docs/web-ui.md

@@ -504,15 +504,6 @@ stops at the row's icon midline).
 
 ### Selection bar
 
-Per-card action buttons (`R3ST4RT` / `ST0P` / `ST4RT` / `R3BU1LD` /
-`DESTR0Y` / `PURG3`) used to live on each container row; the
-operator picked the bulk-bar model instead. Clicking an agent's
-icon toggles its selection (an in-memory `Set<name>`); `Esc` or
-the bar's `✕ clear` button drops everything. The selection
-persists across tab switches in-memory — the bar just hides on
-non-SW4RM tabs since other tabs don't show the agent cards needed
-to cross-reference.
-
 When one or more agents are selected (via icon click), a sticky
 frosted-mauve bar slides up from the bottom of the viewport
 (`#selection-bar`, `position: fixed; bottom: 0`). It shows:
@@ -522,15 +513,15 @@ frosted-mauve bar slides up from the bottom of the viewport
   support the action; disabled with a tooltip naming the blockers
   when the selection is mixed:
   - `↺ R3ST4RT` — running agents only
-  - `■ ST0P` — running agents only
+  - `■ ST0P` — running agents only (manager included; no special-case)
   - `▶ ST4RT` — stopped agents only
   - `↻ R3BU1LD` — always available
   - `DESTR0Y` / `PURG3` — sub-agents only (disabled if manager selected)
   - `⇡ M0V3 → ROOT` (#486) — promote selected agents to top-level
     (parent = null); disabled when all selected are already at root.
-    Backend `topology::set_parent` refuses moves it can't satisfy
+    Manager included with no special-case (matches the `ST0P` policy);
-    (e.g. moving the manager) and the refusal surfaces in the
+    the backend's `topology::set_parent` refuses to move the manager
-    failure roll-up.
+    and the refusal surfaces in the failure roll-up.
   - `⇢ M0V3 → [select]` (#486) — inline picker available for any
     selection size. The dropdown lists every container that isn't IN
     the selection itself nor a descendant of any selected agent

frontend/packages/dashboard/src/tabs.js

@@ -287,11 +287,11 @@ window.marked = marked;
     if (s) renderContainers(s);
   }
 
-  // ─── selection ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ─── selection (#443) ───────────────────────────────────────────────
-  // In-memory set of selected agent logical names backing the sticky
+  // Set of selected agent logical names. Toggled by clicking the
-  // #selection-bar. See docs/web-ui.md::Selection bar for the
+  // container-row icon. When non-empty, the sticky #selection-bar
-  // interaction model (icon-click toggle, Esc/clear button drop,
+  // becomes visible with the bulk actions. Per-card action buttons
-  // tab-gated visibility).
+  // are gone — actions live in the bar.
   const selectionState = new Set();
   function toggleSelection(name) {
     if (selectionState.has(name)) selectionState.delete(name);
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ window.marked = marked;
       // hyperhive mark (`/favicon.svg`, served by the dashboard
       // itself, always reachable). (issues #195, #202)
       const iconImg = el('img', { class: 'container-icon-img', alt: '' });
-      // Icon is the selection toggle. Click → add/remove from
+      // #443: icon is the selection toggle. Click → add/remove from
       // `selectionState` → re-render. role=button + tabindex makes it
       // keyboard-accessible; aria-pressed reflects the toggle state.
       const icon = el('div', {
@@ -698,11 +698,15 @@ window.marked = marked;
         ));
       }
 
-      // Per-card action buttons (R3ST4RT / ST0P / ST4RT / R3BU1LD /
+      // Per-card action buttons used to live here (R3ST4RT / ST0P /
-      // DESTR0Y / PURG3) moved to the selection bar — see
+      // ST4RT / R3BU1LD / DESTR0Y / PURG3). Per mara on #443: "dont
-      // docs/web-ui.md::Selection bar. The contextual `needs update ↻`
+      // show all the restart buttons etc., just show state and links.
+      // instead, clicking an agent icon selects that agent." Actions
+      // moved into the sticky #selection-bar (see renderSelectionBar)
+      // which appears when the operator has at least one agent
+      // selected via the icon click. The contextual `needs update ↻`
       // chip in the head row stays — it's a state-hint, not an
-      // action button.
+      // action button per se.
 
