Done: the Vega-Lite-fidelity
- reference classifier (`core/spec-data`) and the view-scoped editor data context. Remaining:
- per-view data inspection (`DataInspector` view selector), then view-scoped Extract.
+ durable composition support across the data-facing features. **Complete** (M1–M5): the
+ Vega-Lite-fidelity reference classifier (`core/spec-data`), the view-scoped editor data
+ context, per-view data inspection, view-scoped Extract (inline + self-defined `datasets`),
+ and live/interactive inspection. The durable contract is recorded in `docs/architecture`
+ 05 (live inspection) and 07 (reference detection + extraction, §3.1–3.2).
- **Chart Builder · 3B starter examples** ([`chart-builder-enhancement-scope.md`](exploration/chart-builder-enhancement-scope.md) §3) —
a small set of curated starters, one per covered FT intent. Reshaped by 3C: a
builder-openable starter must reference a dataset, so it ships paired sample datasets (or is
diff --git a/docs/architecture/05-rendering-theming-preview.md b/docs/architecture/05-rendering-theming-preview.md
index b83eff8..4024617 100644
--- a/docs/architecture/05-rendering-theming-preview.md
+++ b/docs/architecture/05-rendering-theming-preview.md
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ when no chart is up), wrapping the view exactly like `toImageURL`. It works in t
a collapsed inspector costs nothing, which is why the panel reads on demand rather than on
every render. (A multi-view spec yields several tables; the panel's `SelectControl` picker
chooses which to show — labels never expose Vega's compiler names, see arch 10.)
+- **Stay live under interaction.** A selection that _filters_ a downstream view recomputes
+ that view's compiled table in place (no re-embed), so the open panel re-reads to track it —
+ "what am I visualizing now". `RenderHandle.onDataChange` attaches a debounced
+ `view.addDataListener` to each drawn table; a highlight selection (a `condition` encoding)
+ changes no data, so it never fires. Always live, no toggle — gated on the panel being open
+ like the read itself, and re-subscribed per settled render so it tracks the current handle.
---
diff --git a/docs/exploration/multi-view-data-model-scope.md b/docs/exploration/multi-view-data-model-scope.md
index c61464c..399b47a 100644
--- a/docs/exploration/multi-view-data-model-scope.md
+++ b/docs/exploration/multi-view-data-model-scope.md
@@ -82,19 +82,34 @@ collection (`spec-fields`), config baking (`spec-config`), standalone export
`columns · rows` cue. Enumerating by drawn table (not authored view) is forced by
Vega-Lite desugaring (a `point: true` line compiles to two layers). Replaced the
single-pair `core/result-data`.
-- **M5 — live / interactive inspection** — make the inspector react to interactive
- selections. A selection-as-**filter** (`filter: {param}`) recomputes a downstream
- view's `data_N` live, so the inspector should re-read on selection change to show
- the brushed result ("what am I visualizing _now_"); a selection-as-**highlight**
- (a `condition` encoding) changes no data, so nothing to react to. Needs a refresh
- model beyond the per-render `renderEpoch`: subscribe to the live view
- (`view.addDataListener` / selection signals), debounced (a brush drag pulses
- continuously — latency/interaction `/council` pass), and a default-on-vs-toggle
- choice. Selection `*_store` tables are not drawn, so the M4 enumeration already
- ignores them.
-- **M3 — view-scoped extract** — seed Extract from the focused view's inline data
- (reusing the cursor-scope machinery) and rewrite that view's `data`.
+- **M5 — live / interactive inspection** ✅ — the inspector reacts to interactive
+ selections. `RenderHandle.onDataChange` attaches a debounced `view.addDataListener`
+ to each drawn table's resolved + input names; a selection-as-**filter**
+ (`filter: {param}`) recomputes a downstream view's `data_N`, so its listener fires
+ and `LivePreview` bumps a `liveEpoch` that re-reads the table ("what am I
+ visualizing _now_"); a selection-as-**highlight** (a `condition` encoding) changes
+ no data, so nothing fires. The watcher is gated on the inspector being open
+ (a collapsed one costs nothing) and is **always live, no toggle** — the table just
+ tracks the brush; the ~120ms debounce coalesces a drag's continuous pulses.
