bare-tui-form 0.0.0 → 0.0.1

package/form.js

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+// Form — a declarative form built from fields.
+//
+// Give it an ordered list of fields; it owns focus movement between them (via
+// bare-tui's focus ring), validation, and submission, and renders the whole
+// thing. Fields may be field instances (form.text({…})) or plain definition
+// objects with a `type` (`{ type: 'text', name: 'email' }`) — the latter is the
+// shape the JSON-Schema mapper emits, so both paths converge here.
+//
+// NESTED OBJECTS. A field def may be an object section
+// ({ type: 'object', name, optional, fields: [...] }); the form *flattens* these
+// into a flat, depth-first list of focusable fields — each carrying its `path`
+// (['address','street']) — plus a render `layout` with section headers and
+// indentation. value()/setValues()/errors() walk the paths to produce/consume
+// the nested object. A non-required (`optional`) section gets a checkbox gate.
+//
+// DYNAMIC FIELD SETS (oneOf/anyOf/if-then-else). A field (and its layout item)
+// may carry an `_activeWhen()` predicate — a closure over controlling field
+// instances. Inactive fields are hidden, unfocusable, uncollected, unvalidated.
+// The form recomputes the active set on every keystroke and re-drives the ring.
+//
+// ARRAYS OF OBJECTS ({ type: 'array', itemFields, minItems, maxItems }). The set
+// of fields can change *size* at runtime. Each array tracks an ordered list of
+// entry *ids* (stable identity, independent of position); positions derive paths
+// (contacts.0.name). _build() expands every array's entries and reuses field
+// instances from a cache keyed by (arrayPath, entryId, subPath), so add / remove
+// preserve each entry's values and shift the rest cleanly. Add/remove are
+// focusable buttons (fields/action.js); the form mutates the id list and
+// rebuilds. value() materializes real arrays.
+//
+// Keys (all configurable via the `keys` option — see defaultKeys): enter
+// confirms the focused field and advances / activates a button — it never
+// submits. A dedicated `submit` key (default ctrl+s) commits the form, so a form
+// ending in an array's "+ Add" button can't be submitted by accident. When the
+// body is taller than the terminal the form scrolls, keeping the focused field
+// in view. The form never calls quit; it emits 'form.submit' / 'form.cancel' and
+// the host (or run()) decides what they mean.
+const { Program, quit, batch, key, spinner } = require('bare-tui')
+const focus = require('bare-tui').focus
+
+const FRAME_SETS = { dots: spinner.dots, line: spinner.line, points: spinner.points }
+
+const { text } = require('./fields/text')
+const { textarea } = require('./fields/textarea')
+const { number } = require('./fields/number')
+const { select } = require('./fields/select')
+const { radio } = require('./fields/radio')
+const { confirm } = require('./fields/confirm')
+const { multiselect } = require('./fields/multiselect')
+const { constant } = require('./fields/constant')
+const { action } = require('./fields/action')
+const { SectionToggleField } = require('./fields/section')
+const { Field } = require('./fields/base')
+const theme = require('./theme')
+
+const emit = (msg) => () => msg
+const always = () => true
+
+// Form-level keybindings. Every action is an array of chords; pass a partial
+// `keys` to form.create() to override individual ones (merged over these).
+//
+// Submit is deliberately NOT enter: enter confirms a field / activates a button
+// / advances, and a separate `submit` chord commits the form — so a form that
+// ends in an array's "+ Add" button can't be submitted by accident. The default
+// submit is ctrl+s rather than a modifier+enter because most terminals can't
+// tell ctrl/shift+enter from a plain enter (all arrive as \r); bind it to
+// ['alt+enter'] etc. if your terminal supports distinguishing it.
+const defaultKeys = {
+  submit: ['ctrl+s'], // commit the whole form
+  cancel: ['ctrl+c'], // emit form.cancel
+  confirm: ['enter'], // confirm the focused field / activate a button / advance
+  next: ['tab'], // focus the next field
+  prev: ['shift+tab'], // focus the previous field
+  scrollUp: ['pageup'], // scroll the body up a page (when it doesn't all fit)
+  scrollDown: ['pagedown'] // scroll the body down a page
+}
+
+function mergeKeys(user) {
+  const out = {}
+  for (const k of Object.keys(defaultKeys)) {
+    out[k] = user && user[k] ? [].concat(user[k]) : defaultKeys[k].slice()
+  }
+  return out
+}
+const SEP = '\u0000' // path/cache-key segment separator: a NUL, which never appears in a JSON key
+
+const builders = { text, textarea, number, select, radio, confirm, multiselect, constant }
+
+// Turn a leaf field definition object into a field instance; pass instances
+// through untouched. Object/variant/conditional/array groups are handled by
+// flatten(), not here.