       // ── drill-ins ────────────────────────────────────────────────
       const drill = el('div', { class: 'drill-ins' });
@@ -726,13 +730,12 @@ window.marked = marked;
     renderSelectionBar(containers);
   }
 
-  // ─── selection bar ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  // ─── selection bar (#443) ───────────────────────────────────────────
-  // Sticky-bottom strip; visible when ≥1 agent selected on the SW4RM
+  // Sticky-bottom strip; visible when ≥1 agent selected. mara picked
-  // tab. See docs/web-ui.md::Selection bar for the interaction model
+  // option B: show every action button, disable the ones that don't
-  // and the per-action availability rules (disabled-with-tooltip for
+  // apply to the full selection, hover tooltip explains why. Actions
-  // actions that don't apply to the full selection). Actions POST per
+  // POST per agent in a loop (no new backend wire — endpoints already
-  // agent in a loop (endpoints are individually idempotent /
+  // exist and are individually idempotent / event-covered).
-  // event-covered, so no new bulk backend wire is needed).
   function renderSelectionBar(containers) {
     const bar = $('selection-bar');
     if (!bar) return;
@@ -742,9 +745,11 @@ window.marked = marked;
     if (!countSpan || !namesSpan || !actions) return;
 
     const selected = containers.filter((c) => selectionState.has(c.name));
-    // Tab-gate: bar only renders on SW4RM (the only tab with agent
+    // #596: the bar's actions only make sense on the SW4RM tab — that's
-    // cards to cross-reference). Selection state lives in-memory and
+    // where the agent cards are visible to cross-reference against the
-    // the bar reappears on return to SW4RM if still non-empty.
+    // selection. On other tabs the operator just sees a floating bar
+    // with no context, so hide it. Selection state persists in-memory
+    // and the bar reappears on return to SW4RM if still non-empty.
     const onSwarmTab = (document.body.dataset.activeTab || 'swarm') === 'swarm';
     if (!selected.length || !onSwarmTab) {
       bar.hidden = true;
@@ -780,6 +785,12 @@ window.marked = marked;
       confirm: (names) => `restart ${names.length} agent${names.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} (${names.join(', ')})?`,
       disabledTitle: why('↺ R3ST4RT', stoppedNames.map((n) => `\`${n}\` is stopped`)),
     });
+    // #443 also lifts the manager-stop guard: when the whole selection
+    // is running, ST0P applies — manager included. host-side hive-c0re
+    // keeps serving the dashboard either way + per-agent approvals +
+    // meta-input updates still work without the manager up, so we
+    // don't special-case the confirm prompt when the manager is in
+    // the selection (mara: "dont special case manager for stopping").
     addBulkButton(actions, 'btn-stop', '■ ST0P', allRunning, selected, {
       action: '/kill/',
       confirm: (names) => `stop ${names.length} agent${names.length === 1 ? '' : 's'} (${names.join(', ')})?`,
@@ -826,12 +837,14 @@ window.marked = marked;
     addMoveActions(actions, selected, containers);
   }
 
-  // Render the M0V3 affordances inside the selection bar — separate
+  // #486 — render the M0V3 affordances inside the selection bar. Split
-  // helper because the picker variant needs a select + button pair,
+  // into its own helper because the picker variant needs a select + button
-  // not the single-button shape addBulkButton ships. Backend
+  // pair, not the single-button shape addBulkButton ships.
-  // `topology::set_parent` refuses moves it can't satisfy (manager
+  //
-  // included) and the refusal surfaces in the bulk-action error
+  // No client-side manager special-case (mara on #695): backend
-  // roll-up.
+  // `topology::set_parent` refuses to move the manager and surfaces the
+  // refusal as a per-agent failure in the bulk-action error roll-up. Same
+  // pattern as #443 ST0P (which also doesn't special-case manager).
   function addMoveActions(parent, selected, containers) {
     // M0V3 → ROOT: parent=null for every selected agent. Only meaningful
     // when at least one selected agent currently has a non-null parent;
@@ -3253,9 +3266,9 @@ window.marked = marked;
       if (tab) tab.classList.toggle('active', t === target);
       if (pane) pane.classList.toggle('tab-pane-active', t === target);
     }
-    // Track active tab on the body so renderSelectionBar can gate
+    // #596: track active tab on the body so renderSelectionBar can
-    // visibility (bar only belongs on SW4RM where agent cards live).
+    // gate visibility (bar only belongs on SW4RM where agent cards
-    // Re-render the bar so the toggle takes effect immediately
+    // live). Re-render the bar so the toggle takes effect immediately
     // on hashchange without waiting for the next SSE update.
     document.body.dataset.activeTab = target;
     renderSelectionBar(Array.from(containersState.values()));