+ Selection `*_store` tables are not drawn, so the M4 enumeration already ignores them.
+- **M3 — view-scoped extract** ✅ — Extract is scoped to the view at the cursor.
+ `services/extract-action` resolves the focused view's data binding
+ (`dataBindingAtPath`) and lifts whichever of two embedded-data shapes it carries:
+ a view's inline **`data.values`** (`inlineValuesOf` → rewrite that view's `data`
+ block at its anchor path), or a **`{ name }` reference to a self-defined
+ `datasets` entry** (`selfDefinedPayloadOf` → `promoteSelfDefinedDataset`: drop the
+ `datasets` entry, and the map when it empties, so the same reference resolves to
+ the new library dataset; rename refs when the name changes, pre-filled with the
+ existing name). The toolbar offers Extract whenever any view carries either shape
+ (`specHasExtractableData`); a cursor in a view with neither (a library ref, url,
+ generator) gets a guide toast. A single-view spec resolves to the root binding
+ from any cursor, so the common case is unchanged. Confirm re-serializes in the
+ app's house style. A `lookup` transform's inline `from.data` is covered incidentally
+ — `dataBindingAtPath` finds it like any view binding (which also means the editor
+ _hints_ read the lookup table's columns when the cursor sits inside the transform;
+ acceptable for now, noted). The orphan case — a `datasets` entry no view references
+ — is out of scope (no view to scope the cursor to; it is dead data to delete).
Delivery is incremental, one milestone per commit, verified against real behavior.
-The consolidated data-model contract write-up into `docs/architecture` (05/08)
-lands once the shape is final.
+The durable contract is recorded in `docs/architecture` 05 (live inspection) and 07
+(reference detection + extraction, §3.1–3.2); this memo stays the point-in-time record.
diff --git a/src/app/components/ChartBuilderModal.test.tsx b/src/app/components/ChartBuilderModal.test.tsx
index e28593e..a39f318 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ChartBuilderModal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/ChartBuilderModal.test.tsx
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ vi.mock('../services/chart-renderer', () => {
}
return {
renderSpec: vi.fn(() =>
- Promise.resolve({ destroy() {}, resize() {}, inspectData: () => null }),
+ Promise.resolve({
+ destroy() {},
+ resize() {},
+ inspectData: () => null,
+ onDataChange: () => () => {},
+ }),
),
ChartTooLargeError,
};
diff --git a/src/app/components/ColorControls.test.tsx b/src/app/components/ColorControls.test.tsx
index 0f4346c..2e78b93 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ColorControls.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/ColorControls.test.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ vi.mock('../services/chart-renderer', () => ({
resize() {},
toImageURL: () => Promise.resolve(''),
inspectData: () => null,
+ onDataChange: () => () => {},
}),
),
}));
diff --git a/src/app/components/DataInspector.tsx b/src/app/components/DataInspector.tsx
index 2f20b16..bd7306f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/DataInspector.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/DataInspector.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ interface DataInspectorPanelProps {
* `renderEpoch`).
*/
getData: () => InspectedData | null;
- /** Bumps whenever a render settles, so the open table re-reads the new rows. */
+ /**
+ * Refresh trigger: bumps whenever the data to show may have changed, so the open
+ * table re-reads. The live-preview pane bumps it on each settled render *and* on
+ * an interactive selection that changes the inspected rows (live mode, M5); the
+ * builder bumps it on render only.