+function fromDef(def) {
+  if (def instanceof Field) return def
+  if (def && typeof def === 'object' && def.type) {
+    const build = builders[def.type]
+    if (!build) throw new Error('unknown field type: ' + def.type)
+    return build(def)
+  }
+  throw new Error('form field must be a field instance or a { type, … } object')
+}
+
+// Fetch-or-create a field instance by cache key, so rebuilds preserve state.
+function getOrCreate(ctx, keySegs, factory) {
+  const k = keySegs.join(SEP)
+  let f = ctx.cache.get(k)
+  if (!f) {
+    f = factory()
+    ctx.cache.set(k, f)
+  }
+  return f
+}
+
+// Read `path` from `obj`. Returns { found, value } so an explicit `undefined`
+// is distinguishable from "absent" (uses hasOwnProperty — pollution-safe; works
+// on arrays since numeric string indices are own keys).
+function getIn(obj, path) {
+  let node = obj
+  for (let i = 0; i < path.length; i++) {
+    if (!node || typeof node !== 'object') return { found: false }
+    const k = path[i]
+    if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(node, k)) return { found: false }
+    node = node[k]
+  }
+  return { found: true, value: node }
+}
+
+// Is `prefix` a (strict or equal) ancestor path of `path`?
+function isAncestor(prefix, path) {
+  if (prefix.length >= path.length) return false
+  for (let i = 0; i < prefix.length; i++) if (prefix[i] !== path[i]) return false
+  return true
+}
+function startsWith(path, prefix) {
+  if (path.length < prefix.length) return false
+  for (let i = 0; i < prefix.length; i++) if (path[i] !== prefix[i]) return false
+  return true
+}
+
+// Flatten (possibly nested / dynamic / repeating) field defs into { fields,
+// layout }. `parentPath` is the value path; `parentCache` is the parallel cache-
+// key prefix (identical to parentPath except inside an array entry, where the
+// position index in the path is an entry id in the cache — so values follow an
+// entry across reorders). `active` is the inherited activeness predicate. `ctx`
+// carries the instance cache, the array-state registry, and the set of array
+// paths (for array-aware value()).
+function flatten(defs, parentPath, parentCache, active, ctx) {
+  const fields = []
+  const layout = []
+  const locals = {} // local name → field, for conditional guards
+
+  const add = (field, activeWhen, indent) => {
+    field._activeWhen = activeWhen
+    fields.push(field)
+    layout.push({ type: 'field', field, indent, activeWhen })
+  }
+
+  for (const def of defs) {
+    // --- nested object: subform or optional gate -----------------------------
+    if (def && !(def instanceof Field) && def.type === 'object') {
+      const path = parentPath.concat(def.name)
+      const cache = parentCache.concat(def.name)
+      const indent = path.length - 1
+      if (def.optional) {
+        const toggle = getOrCreate(
+          ctx,
+          cache,
+          () =>
+            new SectionToggleField({
+              name: def.name,
+              title: def.title || def.name,
+              description: def.description || '',
+              value: !!def.value
+            })
+        )
+        toggle.path = path
+        locals[def.name] = toggle
+        add(toggle, active, indent)
+      } else {
+        layout.push({
+          type: 'header',
+          title: def.title || def.name,
+          description: def.description || '',
+          indent,
+          activeWhen: active
+        })
+      }
+      const child = flatten(def.fields || [], path, cache, active, ctx)
+      fields.push(...child.fields)
+      layout.push(...child.layout)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    // --- oneOf/anyOf variant -------------------------------------------------
+    if (def && def.type === 'variant') {
+      const path = parentPath.concat(def.name)
+      const cache = parentCache.concat(def.name)
+      const selector = getOrCreate(ctx, cache.concat('$select'), () =>
+        select({
+          name: def.name,
+          label: def.selectorLabel || def.title || def.name,
+          description: def.description || '',
+          options: def.branches.map((b, i) => ({ label: b.title || `Option ${i + 1}`, value: i })),
+          selected: 0
+        })
+      )
+      selector.path = path
+      selector.isSelector = true
+      selector._branchKeys = def.branches.map((b) =>
+        (b.fields || []).map((x) => x && x.name).filter(Boolean)
+      )
+      locals[def.name] = selector
+      add(selector, active, path.length - 1)
+
+      def.branches.forEach((branch, i) => {
+        const branchActive = () => active() && selector.value() === i
+        // Branches share the value path but are mutually exclusive, so give each
+        // its own cache prefix — otherwise two branches' same-named fields would
+        // collide on one cached instance.
