Show story change times and compact list details

bindery/static/js/stories.js

@@ -160,7 +160,21 @@ export function epubImport(storyId, title = 'Import an ePub file') {
   return card;
 }
 
+function storyDate(label, value) {
+  const date = new Date(value);
+  let content = fmtDate(value);
+  if (value && !Number.isNaN(date.getTime())) {
+    content = h('time', { datetime: value, title: content }, content);
+  }
+  return h('td', { class: 'date', 'data-label': label }, content);
+}
+
 function storyRow(s) {
+  const status = s.status && badge(s.status, s.status, s.message);
+  if (status && s.message) {
+    status.setAttribute('tabindex', '0');
+    status.setAttribute('aria-description', s.message);
+  }
   return h(
     'tr',
     {},
@@ -171,18 +185,17 @@ function storyRow(s) {
       'td',
       { 'data-label': 'Chapters' },
       String(s.chapter_count),
-      s.offsite_count > 0 && [' ', badge('warn', `${s.offsite_count} removed`, 'Chapters the site no longer lists')],
-      s.revised_count > 0 && [' ', badge('info', `${s.revised_count} revised`, 'Chapters the site changed since Bindery added them')],
+      s.offsite_count > 0 && h('small', { title: 'Chapters the site no longer lists' }, `${s.offsite_count} removed`),
+      s.revised_count > 0 && h('small', { title: 'Chapters the site changed since Bindery added them' }, `${s.revised_count} revised`),
     ),
     h(
       'td',
       { 'data-label': 'Status' },
-      s.status && badge(s.status),
+      status,
       s.upload_held && [' ', badge('warn', 'held', 'The book did not go to CWA. See the story page.')],
-      ' ',
-      h('small', {}, s.message),
     ),
-    h('td', { class: 'date', 'data-label': 'Last check' }, fmtDate(s.last_checked)),
+    storyDate('Last change', s.last_changed),
+    storyDate('Last check', s.last_checked),
   );
 }
 
@@ -203,7 +216,7 @@ export function storiesPage(main, _params, config) {
       fill(table, h('p', { class: 'empty' }, text));
       return;
     }
-    const head = ['Title', 'Author', 'Site', 'Chapters', 'Status', 'Last check'].map((t) => h('th', {}, t));
+    const head = ['Title', 'Author', 'Site', 'Chapters', 'Status', 'Last change', 'Last check'].map((t) => h('th', {}, t));
     fill(
       table,
       h(

bindery/static/style.css

@@ -745,6 +745,17 @@ textarea {
   overflow-x: auto;
 }
 
+.stories-table td[data-label='Chapters'] small {
+  display: block;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+@media (min-width: 601px) {
+  .stories-table .date {
+    inline-size: 1%;
+  }
+}
+
 /* The story list and the chapter list stack into cards below 600px, instead of scrolling
    sideways. data-label repeats each column heading in front of its value. */
 @media (max-width: 600px) {

tests/js/flows.test.mjs

@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ test('story list stacks on a narrow screen instead of scrolling sideways', async
   const wrap = nodes(main).find((el) => el.className === 'table-wrap stories-table');
   assert.ok(wrap);
   const dataLabels = nodes(wrap).filter((el) => el.tagName === 'td').map((el) => el.attributes['data-label']);
-  assert.deepEqual(dataLabels, [undefined, 'Author', 'Site', 'Chapters', 'Status', 'Last check']);
+  assert.deepEqual(dataLabels, [undefined, 'Author', 'Site', 'Chapters', 'Status', 'Last change', 'Last check']);
 });
 
 test('the story list shows removed and revised chapter counts, only when there are any', async () => {

tests/js/layout.test.mjs

@@ -87,6 +87,22 @@ test('the Add stories textarea uses the smaller text size without shrinking othe
   assert.equal(declarations('textarea')['font-size'], undefined);
 });
 
+test('story timestamps fit their text and chapter details use plain small text', () => {
+  const desktop = css.slice(css.indexOf('@media (min-width: 601px)'));
+  const date = declarations('.date');
+  assert.equal(date['white-space'], 'nowrap');
+  assert.equal(date['min-inline-size'], undefined);
+  const storyDate = declarations('.stories-table .date', desktop);
+  assert.equal(storyDate['inline-size'], '1%');
+  assert.equal(storyDate['min-inline-size'], undefined);
+  const details = declarations(".stories-table td[data-label='Chapters'] small");
+  assert.equal(details.display, 'block');
+  assert.equal(details['white-space'], 'nowrap');
+  assert.equal(details.background, undefined);
+  assert.equal(details.border, undefined);
+  assert.equal(details.padding, undefined);
+});
+
 function luminance(hex) {
   const channels = hex.slice(1).match(/../g).map((channel) => {
     const value = parseInt(channel, 16) / 255;