+ */
renderEpoch: number;
/**
* Explicit panel height (px) — the live-preview pane sets this from its
diff --git a/src/app/components/LivePreview.test.tsx b/src/app/components/LivePreview.test.tsx
index be75603..f8b0b72 100644
--- a/src/app/components/LivePreview.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/LivePreview.test.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ vi.mock('../services/chart-renderer', () => ({
},
resize() {},
inspectData: () => null,
+ onDataChange: () => () => {},
});
});
});
diff --git a/src/app/components/LivePreview.tsx b/src/app/components/LivePreview.tsx
index 1379f8b..568c5e4 100644
--- a/src/app/components/LivePreview.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/LivePreview.tsx
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ export function LivePreview() {
// not `chartReady` — consecutive successful renders keep `chartReady` true, but
// each one is new data the inspector must pick up.
const [renderEpoch, setRenderEpoch] = useState(0);
+ // Bumped (debounced, inside the handle) when an interactive selection changes
+ // the inspected data without a re-render — the live data inspector (spec §04;
+ // multi-view scope doc M5). Kept separate from `renderEpoch` so a brush pulse
+ // re-reads the table without re-subscribing the listener; their sum is the
+ // inspector's single refresh trigger (each event bumps exactly one, so the sum
+ // is strictly monotonic — no collisions).
+ const [liveEpoch, setLiveEpoch] = useState(0);
// Busy-indication timer ref: if a render exceeds ~1s we surface a non-blocking
// overlay (arch §10.2 NN/g: >1s owes a busy indication; <1s shows nothing to
@@ -397,6 +404,19 @@ export function LivePreview() {
// on `renderEpoch`, so this need not depend on it (it always reads the latest handle).
const getInspectData = useCallback(() => handleRef.current?.inspectData() ?? null, []);
+ // Live data inspection (spec §04): while the inspector is open, re-read the table
+ // when an interactive selection changes the data it shows (a filtering brush). The
+ // handle owns the Vega listeners + debounce; we just bump `liveEpoch` on each fire.
+ // Re-subscribes whenever a render settles (`renderEpoch`) so it tracks the current
+ // handle, and only while the inspector is open so a collapsed one costs nothing.
+ // handleRef is a ref (read, not a dep); the cleanup unsubscribes.
+ useEffect(() => {
+ if (!inspectorOpen) return;
+ const handle = handleRef.current;
+ if (!handle) return;
+ return handle.onDataChange(() => setLiveEpoch((e) => e + 1));
+ }, [inspectorOpen, renderEpoch]);
+
// Re-fit the chart when its container resizes (e.g. a pane drag). Vega doesn't
// observe the element, so we do: one observer on the stable host node for the
// component's life. Only responsive fit modes depend on container size;
@@ -478,7 +498,7 @@ export function LivePreview() {
diff --git a/src/app/components/Onboarding.test.tsx b/src/app/components/Onboarding.test.tsx
index cac9eb5..00d51c3 100644
--- a/src/app/components/Onboarding.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/Onboarding.test.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ import { Onboarding } from './Onboarding';
// never touches vega-embed. A resolved no-op handle is enough — Onboarding only
// finalizes it on unmount.
vi.mock('../services/chart-renderer', () => ({
- renderSpec: () => Promise.resolve({ destroy() {}, resize() {}, inspectData: () => null }),
+ renderSpec: () =>
+ Promise.resolve({
+ destroy() {},
+ resize() {},
+ inspectData: () => null,
+ onDataChange: () => () => {},
+ }),
}));
(globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
diff --git a/src/app/components/ThemeBuilderModal.test.tsx b/src/app/components/ThemeBuilderModal.test.tsx
index 0aafc78..62f408a 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ThemeBuilderModal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/ThemeBuilderModal.test.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ const okHandle = () => ({
resize() {},
toImageURL: () => Promise.resolve(''),
inspectData: () => null,
+ onDataChange: () => () => {},
});
(globalThis as { IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT?: boolean }).IS_REACT_ACT_ENVIRONMENT = true;
diff --git a/src/app/components/ThemeControlPanels.test.tsx b/src/app/components/ThemeControlPanels.test.tsx
index e65fe4b..ac2a568 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ThemeControlPanels.test.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/ThemeControlPanels.test.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ vi.mock('../services/chart-renderer', () => ({
resize() {},
toImageURL: () => Promise.resolve(''),
inspectData: () => null,
+ onDataChange: () => () => {},
}),
),
}));
diff --git a/src/app/services/chart-renderer.ts b/src/app/services/chart-renderer.ts
index 3152f9e..480eac1 100644
--- a/src/app/services/chart-renderer.ts
+++ b/src/app/services/chart-renderer.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,60 @@ export interface InspectedData {
tables: InspectableTable[];
}
+/**
+ * Debounce for the live data inspector (spec §04; multi-view scope doc M5). A
+ * brush drag pulses `addDataListener` continuously; coalescing to one re-read per
+ * ~quiet-frame keeps the table feeling live without thrashing the grid on every
+ * pixel of the drag.