+        const child = flatten(branch.fields || [], path, cache.concat('~' + i), branchActive, ctx)
+        fields.push(...child.fields)
+        layout.push(...child.layout)
+      })
+      continue
+    }
+
+    // --- if/then/else conditional --------------------------------------------
+    if (def && def.type === 'conditional') {
+      const controllers = (def.when || []).map((w) => ({ name: w.name, allowed: w.allowed }))
+      const guard = () =>
+        controllers.every((c) => {
+          const f = locals[c.name]
+          return f ? c.allowed.has(f.value()) : false
+        })
+      const thenActive = () => active() && guard()
+      const elseActive = () => active() && !guard()
+      // Distinct cache prefixes so a then field and an else field of the same
+      // name don't share one cached instance (they're mutually exclusive).
+      const t = flatten(def.then || [], parentPath, parentCache.concat('~then'), thenActive, ctx)
+      const e = flatten(def.else || [], parentPath, parentCache.concat('~else'), elseActive, ctx)
+      fields.push(...t.fields, ...e.fields)
+      layout.push(...t.layout, ...e.layout)
+      continue
+    }
+
+    // --- array of objects ----------------------------------------------------
+    if (def && def.type === 'array') {
+      const path = parentPath.concat(def.name)
+      const cache = parentCache.concat(def.name)
+      const stateKey = path.join(SEP)
+      ctx.arrayPaths.set(stateKey, path)
+      let state = ctx.arrays.get(stateKey)
+      if (!state) {
+        state = { ids: [], nextId: 1, minItems: def.minItems || 0, maxItems: def.maxItems || 0 }
+        for (let i = 0; i < state.minItems; i++) state.ids.push(state.nextId++)
+        ctx.arrays.set(stateKey, state)
+      }
+      state.path = path
+      state.cache = cache
+      state.activeWhen = active
+      const addable = def.addable !== false // uiSchema ui:options.addable
+      const removable = def.removable !== false // uiSchema ui:options.removable
+
+      layout.push({
+        type: 'arrayHeader',
+        title: def.title || def.name,
+        description: def.description || '',
+        indent: path.length - 1,
+        arrayKey: stateKey,
+        activeWhen: active
+      })
+
+      state.ids.forEach((id, pos) => {
+        const entryPath = path.concat(String(pos))
+        const entryCache = cache.concat('@' + id)
+        layout.push({
+          type: 'entryHeader',
+          title: def.itemTitle || 'Item',
+          index: pos,
+          indent: path.length,
+          activeWhen: active
+        })
+        const child = flatten(def.itemFields || [], entryPath, entryCache, active, ctx)
+        fields.push(...child.fields)
+        layout.push(...child.layout)
+        if (removable && state.ids.length > state.minItems) {
+          const btn = getOrCreate(ctx, entryCache.concat('$remove'), () =>
+            action({
+              name: '$remove',
+              buttonLabel: '✕ Remove',
+              action: { kind: 'array.remove', arrayKey: stateKey, id }
+            })
+          )
+          btn.path = entryPath.concat('$remove')
+          add(btn, active, path.length)
+        }
+      })
+
+      if (addable && state.ids.length < state.maxItems) {
+        const btn = getOrCreate(ctx, cache.concat('$add'), () =>
+          action({
+            name: '$add',
+            buttonLabel: def.addLabel || '+ Add',
+            action: { kind: 'array.add', arrayKey: stateKey }
+          })
+        )
+        btn.path = path.concat('$add')
+        add(btn, active, path.length - 1)
+      }
+      continue
+    }
+
+    // --- leaf ----------------------------------------------------------------
+    const key = def instanceof Field ? def.key : def.name
+    const field = getOrCreate(ctx, parentCache.concat(key), () => fromDef(def))
+    field.path = parentPath.concat(field.key)
+    if (field.key) locals[field.key] = field
+    field._activeWhen = active
+    fields.push(field)
+    // A hidden field (uiSchema `ui:widget: 'hidden'`) is collected but never
+    // rendered or focused.
+    if (!field.hidden) {
+      layout.push({ type: 'field', field, indent: field.path.length - 1, activeWhen: active })
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { fields, layout }
+}
+
+class Form {
+  constructor(opts = {}) {
+    this.title = opts.title || ''
+    this.description = opts.description || ''
+    this.theme = theme.merge(opts.theme)
+    this.keys = mergeKeys(opts.keys)
+    // Re-run dirty async validators on submit (serially, behind one spinner).
+    // Default on; pass false to opt out — then YOU are responsible for ensuring
+    // async checks ran (the form will submit whatever's there).
