fix: allow parent updates to the TextField component

By setting an effect on the `value` prop, changes can be detected and the state can be updated. ref: N25B-287
2025-11-13 12:23:44 +01:00
54 changed files with 2192 additions and 2587 deletions
--- a/.githooks/check-branch-name.sh
+++ b/.githooks/check-branch-name.sh
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This script checks if the current branch name follows the specified format.
 # It's designed to be used as a 'pre-commit' git hook.
 # Format: <type>/<short-description>
 # Example: feat/add-user-login
 # --- Configuration ---
 # An array of allowed commit types
 ALLOWED_TYPES=(feat fix refactor perf style test docs build chore revert)
 # An array of branches to ignore
 IGNORED_BRANCHES=(main dev demo)
 # --- Colors for Output ---
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 # --- Helper Functions ---
 error_exit() {
  echo -e "${RED}ERROR: $1${NC}" >&2
  echo -e "${YELLOW}Branch name format is incorrect. Aborting commit.${NC}" >&2
  exit 1
 }
 # --- Main Logic ---
 # 1. Get the current branch name
 BRANCH_NAME=$(git symbolic-ref --short HEAD)
 # 2. Check if the current branch is in the ignored list
 for ignored_branch in "${IGNORED_BRANCHES[@]}"; do
  if [ "$BRANCH_NAME" == "$ignored_branch" ]; then
    echo -e "${GREEN}Branch check skipped for default branch: $BRANCH_NAME${NC}"
    exit 0
  fi
 done
 # 3. Validate the overall structure: <type>/<description>
 if ! [[ "$BRANCH_NAME" =~ ^[a-z]+/.+$ ]]; then
  error_exit "Branch name must be in the format: <type>/<short-description>\nExample: feat/add-user-login"
 fi
 # 4. Extract the type and description
 TYPE=$(echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | cut -d'/' -f1)
 DESCRIPTION=$(echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | cut -d'/' -f2-)
 # 5. Validate the <type>
 type_valid=false
 for allowed_type in "${ALLOWED_TYPES[@]}"; do
  if [ "$TYPE" == "$allowed_type" ]; then
    type_valid=true
    break
  fi
 done
 if [ "$type_valid" == false ]; then
  error_exit "Invalid type '$TYPE'.\nAllowed types are: ${ALLOWED_TYPES[*]}"
 fi
 # 6. Validate the <short-description>
 # Regex breakdown:
 # ^[a-z0-9]+      - Starts with one or more lowercase letters/numbers (the first word).
 # (-[a-z0-9]+){0,5} - Followed by a group of (dash + word) 0 to 5 times.
 # $               - End of the string.
 # This entire pattern enforces 1 to 6 words total, separated by dashes.
 DESCRIPTION_REGEX="^[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+){0,5}$"
 if ! [[ "$DESCRIPTION" =~ $DESCRIPTION_REGEX ]]; then
  error_exit "Invalid short description '$DESCRIPTION'.\nIt must be a maximum of 6 words, all lowercase, separated by dashes.\nExample: add-new-user-authentication-feature"
 fi
 # If all checks pass, exit successfully
 echo -e "${GREEN}Branch name '$BRANCH_NAME' is valid.${NC}"
 exit 0
--- a/.githooks/check-commit-msg.sh
+++ b/.githooks/check-commit-msg.sh
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This script checks if a commit message follows the specified format.
 # It's designed to be used as a 'commit-msg' git hook.
 # Format:
 # <type>: <short description>
 #
 # [optional]<body>
 #
 # [ref/close]: <issue identifier>
 # --- Configuration ---
 # An array of allowed commit types
 ALLOWED_TYPES=(feat fix refactor perf style test docs build chore revert)
 # --- Colors for Output ---
 RED='\033[0;31m'
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
 NC='\033[0m' # No Color
 # The first argument to the hook is the path to the file containing the commit message
 COMMIT_MSG_FILE=$1
 # --- Automated Commit Detection ---
 # Read the first line (header) for initial checks
 HEADER=$(head -n 1 "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
 echo 'Given commit message:'