tests/js/story-list.test.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
+import { test } from 'node:test';
+import { install, nodes, server, settle } from './flow-helpers.mjs';
+
+const { app } = install();
+const { storiesPage } = await import('../../bindery/static/js/stories.js');
+const { stopPolling } = await import('../../bindery/static/js/jobs.js');
+const { fmtDate } = await import('../../bindery/static/js/lib.js');
+
+const story = (id, title, changes = {}) => ({
+  id, title, url: `https://example.com/${id}`, author: 'Reader', site: 'example.com',
+  chapter_count: 42, offsite_count: 0, revised_count: 0, status: 'ok', message: 'No changes',
+  last_changed: null, last_checked: null, ...changes,
+});
+const rows = () => {
+  const table = nodes(app).find((el) => el.className === 'table-wrap stories-table');
+  return nodes(table).find((el) => el.tagName === 'tbody').children;
+};
+const cell = (row, label) => row.children.find((el) => el.attributes['data-label'] === label);
+
+async function mount(t, list) {
+  const backend = server(t);
+  backend.on('GET', 'stories', list);
+  backend.on('GET', 'jobs', []);
+  const cleanup = storiesPage(app, {}, { library_available: false, main_jobs_hours: 24, main_jobs_count: 10 });
+  t.after(() => { cleanup(); stopPolling(); });
+  await settle();
+  return backend;
+}
+
+test('date columns keep each timestamp on one line, with last change before last check', async (t) => {
+  const changed = '2026-01-02T03:04:00Z';
+  const checked = '2026-01-03T05:06:00Z';
+  await mount(t, [story(1, 'Alpha', { last_changed: changed, last_checked: checked })]);
+  const headings = nodes(app).filter((el) => el.tagName === 'th').map((el) => el.textContent);
+  assert.deepEqual(headings, ['Title', 'Author', 'Site', 'Chapters', 'Status', 'Last change', 'Last check']);
+  for (const [label, value] of [['Last change', changed], ['Last check', checked]]) {
+    const dateCell = cell(rows()[0], label);
+    const time = nodes(dateCell).find((el) => el.tagName === 'time');
+    assert.equal(time.attributes.datetime, value);
+    assert.equal(time.attributes.title, fmtDate(value));
+    assert.equal(nodes(time).filter((el) => el.tagName === 'br').length, 0);
+    assert.equal(time.textContent, fmtDate(value));
+  }
+});
+
+test('status messages move into accessible pill descriptions without hiding held or chapter counts', async (t) => {
+  await mount(t, [
+    story(1, 'Alpha', { offsite_count: 3, revised_count: 2, message: 'Updated 2 chapters', upload_held: true }),
+    story(2, 'Beta', { status: 'error', message: '<script>Connection failed</script>' }),
+    story(3, 'Gamma'),
+    story(4, 'New', { status: '', message: '' }),
+    story(5, 'Queued', { status: 'queued', message: '' }),
+  ]);
+  for (const [row, label, message] of [
+    [rows()[0], 'ok', 'Updated 2 chapters'],
+    [rows()[1], 'error', '<script>Connection failed</script>'],
+    [rows()[2], 'ok', 'No changes'],
+  ]) {
+    const status = cell(row, 'Status');
+    const pill = status.children[0];
+    assert.equal(pill.textContent, label);
+    assert.equal(pill.attributes.title, message);
+    assert.equal(pill.attributes['aria-description'], message);
+    assert.equal(pill.attributes.tabindex, '0');
+    assert.ok(!status.textContent.includes(message));
+    assert.equal(nodes(status).filter((el) => el.tagName === 'small' || el.tagName === 'script').length, 0);
+  }
+  assert.match(cell(rows()[0], 'Status').textContent, /held/);
+  const chapters = cell(rows()[0], 'Chapters');
+  assert.match(chapters.textContent, /^42/);
+  assert.equal(nodes(chapters).filter((el) => el.className.startsWith('badge')).length, 0);
+  const counts = nodes(chapters).filter((el) => el.tagName === 'small');
+  assert.deepEqual(counts.map((el) => el.textContent), ['3 removed', '2 revised']);
+  assert.deepEqual(counts.map((el) => el.attributes.title), [
+    'Chapters the site no longer lists', 'Chapters the site changed since Bindery added them',
+  ]);
+  assert.equal(cell(rows()[1], 'Chapters').textContent, '42');
+  assert.equal(cell(rows()[3], 'Status').textContent, '');
+  assert.equal(cell(rows()[4], 'Status').textContent, 'queued');
+});