+    this.validateAsyncOnSubmit = opts.validateAsyncOnSubmit !== false
+    this._formValidating = false // true while the submit-time async pass runs
+    this._formSpinner = null
+    this._queue = [] // async fields still to check this submit
+    this._queueAt = 0
+    this._submitToken = 0 // generation: discards stale/cancelled check results
+    this._defs = opts.fields || []
+    this._cache = new Map()
+    this._arrays = new Map()
+    this._arrayErrors = {}
+    this.width = 0
+    this.height = 0 // 0 = unknown → render everything inline (no scrolling)
+    this._scroll = 0 // body scroll offset (lines), used once height is known
+    this.ring = focus.create({
+      items: [],
+      keys: {
+        next: key.binding({ keys: this.keys.next }),
+        prev: key.binding({ keys: this.keys.prev })
+      }
+    })
+    this.submitted = false
+    this.cancelled = false
+    this.busy = false // true while an async validation is in flight
+    this._build()
+    this._recompute()
+    this._applyAutofocus()
+  }
+
+  // uiSchema `ui:autofocus`: start focus on the first field that asked for it.
+  _applyAutofocus() {
+    const i = this.ring.items.findIndex((f) => f.autofocus)
+    if (i >= 0) this.ring.focus(i)
+  }
+
+  // (Re)expand defs into the current flat field list + render layout, reusing
+  // cached instances so values survive structural changes (array add/remove).
+  _build() {
+    const ctx = { cache: this._cache, arrays: this._arrays, arrayPaths: new Map() }
+    const { fields, layout } = flatten(this._defs, [], [], always, ctx)
+    this.fields = fields
+    this.layout = layout
+    this._arrayPaths = ctx.arrayPaths
+    this._arrayKeySet = new Set(ctx.arrayPaths.keys())
+    this.fields.forEach((f) => f.setTheme(this.theme))
+    return this
+  }
+
+  init() {
+    const cmds = this.fields
+      .map((f) => (typeof f.init === 'function' ? f.init() : null))
+      .filter(Boolean)
+    return cmds.length ? batch(...cmds) : null
+  }
+
+  _isActive(field) {
+    return field._activeWhen ? !!field._activeWhen() : true
+  }
+
+  // Recompute the live fields and re-drive the focus ring with the active,
+  // focusable subset — preserving focus on the current field when it survives.
+  _recompute() {
+    const focused = this.ring.focused()
+    this.activeFields = this.fields.filter((f) => this._isActive(f))
+    const items = this.activeFields.filter((f) => f.focusable !== false)
+    this.ring.setItems(items)
+    if (focused) {
+      const i = items.indexOf(focused)
+      if (i >= 0) this.ring.focus(i)
+    }
+    return this
+  }
+
+  // Build `value` at `path`, creating arrays at array paths and objects elsewhere.
+  _setIn(obj, path, value) {
+    let node = obj
+    for (let i = 0; i < path.length - 1; i++) {
+      const k = path[i]
+      if (node[k] === null || node[k] === undefined || typeof node[k] !== 'object') {
+        node[k] = this._arrayKeySet.has(path.slice(0, i + 1).join(SEP)) ? [] : {}
+      }
+      node = node[k]
+    }
+    node[path[path.length - 1]] = value
+  }
+
+  // The collected values, as a (possibly nested, possibly array-bearing) object.
+  // Selectors, section gates, and buttons contribute no value; inactive fields
+  // and the subtree of an unchecked optional section are omitted. Active arrays
+  // always appear (as [] when empty).
+  value() {
+    const out = {}
+    for (const f of this.activeFields) {
+      if (f.isSection || f.isSelector || f.isButton) continue
+      if (this._gatedOff(f)) continue
+      this._setIn(out, f.path, f.value())
+    }
+    for (const state of this._arrays.values()) {
+      if (state.activeWhen && !state.activeWhen()) continue
+      if (!getIn(out, state.path).found) this._setIn(out, state.path, [])
+    }
+    return out
+  }
+
+  // Rehydrate from an existing object: size arrays to match the data (then
+  // rebuild), point variant selectors at the matching branch, arm present
+  // optional sections, and set every leaf by path.
+  setValues(values) {
+    if (!values || typeof values !== 'object') return this
+    let resized = false
+    for (const state of this._arrays.values()) {
+      const res = getIn(values, state.path)
+      if (!res.found || !Array.isArray(res.value)) continue
+      const target = Math.max(Math.min(res.value.length, state.maxItems), state.minItems)
+      if (state.ids.length === target) continue
+      while (state.ids.length > target) this._evictEntry(state, state.ids.pop())
+      while (state.ids.length < target) state.ids.push(state.nextId++)
+      resized = true
+    }
+    if (resized) this._build()
+
+    for (const f of this.fields) {
+      if (f.isButton) continue
+      const res = getIn(values, f.path)
+      if (f.isSelector) {
+        this._pickBranch(f, res)
+        continue
+      }
+      if (f.isSection) {
+        f.setValue(res.found && res.value !== null && res.value !== undefined)
+        continue
+      }
+      if (!res.found || res.value === undefined) continue
+      if (typeof f.setValue === 'function') f.setValue(res.value)
+      f.error = null
+    }
+    return this._recompute()
+  }
+
+  _pickBranch(selector, res) {
+    if (!res.found || !res.value || typeof res.value !== 'object') return
+    const obj = res.value
+    let best = -1
+    let bestScore = 0
+    selector._branchKeys.forEach((keys, i) => {
+      const score = keys.reduce(
+        (n, k) => n + (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, k) ? 1 : 0),
+        0
+      )
+      if (score > bestScore) {
+        bestScore = score
+        best = i
+      }
+    })
+    if (best >= 0) selector.setValue(best)
+  }
+
+  // Current errors, keyed by dotted path (live fields + array-level errors).