 echo $HEADER
 # Check for Merge commits (covers 'git merge' and PR merges from GitHub/GitLab)
 # Examples: "Merge branch 'main' into ...", "Merge pull request #123 from ..."
 MERGE_PATTERN="^Merge (remote-tracking )?(branch|pull request|tag) .*"
 if [[ "$HEADER" =~ $MERGE_PATTERN ]]; then
  echo -e "${GREEN}Merge commit detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
  exit 0
 fi
 # Check for Revert commits
 # Example: "Revert "feat: add new feature""
 REVERT_PATTERN="^Revert \".*\""
 if [[ "$HEADER" =~ $REVERT_PATTERN ]]; then
  echo -e "${GREEN}Revert commit detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
  exit 0
 fi
 # Check for Cherry-pick commits (this pattern appears at the end of the message)
 # Example: "(cherry picked from commit deadbeef...)"
 # We use grep -q to search the whole file quietly.
 CHERRY_PICK_PATTERN="\(cherry picked from commit [a-f0-9]{7,40}\)"
 if grep -qE "$CHERRY_PICK_PATTERN" "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE"; then
  echo -e "${GREEN}Cherry-pick detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
  exit 0
 fi
 # Check for Squash
 # Example: "Squash commits ..."
 SQUASH_PATTERN="^Squash .+"
 if [[ "$HEADER" =~ $SQUASH_PATTERN ]]; then
  echo -e "${GREEN}Squash commit detected by message content. Skipping validation.${NC}"
  exit 0
 fi
 # --- Validation Functions ---
 # Function to print an error message and exit
 # Usage: error_exit "Your error message here"
 error_exit() {
  # >&2 redirects echo to stderr
  echo -e "${RED}ERROR: $1${NC}" >&2
  echo -e "${YELLOW}Commit message format is incorrect. Aborting commit.${NC}" >&2
  exit 1
 }
 # --- Main Logic ---
 # 1. Read the header (first line) of the commit message
 HEADER=$(head -n 1 "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
 # 2. Validate the header format: <type>: <description>
 # Regex breakdown:
 # ^(type1|type2|...)  - Starts with one of the allowed types
 # :                    - Followed by a literal colon
 # \s                   - Followed by a single space
 # .+                   - Followed by one or more characters for the description
 # $                    - End of the line
 TYPES_REGEX=$(
  IFS="|"
  echo "${ALLOWED_TYPES[*]}"
 )
 HEADER_REGEX="^($TYPES_REGEX): .+$"
 if ! [[ "$HEADER" =~ $HEADER_REGEX ]]; then
  error_exit "Invalid header format.\n\nHeader must be in the format: <type>: <short description>\nAllowed types: ${ALLOWED_TYPES[*]}\nExample: feat: add new user authentication feature"
 fi
 # Only validate footer if commit type is not chore
 TYPE=$(echo "$HEADER" | cut -d':' -f1)
 if [ "$TYPE" != "chore" ]; then
  # 3. Validate the footer (last line) of the commit message
  FOOTER=$(tail -n 1 "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
  # Regex breakdown:
  # ^(ref|close)         - Starts with 'ref' or 'close'
  # :                    - Followed by a literal colon
  # \s                   - Followed by a single space
  # N25B-                - Followed by the literal string 'N25B-'
  # [0-9]+               - Followed by one or more digits
  # $                    - End of the line
  FOOTER_REGEX="^(ref|close): N25B-[0-9]+$"
  if ! [[ "$FOOTER" =~ $FOOTER_REGEX ]]; then
    error_exit "Invalid footer format.\n\nFooter must be in the format: [ref/close]: <issue identifier>\nExample: ref: N25B-123"
  fi
 fi
 # 4. If the message has more than 2 lines, validate the separator
 #    A blank line must exist between the header and the body.
 LINE_COUNT=$(wc -l <"$COMMIT_MSG_FILE" | xargs) # xargs trims whitespace
 # We only care if there is a body. Header + Footer = 2 lines.
 # Header + Blank Line + Body... + Footer > 2 lines.
 if [ "$LINE_COUNT" -gt 2 ]; then
  # Get the second line
  SECOND_LINE=$(sed -n '2p' "$COMMIT_MSG_FILE")
  # Check if the second line is NOT empty. If it's not, it's an error.
  if [ -n "$SECOND_LINE" ]; then
    error_exit "Missing blank line between header and body.\n\nThe second line of your commit message must be empty if a body is present."
