Reorganize documentation: separate plugins from components, add architecture guides #231

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:07:35Z

Documentation had plugin components (calendar-view, chatbot, timeline) incorrectly documented in the basic components section, and was missing foundational architecture documentation.

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Documentation Structure

Removed calendar-view.mdx, chatbot.mdx, timeline.mdx from content/docs/components/complex/
- These belong to plugin packages and are already documented in content/docs/plugins/
Added missing plugin menu entries: plugin-dashboard, plugin-form, plugin-grid, plugin-view
- All 15 plugin packages now have menu entries in plugins/meta.json

New Architecture Documentation

Created content/docs/guide/architecture.md (10KB)
- Package structure and monorepo topology
- Schema rendering pipeline
- Registry pattern (Component + Field)
- Expression engine
- Styling constraints (Tailwind/CVA only)
Created content/docs/guide/layout.md (11KB)
- AppShell, Page, PageHeader, SidebarNav components
- Layout patterns and responsive behavior
Updated guide/meta.json to include architecture, layout, fields (existed but was orphaned)

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Documentation now clearly separates plugins from basic components, all packages have menu entries, and developers have comprehensive guides for understanding the platform architecture and layout system.

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Pull request overview

This PR restructures documentation to clearly distinguish plugin-based widgets from core components and adds foundational architecture and layout guides to help developers understand and use ObjectUI’s monorepo and runtime correctly.

Changes:

Updated navigation metadata so all plugin packages have entries under content/docs/plugins/, and moved calendar-view/chatbot/timeline docs out of the “complex components” section.
Added new guide pages for architecture and layout, and wired them into the guide docs menu along with the existing fields guide.
Removed miscategorized complex component docs for plugin-driven widgets now documented under the plugins section.

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File	Description
`content/docs/plugins/meta.json`	Ensures all plugin packages (including calendar-view, dashboard, form, grid, view) appear in the plugins docs navigation, aligning docs IA with the plugin packages in `packages/`.
`content/docs/guide/meta.json`	Adds `architecture`, `layout`, and `fields` to the guide navigation so the new conceptual docs are discoverable.
`content/docs/guide/layout.md`	Introduces a dedicated layout guide for AppShell, Page, PageHeader, and SidebarNav, but the documented installation and JSON schema APIs currently diverge from the actual `@object-ui/layout` implementation and `@object-ui/types` definitions.
`content/docs/guide/architecture.md`	Adds an architecture overview covering monorepo topology, schema rendering, registries, expressions, styling, and plugins, though a few constraints (e.g., types’ dependencies and inline style rules) are inconsistent with the current codebase and with other parts of the same document.
`content/docs/components/complex/meta.json`	Removes `calendar-view`, `timeline`, and `chatbot` from the complex components menu so they are only presented via the plugin docs, keeping core component docs focused on non-plugin features.
`content/docs/components/complex/chatbot.mdx` (deleted)	Removes the chatbot demo from the complex components section, avoiding duplicate/conflicting docs for a plugin-provided widget now documented under `content/docs/plugins/plugin-chatbot.mdx`.
`content/docs/components/complex/calendar-view.mdx` (deleted)	Removes the calendar-view complex component docs, deferring to the plugin calendar/calendar-view documentation in the plugins section.
`content/docs/components/complex/timeline.mdx` (deleted)	Removes the timeline complex component docs, deferring to the dedicated plugin timeline documentation.

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:55:59Z

content/docs/guide/layout.md

+## Installation
+
+The layout package is included in the core ObjectUI installation:
+
+```bash
+npm install @object-ui/react
+```
+
+Layout components are automatically registered when you import ObjectUI.


The Installation section implies that the layout package is bundled with @object-ui/react ("included in the core ObjectUI installation" and showing npm install @object-ui/react), but @object-ui/layout is a separate package and @object-ui/react does not depend on it (packages/layout/package.json vs packages/react/package.json). This will mislead users trying to install the layout system; please update the instructions to show the correct package to install (e.g. npm install @object-ui/layout or a documented umbrella package) and clarify when layout components are actually auto-registered.

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:55:59Z

content/docs/guide/layout.md

+### Schema API
+
+```typescript
+{
+  type: 'app-shell',
+
+  // Header configuration
+  header?: ComponentSchema,
+
+  // Sidebar configuration  
+  sidebar?: ComponentSchema,
+  sidebarCollapsible?: boolean,  // Allow sidebar collapse
+  sidebarDefaultOpen?: boolean,  // Initial sidebar state
+
+  // Main content
+  body: ComponentSchema,
+
+  // Styling
+  className?: string,
+  headerClassName?: string,
+  sidebarClassName?: string,
+  contentClassName?: string
+}


The AppShell Schema API and JSON examples here document a schema with type: 'app-shell' plus header, sidebar, body, and sidebarCollapsible/sidebarDefaultOpen fields, but there is no corresponding AppShell schema defined in @object-ui/types (no 'app-shell' entry in SchemaRegistry), and the AppShell React component currently only accepts sidebar, navbar, children, className, and defaultOpen props. As a result, the documented JSON configuration will not be type-checked or wired through by SchemaRenderer as shown; please either align the documentation with the current implementation (describing how to use AppShell from React code), or update the types/registry and component props so this documented schema shape actually works.