+  errors() {
+    const out = {}
+    for (const f of this.activeFields) if (f.error) out[f.path.join('.')] = f.error
+    for (const k of Object.keys(this._arrayErrors)) out[k] = this._arrayErrors[k]
+    return out
+  }
+
+  _gatedOff(field) {
+    for (const f of this.fields) {
+      if (f.isSection && !f.checked && isAncestor(f.path, field.path)) return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
+  _autoCheckSection() {
+    const cur = this.ring.focused()
+    if (!cur || cur.isSection || cur.isButton || cur.isEmpty(cur.value())) return
+    for (const f of this.fields) {
+      if (f.isSection && !f.checked && isAncestor(f.path, cur.path)) f.setValue(true)
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Drop a removed entry's cached field instances so its values don't linger.
+  _evictEntry(state, id) {
+    const prefix = state.cache.concat('@' + id).join(SEP)
+    for (const k of this._cache.keys()) {
+      if (k === prefix || k.startsWith(prefix + SEP)) this._cache.delete(k)
+    }
+  }
+
+  _k(name, msg) {
+    return key.matches(msg, ...this.keys[name])
+  }
+
+  update(msg) {
+    if (msg && msg.type === 'form.validated') return this._onValidated(msg)
+    if (msg && msg.type === 'form.checkResult') return this._onCheckResult(msg)
+
+    // The terminal size: switches on scrolling and keeps focus visible.
+    if (msg && msg.type === 'resize') {
+      this.width = msg.width
+      this.height = msg.height
+      this._scrollToFocused()
+      return [this, null]
+    }
+
+    if (msg && msg.type === 'spinner.tick') {
+      // The submit-time form spinner takes precedence over a field spinner;
+      // they never run at once.
+      if (this._formValidating && this._formSpinner) {
+        const [, cmd] = this._formSpinner.update(msg)
+        return [this, this._formValidating ? cmd : null]
+      }
+      const f = this._validatingField()
+      if (f && f.spinner) {
+        const [, cmd] = f.spinner.update(msg)
+        return [this, f.validating ? cmd : null]
+      }
+      return [this, null]
+    }
+
+    if (msg && msg.type === 'key') {
+      // Cancel works even mid-validation; everything else waits.
+      if (this._k('cancel', msg)) {
+        this._cancelValidation()
+        this.cancelled = true
+        return [this, emit({ type: 'form.cancel' })]
+      }
+      if (this.busy) return [this, null]
+
+      // Deliberate submit (never plain enter — see defaultKeys).
+      if (this._k('submit', msg)) return this.submit()
+
+      // Manual scrolling when the body is taller than the screen.
+      if (this._k('scrollUp', msg)) return this._scrollBy(-this._bodyHeight())
+      if (this._k('scrollDown', msg)) return this._scrollBy(this._bodyHeight())
+
+      const cur = this.ring.focused()
+      // Enter confirms the focused field / activates a button / advances — it
+      // does NOT submit. (A control that wants enter itself keeps it.)
+      if (this._k('confirm', msg) && (!cur || !cur.wantsEnter())) {
+        return this._confirm()
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (this.busy) return [this, null]
+
+    const [ring, cmd] = this.ring.update(msg)
+    this.ring = ring
+    if (msg && msg.type === 'key') {
+      if (!this._k('next', msg) && !this._k('prev', msg)) this._autoCheckSection()
+      this._recompute() // a selector/controller may have changed
+      this._scrollToFocused() // keep the (possibly moved) focus in view
+    }
+    return [this, cmd]
+  }
+
+  _confirm() {
+    const cur = this.ring.focused()
+    if (!cur) return this._advance()
+    if (cur.isButton) return this._activate(cur)
+    if (cur.isSection || this._gatedOff(cur)) {
+      cur.error = null
+      return this._advance()
+    }
+
+    const v = cur.value()
+    const reqErr = cur.requiredError(v)
+    if (reqErr) {
+      cur.error = reqErr
+      return [this, null]
+    }
+    if (cur.isEmpty(v)) {
+      cur.error = null
+      return this._advance()
+    }
+    if (cur.isAsync()) {
+      return this._beginAsync(cur, cur.runValidator(v))
+    }
+    cur.error = cur.syncValidate(v)
+    if (cur.error) return [this, null]
+    return this._advance()
+  }
+
+  // Run an array add/remove button, then rebuild and refocus sensibly.