  fi
 fi
 # If all checks pass, exit with success
 echo -e "${GREEN}Commit message is valid.${NC}"
 exit 0
--- a/.githooks/commit-msg
+++ b/.githooks/commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 commit_msg_file=$1
 commit_msg=$(cat "$commit_msg_file")
 if echo "$commit_msg" | grep -Eq "^(feat|fix|refactor|perf|style|test|docs|build|chore|revert): .+"; then
  if echo "$commit_msg" | grep -Eq "^(ref|close):\sN25B-.+"; then
    exit 0
  else
    echo "❌ Commit message invalid! Must end with [ref/close]: N25B-000"
    exit 1
  fi
 else
  echo "❌ Commit message invalid! Must start with <type>: <description>"
  exit 1
 fi
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Get current branch
 branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 if echo "$branch" | grep -Eq "(dev|main)"; then
  echo 0
 fi
 # allowed pattern <type/>
 if echo "$branch" | grep -Eq "^(feat|fix|refactor|perf|style|test|docs|build|chore|revert)\/\w+(-\w+){0,5}$"; then
  exit 0
 else
  echo "❌ Invalid branch name: $branch"
  echo "Branch must be named <type>/<description-of-branch> (must have one to six words separated by a dash)"
  exit 1
 fi
--- a/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
+++ b/.githooks/prepare-commit-msg
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo "#<type>: <description>
 #[optional body]
 #[optional footer(s)]
 #[ref/close]: <issue identifier>" > $1
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,7 +24,4 @@ dist-ssr
 *.sw?
 # Coverage report
-coverage
+coverage
 # Documentation pages (can be generated)
 docs
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
 # ---------- GLOBAL SETUP ---------- #
 workflow:
  rules:
    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
 stages:
  - install
  - lint
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 variables:
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  BASE_LAYER: trixie-slim
 default:
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  cache:
    key: "${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}"
    paths:
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    policy: pull-push
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  artifacts:
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--- a/.husky/commit-msg
+++ b/.husky/commit-msg
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
 sh .githooks/check-commit-msg.sh $1
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
 sh .githooks/check-branch-name.sh
 npm run lint
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,26 +28,16 @@ npm run dev
 It should automatically reload when you save changes.
-## Git Hooks
+## GitHooks
-To activate automatic linting, branch name checks and commit message checks, run:
+To activate automatic commits/branch name checks run:
 ```bash
 npm run prepare
 ```
 You might get an error along the lines of `Can't install pre-commit with core.hooksPath` set. To fix this, simply unset the hooksPath by running:
 ```bash
 git config --local --unset core.hooksPath
 ```
 Then run the pre-commit install commands again.
 ## Documentation
 Generate documentation webpages with the command:
 ```shell
-npx typedoc --entryPointStrategy Expand src
+git config --local core.hooksPath .githooks
 ```
 If your commit fails its either:
 branch name != <type>/description-of-branch , 
 commit name !=  <type>: description of the commit.