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:55:59Z

content/docs/guide/layout.md

+### Schema API
+
+```typescript
+{
+  type: 'page',
+
+  // Header
+  title?: string,               // Page title
+  description?: string,         // Page description/subtitle
+  icon?: string,               // Optional icon
+  breadcrumbs?: Array<{        // Breadcrumb navigation
+    label: string,
+    href?: string
+  }>,
+  actions?: ComponentSchema[], // Action buttons
+
+  // Content
+  body: ComponentSchema,       // Main page content
+
+  // Layout options
+  maxWidth?: 'sm' | 'md' | 'lg' | 'xl' | '2xl' | 'full',
+  padding?: boolean,           // Add padding (default: true)
+
+  // Styling
+  className?: string,
+  headerClassName?: string,
+  bodyClassName?: string
+}


This Page Schema API introduces fields like breadcrumbs, actions, maxWidth, padding, headerClassName, and bodyClassName, but the actual PageSchema in @object-ui/types (packages/types/src/layout.ts and layout.zod.ts) only defines title, icon, description, body, children, and regions. The current Page renderer in packages/layout/src/Page.tsx also only reads schema.title, schema.description, and schema.children, ignoring body and these additional properties, so the documented JSON examples here won’t behave as described; please either narrow the docs to the supported fields or extend PageSchema and the renderer so these options are truly available.

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:56:00Z

content/docs/guide/layout.md

+## PageHeader Component
+
+The `PageHeader` provides consistent page headers with title, breadcrumbs, and actions.
+
+### Usage
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "page-header",
+  "title": "Customer Details",
+  "description": "View and edit customer information",
+  "breadcrumbs": [
+    { "label": "Home", "href": "/" },
+    { "label": "Customers", "href": "/customers" },
+    { "label": "John Doe" }
+  ],
+  "actions": [
+    {
+      "type": "button",
+      "text": "Edit",
+      "variant": "default",
+      "icon": "pencil"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "button",
+      "text": "Delete",
+      "variant": "destructive",
+      "icon": "trash"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+### Schema API
+
+```typescript
+{
+  type: 'page-header',
+
+  title: string,
+  description?: string,
+  icon?: string,
+
+  breadcrumbs?: Array<{
+    label: string,
+    href?: string,
+    icon?: string
+  }>,
+
+  actions?: ComponentSchema[],
+
+  className?: string
+}


The PageHeader section documents a JSON schema with type: 'page-header' and top-level title, description, breadcrumbs, and actions fields, but the current implementation in packages/layout/src/PageHeader.tsx only consumes React props (title, description, action, children, className) and does not read from schema, and there is no typed PageHeader schema in @object-ui/types. With the current SchemaRenderer, top-level fields like title and breadcrumbs on the schema will be ignored unless they are nested under schema.props; please either adjust the examples to match the real prop shape (via props) or extend the layout types and component so this documented schema shape is actually supported.

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:56:00Z

content/docs/guide/layout.md

+## SidebarNav Component
+
+The `SidebarNav` provides a collapsible navigation sidebar with menu items.
+
+### Basic Usage
+
+```json
+{
+  "type": "sidebar-nav",
+  "items": [
+    {
+      "label": "Dashboard",
+      "href": "/dashboard",
+      "icon": "layout-dashboard"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Users",
+      "href": "/users", 
+      "icon": "users",
+      "badge": "12"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Reports",
+      "icon": "bar-chart",
+      "items": [
+        { "label": "Sales", "href": "/reports/sales" },
+        { "label": "Analytics", "href": "/reports/analytics" }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+
+### Schema API
+
+```typescript
+{
+  type: 'sidebar-nav',
+
+  items: Array<{
+    label: string,
+    href?: string,
+    icon?: string,
+    badge?: string | number,
+    items?: Array<...>,  // Nested menu items
+    active?: boolean,
+    disabled?: boolean
+  }>,
+
+  collapsible?: boolean,
+  defaultOpen?: boolean,
+
+  className?: string
+}
+```


This SidebarNav section describes a JSON-driven component with type: 'sidebar-nav', nested items (with badges, nested groups, active/disabled flags, and collapsible/defaultOpen props), but there is no sidebar-nav entry in the schema registry/types and packages/layout/src/SidebarNav.tsx only accepts a flat items: NavItem[] (title, href, optional icon) plus title and className. As written, the documented schema cannot be rendered via SchemaRenderer and the extra fields like badge, nested items, or collapsible are not supported by the current component; please update the docs to reflect the actual SidebarNavProps shape (used directly in React) or extend the implementation/types before publishing this schema API.

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:56:00Z

content/docs/guide/architecture.md

+
+### ❌ Forbidden
+
+- Inline styles (`style={{}}`) - except for dynamic values


In this "❌ Forbidden" list, inline styles are described as disallowed "except for dynamic values" (line 299), but the later "Tailwind Only" section explicitly says "Never use inline styles or CSS-in-JS" and shows <div style={{ backgroundColor: 'red' }}> as a hard "bad" example. These two statements conflict and can confuse readers about whether any inline style={{}} usage is acceptable; please pick a single rule (likely: no inline styles at all) and update one of these sections so the styling guidance is self-consistent.

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- Inline styles (`style={{}}`) - except for dynamic values

- Inline styles (`style={{}}`)

Copilot · 2026-01-27T09:56:01Z

content/docs/guide/architecture.md

+#### `@object-ui/types`
+- **Role**: The Protocol
+- **Contains**: Pure TypeScript interfaces for JSON schemas
+- **Constraint**: ZERO dependencies, no React code


The @object-ui/types section says the package has a constraint of "ZERO dependencies, no React code", but the current packages/types/package.json declares runtime dependencies on @objectstack/spec and zod. Unless the intent is specifically "no React / UI dependencies" rather than literally zero deps, this wording is inaccurate; please clarify the constraint (for example, "no React or UI-library dependencies") or adjust the package configuration to match the documented guarantee.

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- **Constraint**: ZERO dependencies, no React code

- **Constraint**: No React or UI-library dependencies; only protocol-level deps (e.g. `@objectstack/spec`, `zod`)

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	- Constraint: ZERO dependencies, no React code
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