+  _activate(button) {
+    const a = button.action
+    if (!a) return [this, null]
+    const state = this._arrays.get(a.arrayKey)
+    if (!state) return [this, null]
+
+    if (a.kind === 'array.add') {
+      if (state.ids.length >= state.maxItems) return [this, null]
+      state.ids.push(state.nextId++)
+      this._build()
+      this._recompute()
+      this._focusPrefix(state.path.concat(String(state.ids.length - 1)))
+    } else if (a.kind === 'array.remove') {
+      const idx = state.ids.indexOf(a.id)
+      if (idx >= 0) {
+        this._evictEntry(state, a.id)
+        state.ids.splice(idx, 1)
+      }
+      this._build()
+      this._recompute()
+      this._focusAddOrPrefix(state)
+    }
+    this._scrollToFocused()
+    return [this, null]
+  }
+
+  _focusPrefix(prefix) {
+    const i = this.ring.items.findIndex((f) => startsWith(f.path, prefix))
+    if (i >= 0) this.ring.focus(i)
+  }
+
+  _focusAddOrPrefix(state) {
+    const add = this.ring.items.findIndex(
+      (f) =>
+        f.isButton &&
+        f.action &&
+        f.action.kind === 'array.add' &&
+        f.action.arrayKey === state.path.join(SEP)
+    )
+    if (add >= 0) this.ring.focus(add)
+    else this._focusPrefix(state.path)
+  }
+
+  _beginAsync(field, promise) {
+    field.error = null
+    field.validating = true
+    this.busy = true
+    const id = ++field._runId
+    const fieldKey = field.key
+
+    const tickCmd = field.startSpinner()
+    const checkCmd = () =>
+      Promise.resolve()
+        .then(() => promise)
+        .then((err) => ({ type: 'form.validated', id, key: fieldKey, error: err || null }))
+        .catch((e) => ({
+          type: 'form.validated',
+          id,
+          key: fieldKey,
+          error: (e && e.message) || 'check failed'
+        }))
+
+    return [this, batch(tickCmd, checkCmd)]
+  }
+
+  _onValidated(msg) {
+    const field = this.fields.find((f) => f.key === msg.key)
+    if (!field || !field.validating || msg.id !== field._runId) return [this, null]
+
+    field.validating = false
+    field.stopSpinner()
+    field.error = msg.error || null
+    this.busy = false
+
+    if (field.error) return [this, null]
+    field._asyncCheckedValue = field.value() // remember it passed; submit won't redo it
+    return this._advance()
+  }
+
+  _cancelValidation() {
+    const field = this._validatingField()
+    if (field) {
+      field._runId++
+      field.validating = false
+      field.stopSpinner()
+    }
+    if (this._formValidating) {
+      this._submitToken++ // strand any in-flight submit check
+      this._endFormValidation()
+    }
+    this.busy = false
+  }
+
+  _validatingField() {
+    return this.fields.find((f) => f.validating) || null
+  }
+
+  // Move focus to the next field (never submits — submit is its own key). Stays
+  // put on the last field; the user reaches buttons with `next`/tab and commits
+  // with the `submit` key.
+  _advance() {
+    const next = this.ring.index + 1
+    if (next < this.ring.items.length) this.ring.focus(next)
+    this._scrollToFocused()
+    return [this, null]
+  }
+
+  // Validate every live, focusable, non-button field plus array min-item counts;
+  // jump to the first error, else complete and emit form.submit with the values.
+  submit() {
+    this._arrayErrors = {}
+    let firstErr = null
+    for (const f of this.activeFields) {
+      if (f.isSection || f.isSelector || f.isButton || f.focusable === false || this._gatedOff(f)) {
+        f.error = null
+        continue
+      }
+      const e = f.syncValidate(f.value())
+      f.error = e
+      if (e && !firstErr) firstErr = f
+    }
+    if (firstErr) {
+      const i = this.ring.items.indexOf(firstErr)
+      if (i >= 0) this.ring.focus(i)
+      this._scrollToFocused()
+      return [this, null]
+    }
+    // Array minItems: only for live arrays.