                <ref>: N25B-Num's
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
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@@ -7853,13 +7640,6 @@
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@@ -7958,9 +7738,9 @@
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    },
    "node_modules/use-sync-external-store": {
-      "version": "1.6.0",
+      "version": "1.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.6.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/use-sync-external-store/-/use-sync-external-store-1.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Pp6GSwGP/NrPIrxVFAIkOQeyw8lFenOHijQWkUTrDvrF4ALqylP2C/KCkeS9dpUM3KvYRQhna5vt7IL95+ZQ9w==",
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@@ -8362,19 +8142,6 @@
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--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,10 +6,8 @@
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "vite",
    "build": "tsc -b && vite build",
-    "lint": "eslint src test",
+    "lint": "eslint .",
-    "preview": "vite preview",
+    "preview": "vite preview"
    "test": "jest",
    "prepare": "husky"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@neodrag/react": "^2.3.1",
@@ -32,12 +30,10 @@
    "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "^5.2.0",
    "eslint-plugin-react-refresh": "^0.4.20",
    "globals": "^16.4.0",
    "husky": "^9.1.7",
    "identity-obj-proxy": "^3.0.0",
    "jest": "^30.2.0",
    "jest-environment-jsdom": "^30.2.0",
    "ts-jest": "^29.4.5",
    "typedoc": "^0.28.14",
    "typescript": "~5.8.3",
    "typescript-eslint": "^8.44.0",
    "vite": "^7.1.7"
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import './App.css'
 import TemplatePage from './pages/TemplatePage/Template.tsx'
 import Home from './pages/Home/Home.tsx'
 import Robot from './pages/Robot/Robot.tsx';
 import ConnectedRobots from './pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.tsx'
 import VisProg from "./pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx";
 import {useState} from "react";
 import Logging from "./components/Logging/Logging.tsx";
@@ -24,8 +23,7 @@ function App(){
            <Route path="/template" element={<TemplatePage />} />
            <Route path="/editor" element={<VisProg />} />
            <Route path="/robot" element={<Robot />} />
-            <Route path="/ConnectedRobots" element={<ConnectedRobots />} />
+          </Routes>
        </Routes>
        </main>
        {showLogs && <Logging />}
      </div>
--- a/src/components/Logging/Filters.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Logging/Filters.tsx
@@ -4,15 +4,8 @@ import type {LogFilterPredicate} from "./useLogs.ts";
 import styles from "./Filters.module.css";
 /**
 * A generic setter type compatible with React's state setters.
 */
 type Setter<T> = (value: T | ((prev: T) => T)) => void;
 /**
 * Mapping of log level names to their corresponding numeric severity.
 * Used for comparison in log filtering predicates.
 */
 const optionMapping = new Map([
  ["ALL", 0],
  ["DEBUG", 10],
@@ -23,17 +16,6 @@ const optionMapping = new Map([
  ["NONE", 999_999_999_999], // It is technically possible to have a higher level, but this is fine
 ]);
 /**
 * Renders a single log-level selector (dropdown) for a specific filter target.
 *
 * Used by both the global filter and agent-specific filters.
 *
 * @param name - The display name or identifier for the filter target.
 * @param level - The currently selected log level.
 * @param setLevel - Function to update the selected log level.
 * @param onDelete - Optional callback for deleting this filter element.
 * @returns A JSX element that renders a labeled dropdown for selecting log levels.
 */
 function LevelPredicateElement({
  name,
  level,
@@ -72,19 +54,8 @@ function LevelPredicateElement({
  </div>
 }
 /** Key used for the global log-level predicate in the filter map. */
 const GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY = "global_log_level";
 /**
 * Renders and manages the **global log-level filter**.
 *
 * This component defines a baseline log level that all logs must meet or exceed
 * to be displayed, unless overridden by per-agent filters.
 *
 * @param filterPredicates - Map of current log filter predicates.
 * @param setFilterPredicates - Setter function to update the filter predicates map.
 * @returns A JSX element rendering the global log-level selector.
 */
 function GlobalLevelFilter({
  filterPredicates,
  setFilterPredicates,
@@ -107,7 +78,6 @@ function GlobalLevelFilter({
    });
  }
  // Initialize default global level on mount.
  useEffect(() => {
    if (filterPredicates.has(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY)) return;
    setSelected("INFO");
@@ -121,21 +91,8 @@ function GlobalLevelFilter({
  />;
 }
 /** Prefix for agent-specific log-level predicate keys in the filter map. */
 const AGENT_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY_PREFIX = "agent_log_level_";
 /**
 * Renders and manages **per-agent log-level filters**.
 *
 * Allows the user to set specific log levels for individual agents, overriding
 * the global filter for those agents. Includes functionality to add, edit,
 * or remove agent-level filters.
 *
 * @param filterPredicates - Map of current log filter predicates.
 * @param setFilterPredicates - Setter function to update the filter predicates map.
 * @param agentNames - Set of agent names available for filtering.
 * @returns A JSX element rendering agent-level filters and a dropdown to add new ones.