+ */
+export const LIVE_INSPECT_DEBOUNCE_MS = 120;
+
+/** The minimal Vega `View` surface the live-inspect watcher needs. */
+interface DataChangeView {
+ addDataListener(name: string, handler: () => void): unknown;
+ removeDataListener(name: string, handler: () => void): unknown;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Attach debounced listeners to every table the inspector shows so an interactive
+ * selection that recomputes a drawn table (a `filter: {param}` brush) re-reads the
+ * inspector live — see `RenderHandle.onDataChange`. Watches the union of each
+ * drawn table's resolved + input names (deduped); a highlight selection changes no
+ * data, so none fire. Returns an unsubscribe that cancels any pending re-read and
+ * detaches the listeners — but skips detaching once the view is finalized, since
+ * `view.finalize()` has already dropped every listener (and the unmount cleanup
+ * order can run this after the destroy). `isFinalized` is a getter, not a boolean,
+ * so it reflects the view's state at unsubscribe time, not subscribe time.
+ */
+export function watchInspectableData(
+ view: DataChangeView,
+ vgSpec: unknown,
+ onChange: () => void,
+ isFinalized: () => boolean,
+): () => void {
+ if (isFinalized()) return () => {};
+ const names = [...new Set(inspectableViews(vgSpec).flatMap((v) => [v.resolved, v.input]))];
+ if (names.length === 0) return () => {};
+
+ let timer: ReturnType | null = null;
+ const handler = (): void => {
+ if (timer !== null) clearTimeout(timer);
+ timer = setTimeout(() => {
+ timer = null;
+ onChange();
+ }, LIVE_INSPECT_DEBOUNCE_MS);
+ };
+ for (const name of names) view.addDataListener(name, handler);
+
+ return () => {
+ if (timer !== null) {
+ clearTimeout(timer);
+ timer = null;
+ }
+ if (!isFinalized()) for (const name of names) view.removeDataListener(name, handler);
+ };
+}
+
export interface RenderHandle {
/** Finalize the underlying Vega view and clear the node. */
destroy(): void;
@@ -104,6 +158,16 @@ export interface RenderHandle {
* "no chart" so the inspector can say which.
*/
inspectData(): InspectedData | null;
+ /**
+ * Subscribe to live changes of the inspected tables, for the data inspector's
+ * live mode (spec §04; multi-view scope doc M5). An interactive selection that
+ * *filters* a downstream view recomputes that view's compiled table in place —
+ * no re-embed — so a static inspector would show stale rows until the next full
+ * render; this fires (debounced) so the caller can re-read via `inspectData()`.
+ * A highlight selection (a `condition` encoding) changes no data, so it never
+ * fires. Returns an unsubscribe; a no-op when the view is already finalized.
+ */
+ onDataChange(listener: () => void): () => void;
}
export interface RenderOptions {
@@ -323,5 +387,8 @@ export async function renderSpec(
}));
return { tables };
},
+ onDataChange(listener) {
+ return watchInspectableData(result.view, result.vgSpec, listener, () => finalized);
+ },
};
}
diff --git a/src/app/services/chart-renderer.watch.test.ts b/src/app/services/chart-renderer.watch.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ae336a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/services/chart-renderer.watch.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/**
+ * Live-inspection watcher (`watchInspectableData`) — the wiring behind
+ * `RenderHandle.onDataChange` (spec §04; multi-view scope doc M5). Verified against
+ * a fake Vega view + fake timers; the real selection→filter→data recompute is an
+ * integration behavior exercised manually (renderSpec is vega-embed-bound).