+    for (const state of this._arrays.values()) {
+      if (state.activeWhen && !state.activeWhen()) continue
+      if (state.ids.length < state.minItems) {
+        const n = state.minItems
+        this._arrayErrors[state.path.join('.')] = `add at least ${n} item${n === 1 ? '' : 's'}`
+      }
+    }
+    if (Object.keys(this._arrayErrors).length) return [this, null]
+
+    // Async pass: re-run any dirty async validators that never ran (or whose
+    // value changed since). Serial, behind one form spinner — unless opted out.
+    if (this.validateAsyncOnSubmit) {
+      const queue = this.activeFields.filter(
+        (f) =>
+          !f.isSection &&
+          !f.isSelector &&
+          !f.isButton &&
+          f.focusable !== false &&
+          !this._gatedOff(f) &&
+          f.needsAsyncCheck()
+      )
+      if (queue.length) return this._beginFormValidation(queue)
+    }
+
+    this.submitted = true
+    return [this, emit({ type: 'form.submit', values: this.value() })]
+  }
+
+  // Build the form-level validating spinner from the theme (mirrors a field's).
+  _makeSpinner() {
+    const cfg = (this.theme && this.theme.spinner) || {}
+    const frames = typeof cfg.frames === 'string' ? FRAME_SETS[cfg.frames] : cfg.frames
+    return spinner.create({ frames, fps: cfg.fps })
+  }
+
+  // Enter the submit-time async pass: gate input, show the form spinner, and
+  // kick off the first check. Each check resolves to a 'form.checkResult' Msg.
+  _beginFormValidation(queue) {
+    this._formValidating = true
+    this.busy = true
+    this._queue = queue
+    this._queueAt = 0
+    this._submitToken++
+    this._formSpinner = this._makeSpinner()
+    return [this, batch(this._formSpinner.init(), this._checkCmd(0))]
+  }
+
+  // A Cmd that runs queue[i]'s async validator and reports the verdict. The
+  // generation token is captured at issue time so a cancel makes it stale.
+  _checkCmd(i) {
+    const field = this._queue[i]
+    const token = this._submitToken
+    const value = field.value()
+    const result = field.runValidator(value)
+    return () =>
+      Promise.resolve()
+        .then(() => result)
+        .then((err) => ({ type: 'form.checkResult', token, index: i, value, error: err || null }))
+        .catch((e) => ({
+          type: 'form.checkResult',
+          token,
+          index: i,
+          value,
+          error: (e && e.message) || 'check failed'
+        }))
+  }
+
+  _onCheckResult(msg) {
+    // Drop results from a cancelled or superseded submit.
+    if (!this._formValidating || msg.token !== this._submitToken) return [this, null]
+    const field = this._queue[msg.index]
+
+    if (msg.error) {
+      field.error = msg.error
+      this._endFormValidation()
+      const ri = this.ring.items.indexOf(field)
+      if (ri >= 0) this.ring.focus(ri)
+      this._scrollToFocused()
+      return [this, null]
+    }
+
+    field._asyncCheckedValue = msg.value // passed for this value
+    field.error = null
+    const next = msg.index + 1
+    if (next < this._queue.length) {
+      this._queueAt = next
+      return [this, this._checkCmd(next)] // spinner keeps ticking on its own
+    }
+
+    // All clear → submit.
+    this._endFormValidation()
+    this.submitted = true
+    return [this, emit({ type: 'form.submit', values: this.value() })]
+  }
+
+  _endFormValidation() {
+    this._formValidating = false
+    this.busy = false
+    this._formSpinner = null
+    this._queue = []
+    this._queueAt = 0
+  }
+
+  // The fixed top block (title + description), as lines.
+  _renderHead() {
+    const t = this.theme
+    const lines = []
+    if (this.title) lines.push(t.title(this.title), '')
+    if (this.description) lines.push(t.description(this.description), '')
+    return lines
+  }
+
+  // The scrollable body: every active layout item rendered to lines, plus a Map
+  // from each field to its [startLine, endLine] range (for follow-the-focus).
+  _renderBody() {
+    const t = this.theme
+    const lines = []
+    const range = new Map()
+    for (const item of this.layout) {
+      if (item.activeWhen && !item.activeWhen()) continue
+      const pad = '  '.repeat(item.indent || 0)
+      if (item.type === 'header') {
+        lines.push(pad + t.sectionTitle(item.title))
+        if (item.description) lines.push(pad + t.description(item.description))
+        continue
+      }
+      if (item.type === 'arrayHeader') {
+        lines.push(pad + t.sectionTitle(item.title))
+        if (item.description) lines.push(pad + t.description(item.description))
+        const err = this._arrayErrors[item.arrayKey.split(SEP).join('.')]