 */
 function AgentLevelFilters({
  filterPredicates,
  setFilterPredicates,
@@ -148,7 +105,7 @@ function AgentLevelFilters({
  const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false);
-  // Close dropdown or panels when clicking outside or pressing Escape.
+  // Click outside to close
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!open) return;
    const onDocClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
@@ -167,16 +124,13 @@ function AgentLevelFilters({
    };
  }, [open]);
  // Identify which predicates correspond to agents.
  const agentPredicates = [...filterPredicates.keys()].filter((key) =>
    key.startsWith(AGENT_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY_PREFIX));
- /**
+  /**
-   * Creates or updates the log filter predicate for a specific agent.
+   * Create or change the predicate for an agent. If the level is not given, the global level is used.
-   * Falls back to the global log level if no level is specified.
+   * @param agentName The name of the agent.
-   *
+   * @param level The level to filter by. If not given, the global level is used.
   * @param agentName - The name of the agent to filter.
   * @param level - Optional log level to apply; defaults to the global level.
   */
  const setAgentPredicate = (agentName: string, level?: string ) => {
    level = level ?? filterPredicates.get(GLOBAL_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY)?.value ?? "ALL";
@@ -193,11 +147,6 @@ function AgentLevelFilters({
    });
  }
  /**
   * Deletes the log filter predicate for a specific agent.
   *
   * @param agentName - The name of the agent whose filter should be removed.
   */
  const deleteAgentPredicate = (agentName: string) => {
    setFilterPredicates((curr) => {
      const fullName = AGENT_LOG_LEVEL_PREDICATE_KEY_PREFIX + agentName;
@@ -235,17 +184,6 @@ function AgentLevelFilters({
  </>;
 }
 /**
 * Main Filters component that aggregates global and per-agent log filters.
 *
 * Combines the global log-level filter and agent-specific filters into a unified UI.
 * Updates a shared `Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>` to determine which logs are shown.
 *
 * @param filterPredicates - The map of all active log filter predicates.
 * @param setFilterPredicates - Setter to update the map of predicates.
 * @param agentNames - Set of available agent names to display filters for.
 * @returns A React component that renders all log filter controls.
 */
 export default function Filters({
  filterPredicates,
  setFilterPredicates,
--- a/src/components/Logging/Logging.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Logging/Logging.tsx
@@ -8,26 +8,13 @@ import {type Cell, useCell} from "../../utils/cellStore.ts";
 import styles from "./Logging.module.css";
 /**
 * Zustand store definition for managing user preferences related to logging.
 *
 * Includes flags for toggling relative timestamps and automatic scroll behavior.
 */
 type LoggingSettings = {
  /** Whether to display log timestamps as relative (e.g., "2m 15s ago") instead of absolute. */
  showRelativeTime: boolean;
  /** Updates the `showRelativeTime` setting. */
  setShowRelativeTime: (showRelativeTime: boolean) => void;
  /** Whether the log view should automatically scroll to the newest entry. */
  scrollToBottom: boolean;
  /** Updates the `scrollToBottom` setting. */
  setScrollToBottom: (scrollToBottom: boolean) => void;
 };
 /**
 * Global Zustand store for logging UI preferences.
 */
 const useLoggingSettings = create<LoggingSettings>((set) => ({
  showRelativeTime: false,
  setShowRelativeTime: (showRelativeTime: boolean) => set({ showRelativeTime }),
@@ -35,16 +22,6 @@ const useLoggingSettings = create<LoggingSettings>((set) => ({
  setScrollToBottom: (scrollToBottom: boolean) => set({ scrollToBottom }),
 }));
 /**
 * Renders a single log message entry with colored level indicators and timestamp formatting.
 *
 * This component automatically re-renders when the underlying log record (`recordCell`)
 * changes. It also triggers the `onUpdate` callback whenever the record updates (e.g., for auto-scrolling).
 *
 * @param recordCell - A reactive `Cell` containing a single `LogRecord`.
 * @param onUpdate - Optional callback triggered when the log entry updates.
 * @returns A JSX element displaying a formatted log message.