+ */
+
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { LIVE_INSPECT_DEBOUNCE_MS, watchInspectableData } from './chart-renderer';
+
+/** A compiled-Vega-shape spec: one drawn table data_0, sourced from source_0. */
+const vgSpec = {
+ data: [{ name: 'source_0' }, { name: 'data_0', source: 'source_0' }],
+ marks: [{ type: 'symbol', from: { data: 'data_0' } }],
+};
+
+function fakeView() {
+ const listeners = new Map void>>();
+ return {
+ added: [] as string[],
+ removed: [] as string[],
+ addDataListener(name: string, handler: () => void) {
+ const set = listeners.get(name) ?? new Set<() => void>();
+ set.add(handler);
+ listeners.set(name, set);
+ this.added.push(name);
+ },
+ removeDataListener(name: string, handler: () => void) {
+ listeners.get(name)?.delete(handler);
+ this.removed.push(name);
+ },
+ fire(name: string) {
+ for (const handler of listeners.get(name) ?? []) handler();
+ },
+ };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => vi.useFakeTimers());
+afterEach(() => vi.useRealTimers());
+
+describe('watchInspectableData', () => {
+ it('watches both the resolved and input table of each drawn view', () => {
+ const view = fakeView();
+ watchInspectableData(
+ view,
+ vgSpec,
+ () => {},
+ () => false,
+ );
+ expect(new Set(view.added)).toEqual(new Set(['data_0', 'source_0']));
+ });
+
+ it('debounces a burst of changes into a single re-read', () => {
+ const view = fakeView();
+ const onChange = vi.fn();
+ watchInspectableData(view, vgSpec, onChange, () => false);
+
+ view.fire('data_0');
+ view.fire('data_0');
+ view.fire('data_0'); // a brush drag pulsing
+ expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled(); // still within the debounce window
+
+ vi.advanceTimersByTime(LIVE_INSPECT_DEBOUNCE_MS);
+ expect(onChange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+ });
+
+ it('unsubscribe detaches listeners and cancels a pending re-read', () => {
+ const view = fakeView();
+ const onChange = vi.fn();
+ const stop = watchInspectableData(view, vgSpec, onChange, () => false);
+
+ view.fire('data_0');
+ stop();
+ vi.advanceTimersByTime(LIVE_INSPECT_DEBOUNCE_MS * 2);
+
+ expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled(); // pending re-read cancelled
+ expect(new Set(view.removed)).toEqual(new Set(['data_0', 'source_0']));
+ });
+
+ it('is a no-op when the view is already finalized at subscribe', () => {
+ const view = fakeView();
+ const stop = watchInspectableData(
+ view,
+ vgSpec,
+ () => {},
+ () => true,
+ );
+ expect(view.added).toEqual([]);
+ stop(); // safe
+ });
+
+ it('after finalize, unsubscribe cancels the timer but does not touch the dead view', () => {
+ const view = fakeView();
+ const onChange = vi.fn();
+ let finalized = false;
+ const stop = watchInspectableData(view, vgSpec, onChange, () => finalized);
+
+ view.fire('data_0');
+ finalized = true; // view.finalize() ran (dropping its own listeners) before cleanup
+ stop();
+ vi.advanceTimersByTime(LIVE_INSPECT_DEBOUNCE_MS * 2);
+
+ expect(onChange).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+ expect(view.removed).toEqual([]); // didn't call removeDataListener on a dead view
+ });
+
+ it('does nothing for a spec that draws no inspectable table', () => {
+ const view = fakeView();
+ const stop = watchInspectableData(
+ view,
+ { data: [], marks: [] },
+ () => {},
+ () => false,
+ );
+ expect(view.added).toEqual([]);
+ stop();
+ });
+});