+        if (err) lines.push(pad + t.error(t.errorPrefix + err))
+        continue
+      }
+      if (item.type === 'entryHeader') {
+        lines.push(pad + t.help(`— ${item.title} ${item.index + 1} —`))
+        continue
+      }
+      const f = item.field
+      const start = lines.length
+      for (const ln of f.view().split('\n')) lines.push(pad + ln)
+      const menu = typeof f.menuView === 'function' ? f.menuView() : ''
+      if (menu) for (const ln of menu.split('\n')) lines.push(pad + ln)
+      range.set(f, [start, lines.length - 1])
+      lines.push('')
+    }
+    return { lines, range }
+  }
+
+  _renderFooter(scrollable) {
+    const t = this.theme
+    if (this._formValidating) {
+      const frame = this._formSpinner ? this._formSpinner.view() : ''
+      const n = this._queue.length
+      const k = Math.min(this._queueAt + 1, n)
+      return [t.validating(`  ${frame ? frame + ' ' : ''}validating… ${k}/${n}`)]
+    }
+    if (this.submitted) return [t.help('  ✓ submitted')]
+    const chord = (a) => (a && a[0]) || ''
+    const parts = [
+      `${chord(this.keys.next)} move`,
+      `${chord(this.keys.confirm)} confirm`,
+      `${chord(this.keys.submit)} submit`,
+      `${chord(this.keys.cancel)} cancel`
+    ]
+    if (scrollable) parts.push('↕ scroll')
+    return [t.help('  ' + parts.join(' · '))]
+  }
+
+  // Extra rows a theme.frame() adds (border + vertical padding), measured by
+  // framing a one-line probe. 0 when there's no frame.
+  _frameRows() {
+    const frame = this.theme && this.theme.frame
+    if (typeof frame !== 'function') return 0
+    return Math.max(0, frame('x', { width: this.width }).split('\n').length - 1)
+  }
+
+  // Visible body height, or 0 when the size is unknown (render inline, no scroll).
+  // Reserves rows for the head, the footer, and any frame chrome.
+  _bodyHeight() {
+    if (!this.height) return 0
+    return Math.max(1, this.height - this._renderHead().length - 1 - this._frameRows())
+  }
+
+  // Scroll so the focused field's line range is visible, given the body height.
+  _scrollToFocused() {
+    const avail = this._bodyHeight()
+    if (!avail) return
+    const { lines, range } = this._renderBody()
+    const max = Math.max(0, lines.length - avail)
+    const cur = this.ring.focused()
+    const r = cur && range.get(cur)
+    if (r) {
+      if (r[0] < this._scroll) this._scroll = r[0]
+      else if (r[1] > this._scroll + avail - 1) this._scroll = r[1] - avail + 1
+    }
+    this._scroll = Math.min(Math.max(0, this._scroll), max)
+  }
+
+  _scrollBy(n) {
+    const avail = this._bodyHeight()
+    if (avail) {
+      const { lines } = this._renderBody()
+      const max = Math.max(0, lines.length - avail)
+      this._scroll = Math.min(Math.max(0, this._scroll + n), max)
+    }
+    return [this, null]
+  }
+
+  // Wrap the composed view in the theme's frame (border/background/padding), if
+  // any. Kept separate so the scroll math (which reserves the frame's rows) and
+  // the final paint agree.
+  _frame(inner) {
+    const frame = this.theme && this.theme.frame
+    return typeof frame === 'function'
+      ? frame(inner, { width: this.width, title: this.title })
+      : inner
+  }
+
+  view() {
+    const head = this._renderHead()
+    const { lines: body } = this._renderBody()
+    const avail = this._bodyHeight()
+
+    // Unknown size, or it all fits: render inline (footer not scrollable).
+    if (!avail || body.length <= avail) {
+      const footer = this._renderFooter(false)
+      return this._frame(head.concat(body, footer).join('\n'))
+    }
+
+    // Scroll: a fixed-height window of the body keeps the layout stable.
+    const max = Math.max(0, body.length - avail)
+    const start = Math.min(Math.max(0, this._scroll), max)
+    const window = body.slice(start, start + avail)
+    return this._frame(head.concat(window, this._renderFooter(true)).join('\n'))
+  }
+}
+
+function create(opts) {
+  return new Form(opts)
+}
+
+async function run(form, opts = {}) {
+  let result = null
+  class Runner {
+    init() {
+      return form.init()
+    }
+    update(msg) {
+      if (msg && msg.type === 'form.submit') {
+        result = msg.values
+        return [this, quit]
+      }
+      if (msg && msg.type === 'form.cancel') {
+        result = null
+        return [this, quit]
+      }
+      const [f, cmd] = form.update(msg)
+      form = f
+      return [this, cmd]
+    }
+    view() {
+      return form.view()
+    }
+  }
+  await new Program(new Runner(), opts).run()
+  return result
+}
+
+module.exports = { create, run, Form, fromDef }