 */
 function LogMessage({
  recordCell,
  onUpdate,
@@ -56,8 +33,7 @@ function LogMessage({
  const record = useCell(recordCell);
  /**
-   * Normalizes the log level number to a multiple of 10, 
+   * Normalizes the log level number to a multiple of 10, for which there are CSS styles.
   * for which there are CSS styles. (e.g., INFO = 20, ERROR = 40).
   */
  const normalizedLevelNo = (() => {
    // By default, the highest level is 50 (CRITICAL). Custom levels can be higher, but we don't have more critical color.
@@ -66,10 +42,8 @@ function LogMessage({
    return Math.round(record.levelno / 10) * 10;
  })();
  /** Simplifies the logger name by showing only the last path segment. */
  const normalizedName = record.name.split(".").pop() || record.name;
  // Notify parent component (e.g. for scroll updates) when this record changes.
  useEffect(() => {
    if (onUpdate) onUpdate();
  }, [record, onUpdate]);
@@ -91,23 +65,11 @@ function LogMessage({
  </div>;
 }
 /**
 * Displays a scrollable list of log messages.
 *
 * Handles:
 * - Auto-scrolling when new messages arrive.
 * - Allowing users to scroll manually and disable auto-scroll.
 * - A floating "Scroll to bottom" button when not at the bottom.
 *
 * @param recordCells - Array of reactive log records to display.
 * @returns A scrollable log list component.
 */
 function LogMessages({ recordCells }: { recordCells: Cell<LogRecord>[] }) {
  const scrollableRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  const lastElementRef = useRef<HTMLLIElement>(null)
  const { scrollToBottom, setScrollToBottom } = useLoggingSettings();
  // Disable auto-scroll if the user manually scrolls.
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!scrollableRef.current) return;
    const currentScrollableRef = scrollableRef.current;
@@ -123,12 +85,6 @@ function LogMessages({ recordCells }: { recordCells: Cell<LogRecord>[] }) {
    }
  }, [scrollableRef, setScrollToBottom]);
  /**
   * Scrolls the last log message into view if auto-scroll is enabled,
   * or if forced (e.g., user clicks "Scroll to bottom").
   *
   * @param force - If true, forces scrolling even if `scrollToBottom` is false.
   */
  function scrollLastElementIntoView(force = false) {
    if ((!scrollToBottom && !force) || !lastElementRef.current) return;
    lastElementRef.current.scrollIntoView({ behavior: "smooth" });
@@ -155,19 +111,6 @@ function LogMessages({ recordCells }: { recordCells: Cell<LogRecord>[] }) {
  </div>;
 }
 /**
 * Top-level logging panel component.
 *
 * Combines:
 * - The `Filters` component for adjusting log visibility.
 * - The `LogMessages` component for displaying filtered logs.
 * - Zustand-managed UI settings (auto-scroll, timestamp display).
 *
 * This component uses the `useLogs` hook to fetch and filter logs based on
 * active predicates, and re-renders automatically as new logs arrive.
 *
 * @returns The complete logging UI as a React element.
 */
 export default function Logging() {
  const [filterPredicates, setFilterPredicates] = useState(new Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>());
  const { filteredLogs, distinctNames } = useLogs(filterPredicates)
--- a/src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts
+++ b/src/components/Logging/useLogs.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@ import {useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState} from "react";
 import {applyPriorityPredicates, type PriorityFilterPredicate} from "../../utils/priorityFiltering.ts";
 import {cell, type Cell} from "../../utils/cellStore.ts";
 /**
 * Represents a single log record emitted by the backend logging system.
 *
 * @property name - The name of the logger or source (e.g., `"agent.core"`).
 * @property message - The message content of the log record.
 * @property levelname - The human-readable severity level (e.g., `"INFO"`, `"ERROR"`).
 * @property levelno - The numeric severity value corresponding to `levelname`.
 * @property created - The UNIX timestamp (in seconds) when this record was created.
 * @property relativeCreated - The time (in milliseconds) since the logging system started.
 * @property reference - (Optional) A reference identifier linking related log messages.
 * @property firstCreated - Timestamp of the first log in this reference group.
 * @property firstRelativeCreated - Relative timestamp of the first log in this reference group.
