Show recent errors as labelled chips and rebuild the reset button to match

fb.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"unsafe"
 
@@ -449,6 +450,31 @@ func (fb *framebuffer) rect(x0, y0, w, h int, c rgb) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Distance to the rectangle the corner radius sweeps around, which is zero
+// across the whole flat middle and grows only near a corner. Taking coverage
+// from that rather than from a plain inside test keeps the curves smooth
+// instead of stepped.
+func (fb *framebuffer) roundRect(x0, y0, w, h, r int, c rgb) {
+	// A radius past half the shorter side has no meaning and would put the
+	// swept rectangle inside out, which matters while something is growing from
+	// nothing.
+	r = min(r, min(w, h)/2)
+	ix0, iy0 := float64(x0+r), float64(y0+r)
+	ix1, iy1 := float64(x0+w-1-r), float64(y0+h-1-r)
+	for y := y0; y < y0+h; y++ {
+		for x := x0; x < x0+w; x++ {
+			fx, fy := float64(x), float64(y)
+			dx := math.Max(math.Max(ix0-fx, fx-ix1), 0)
+			dy := math.Max(math.Max(iy0-fy, fy-iy1), 0)
+			cov := float64(r) - math.Sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy) + 0.5
+			if cov <= 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+			fb.blend(x, y, c, uint8(math.Min(cov, 1)*255))
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Blends src over the existing pixel, with cov as 0-255 coverage.
 func (fb *framebuffer) blend(x, y int, c rgb, cov uint8) {
 	if x < 0 || y < 0 || x >= fb.w || y >= fb.h || cov == 0 {

ui.go

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ var (
 	uiOKEdge = rgb{0x3c, 0xe0, 0x70}
 	uiErrFil = rgb{0x54, 0x18, 0x1c}
 	uiErrEdg = rgb{0xff, 0x46, 0x46}
-	uiButton = rgb{0x25, 0x2b, 0x33}
 	uiFg     = rgb{0xe6, 0xe8, 0xea}
 	uiDim    = rgb{0x9a, 0xa2, 0xac}
 	uiCyan   = rgb{0x5c, 0xc8, 0xe0}
@@ -30,7 +29,15 @@ const (
 
 	btnW         = 240
 	btnH         = 64
+	btnRadius    = 10
+	btnBorder    = 2
 	holdDuration = time.Second
+
+	chipCols   = 2
+	chipPadY   = 9
+	chipGap    = 8
+	chipRadius = 8
+	chipBorder = 2
 )
 
 type rect struct {
@@ -88,7 +95,7 @@ func newDisplay() (*display, error) {
 	// the loaded faces actually measure.
 	gridLine := d.grid.cellH + rowGap
 	errH := len(errRows) * gridLine
-	d.nowH = d.huge.cellH + rowGap + gridLine + blockGap + errH
+	d.nowH = d.huge.cellH + rowGap + gridLine + blockGap + d.chipsH()
 	d.sinceH = 4*gridLine + blockGap + errH + blockGap + btnH
 
 	inner := fb.w - 2*uiMargin
@@ -129,21 +136,23 @@ func (d *display) holdReset(x, y int, down bool, now time.Time) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
+// Built like the error chips, since it sits among them: a coloured outline
+// around a dark well. Cyan rather than the status colours because it is
+// something to press, not something being reported.
 func (d *display) drawResetButton() {
 	r := d.resetBtn
-	d.fb.rect(r.x, r.y, r.w, r.h, uiButton)
+	d.fb.roundRect(r.x, r.y, r.w, r.h, btnRadius, uiCyan)
+	d.fb.roundRect(r.x+btnBorder, r.y+btnBorder, r.w-2*btnBorder, r.h-2*btnBorder,
+		btnRadius-btnBorder, uiBg)
 