 */
 export type LogRecord = {
  name: string;
  message: string;
@@ -28,68 +15,29 @@ export type LogRecord = {
  firstRelativeCreated: number;
 };
-/**
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
- * A log filter predicate with priority support, used to determine whether
+export type LogFilterPredicate = PriorityFilterPredicate<LogRecord> & { value: any };
 * a log record should be displayed.
 *
 * This extends a general `PriorityFilterPredicate` and includes an optional
 * `value` field for UI metadata (e.g., selected log level or agent).
 *
 * @template T - The type of record being filtered (here, `LogRecord`).
 */
 export type LogFilterPredicate = PriorityFilterPredicate<LogRecord> & { 
  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
  value: any };
 /**
 * React hook that manages the lifecycle of log records, including:
 * - Receiving live log messages via Server-Sent Events (SSE),
 * - Applying priority-based filtering rules,
 * - Managing distinct logger names and reference-linked messages.
 *
 * Returns both the filtered logs (as reactive `Cell<LogRecord>` objects)
 * and a set of distinct logger names for use in UI components (e.g., Filters).
 *
 * @param filterPredicates - A `Map` of log filter predicates, keyed by ID or type.
 * @returns An object containing:
 * - `filteredLogs`: The currently visible (filtered) log messages.
 * - `distinctNames`: A set of all distinct logger names encountered.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * const { filteredLogs, distinctNames } = useLogs(activeFilters);
 * ```
 */
 export function useLogs(filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) {
  /** Distinct logger names encountered across all logs. */
  const [distinctNames, setDistinctNames] = useState<Set<string>>(new Set());
  /** Filtered logs that pass all active predicates, stored as reactive cells. */
  const [filtered, setFiltered] = useState<Cell<LogRecord>[]>([]);
  /** Persistent reference to the active EventSource connection. */
  const sseRef = useRef<EventSource | null>(null);
  /** Keeps a stable reference to the current filter map (avoids re-renders). */
  const filtersRef = useRef(filterPredicates);
  /** Stores all received logs (the unfiltered full history). */
  const logsRef = useRef<LogRecord[]>([]);
  /** Map to store the first message for each reference, instance can be updated to change contents. */
  const firstByRefRef = useRef<Map<string, Cell<LogRecord>>>(new Map());
  /**
-   * Apply all active filter predicates to a log record.
+   * Apply the filter predicates to a log record.
   * @param log The log record to apply the filters to.
-   * @returns `true` if the record passes all filters; otherwise `false`.
+   * @returns `true` if the record passes.
   */
  const applyFilters = useCallback((log: LogRecord) =>
    applyPriorityPredicates(log, [...filtersRef.current.values()]), []);
-  /**
+  /** Recomputes the entire filtered list. Use when filter predicates change. */
   * Fully recomputes the filtered log list based on the current
   * filter predicates and historical logs.
   *
   * Should be invoked whenever the filter map changes.
   */
  const recomputeFiltered = useCallback(() => {
    const newFiltered: Cell<LogRecord>[] = [];
    firstByRefRef.current = new Map();
@@ -101,7 +49,6 @@ export function useLogs(filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) {
        firstRelativeCreated: message.relativeCreated,
      });
      // Handle reference grouping: update the first message in the group.
      if (message.reference) {
        const first = firstByRefRef.current.get(message.reference);
        if (first) {
@@ -112,14 +59,14 @@ export function useLogs(filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) {
            firstRelativeCreated: prev.firstRelativeCreated ?? prev.relativeCreated,
          }));
-          continue; // Don't add it to the list again (it's a duplicate).
+          // Don't add it to the list again
          continue;
        } else {
          // Add the first message with this reference to the registry
          firstByRefRef.current.set(message.reference, messageCell);
        }
      }
      // Include only if it passes current filters.
      if (applyFilters(message)) {
        newFiltered.push(messageCell);
      }
@@ -128,23 +75,20 @@ export function useLogs(filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) {
    setFiltered(newFiltered);
  }, [applyFilters, setFiltered]);
-  // Re-filter all logs whenever filter predicates change.
+  // Reapply filters to all logs, only when filters change
  useEffect(() => {
    filtersRef.current = filterPredicates;
    recomputeFiltered();
  }, [filterPredicates, recomputeFiltered]);
  /**
-   * Handles a newly received log record.