+	// The hold fills the well rather than the whole button, so the outline stays
+	// put and it reads as the button filling up.
+	split := r.x + btnBorder
 	if d.holdFrac > 0 {
-		w := int(float64(r.w) * math.Min(d.holdFrac, 1))
+		w := int(float64(r.w-2*btnBorder) * math.Min(d.holdFrac, 1))
-		d.fb.rect(r.x, r.y, w, r.h, uiCyan)
+		d.fb.roundRect(r.x+btnBorder, r.y+btnBorder, w, r.h-2*btnBorder,
-	}
+			btnRadius-btnBorder, uiCyan)
-	for _, e := range []rect{
+		split += w
-		{r.x, r.y, r.w, 2},
-		{r.x, r.y + r.h - 2, r.w, 2},
-		{r.x, r.y, 2, r.h},
-		{r.x + r.w - 2, r.y, 2, r.h},
-	} {
-		d.fb.rect(e.x, e.y, e.w, e.h, uiCyan)
 	}
 
 	label := "RESET"
@@ -151,10 +160,9 @@ func (d *display) drawResetButton() {
 	ly := r.y + (r.h-d.gridB.cellH)/2
 	// The label straddles the fill, so each glyph takes the colour that reads
 	// against whatever is behind it.
-	split := r.x + int(float64(r.w)*math.Min(d.holdFrac, 1))
 	for i, c := range label {
 		gx := lx + i*d.gridB.cellW
-		col := uiFg
+		col := uiCyan
 		if gx+d.gridB.cellW/2 < split {
 			col = uiBg
 		}
@@ -203,6 +211,41 @@ func (d *display) errBlock(x, w, y int, e errs) int {
 	return y
 }
 
+func (d *display) chipH() int { return d.grid.cellH + 2*chipPadY }
+
+func (d *display) chipsH() int {
+	rows := (len(errRows) + chipCols - 1) / chipCols
+	return rows*(d.chipH()+chipGap) - chipGap
+}
+
+// The same kinds as errBlock, but answering whether rather than how many, and
+// carrying their own labels so nothing has to be matched up across a row. Over
+// a window this short a count is a number nobody can read before it changes;
+// the only thing worth knowing at a glance is which kinds are happening now.
+func (d *display) errChips(x, w, y int, e errs) int {
+	ch := d.chipH()
+	cw := (w - (chipCols-1)*chipGap) / chipCols
+	for i, r := range errRows {
+		col, row := i%chipCols, i/chipCols
+		// A last row with nothing to sit beside is centred, so the odd one out
+		// balances the rows above rather than hanging off the left of them.
+		n := min(len(errRows)-row*chipCols, chipCols)
+		cx := x + (w-(n*cw+(n-1)*chipGap))/2 + col*(cw+chipGap)
+		cy := y + row*(ch+chipGap)
+
+		// Outlined by drawing the border colour and then sinking a smaller well
+		// of background into it, so both curves get the same antialiasing.
+		c := errColor(r.get(e))
+		d.fb.roundRect(cx, cy, cw, ch, chipRadius, c)
+		d.fb.roundRect(cx+chipBorder, cy+chipBorder,
+			cw-2*chipBorder, ch-2*chipBorder, chipRadius-chipBorder, uiBg)
+
+		tx := cx + (cw-len([]rune(r.label))*d.grid.cellW)/2
+		d.grid.draw(d.fb, tx, cy+chipPadY, r.label, c)
+	}
+	return y + d.chipsH()
+}
+
 func (d *display) panel(p rect, e errs, contentH int) (int, int, int) {
 	fill, edge := uiOKFill, uiOKEdge
 	if e.total() > 0 {
@@ -257,7 +300,7 @@ func (d *display) render(v view, elapsed time.Duration, target float64, cable st
 	x, w, y := d.panel(d.nowPanel, v.window, d.nowH)
 	y = d.rateRow(x, w, y, "RX", v.rxGbps, target)
 	y = d.row(d.grid, x, w, y, "packets/s", commas(roundPPS(v.rxPPS)), uiFg)
-	d.errBlock(x, w, y+blockGap, v.window)
+	d.errChips(x, w, y+blockGap, v.window)
 
 	x, w, y = d.panel(d.sincePanel, v.since, d.sinceH)
 	y = d.row(d.grid, x, w, y, "uptime", uptime(elapsed), uiFg)