+   * Handle a new log message. Updates the filtered list and to the full history.
-   * Updates the full log history, distinct names set, and filtered log list.
+   * @param message The new log message.
   *
   * @param message - The new log record to process.
   */
  const handleNewMessage = useCallback((message: LogRecord) => {
-    // Store in complete history for future refiltering.
+    // Add to the full history for re-filtering on filter changes
    logsRef.current.push(message);
    // Track distinct logger names.
    setDistinctNames((prev) => {
      if (prev.has(message.name)) return prev;
      const newSet = new Set(prev);
@@ -152,14 +96,12 @@ export function useLogs(filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) {
      return newSet;
    });
    // Wrap in a reactive cell for UI binding.
    const messageCell = cell<LogRecord>({
      ...message,
      firstCreated: message.created,
      firstRelativeCreated: message.relativeCreated,
    });
    // Handle reference-linked updates.
    if (message.reference) {
      const first = firstByRefRef.current.get(message.reference);
      if (first) {
@@ -170,28 +112,20 @@ export function useLogs(filterPredicates: Map<string, LogFilterPredicate>) {
          firstRelativeCreated: prev.firstRelativeCreated ?? prev.relativeCreated,
        }));
-        return; // Do not duplicate reference group entries.
+        // Don't add it to the list again
        return;
      } else {
        // Add the first message with this reference to the registry
        firstByRefRef.current.set(message.reference, messageCell);
      }
    }
    // Only append if message passes filters.
    if (applyFilters(message)) {
      setFiltered((curr) => [...curr, messageCell]);
    }
  }, [applyFilters, setFiltered]);
  /**
   * Initializes the SSE (Server-Sent Events) stream for real-time logs.
   *
   * Subscribes to messages from the backend logging endpoint and
   * dispatches each message to `handleNewMessage`.
   *
   * Cleans up the EventSource connection when the component unmounts.
   */
  useEffect(() => {
    // Only create one SSE connection for the lifetime of the hook.
    if (sseRef.current) return;
    const es = new EventSource("http://localhost:8000/logs/stream");
--- a/src/components/ScrollIntoView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ScrollIntoView.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,9 @@
 import {useEffect, useRef} from "react";
 /**
- * A React component that automatically scrolls itself into view whenever rendered.
+ * An element that always scrolls into view when it is rendered. When added to a list, the entire list will scroll to show this element.
 *
 * This component is especially useful in scrollable containers to keep the most
 * recent content visible (e.g., chat applications, live logs, or notifications).
 *
 * It uses the browser's `Element.scrollIntoView()` API with smooth scrolling behavior.
 *
 * @returns A `<div>` element that scrolls into view when mounted or updated.
 */
 export default function ScrollIntoView() {
  /** Ref to the DOM element that will be scrolled into view. */
  const elementRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
  useEffect(() => {
--- a/src/components/TextField.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TextField.tsx
@@ -2,22 +2,15 @@ import {useEffect, useState} from "react";
 import styles from "./TextField.module.css";
 /**
- * A styled text input that updates its value **in real time** at every keystroke.
+ * A text input element in our own style that calls `setValue` at every keystroke.
 *
- * Automatically toggles between read-only and editable modes to integrate with
+ * @param {Object} props - The component props.
- * drag-based UIs (like React Flow). Calls `onCommit` when editing is completed.
+ * @param {string} props.value - The value of the text input.
- *
+ * @param {(value: string) => void} props.setValue - A function that sets the value of the text input.
- * @param props - Component properties.
+ * @param {string} [props.placeholder] - The placeholder text for the text input.
- * @param props.value - The current text input value.
+ * @param {string} [props.className] - Additional CSS classes for the text input.
- * @param props.setValue - Callback invoked on every keystroke to update the value.
+ * @param {string} [props.id] - The ID of the text input.
- * @param props.onCommit - Callback invoked when editing is finalized (on blur or Enter).
+ * @param {string} [props.ariaLabel] - The ARIA label for the text input.
 * @param props.placeholder - Optional placeholder text displayed when the input is empty.
 * @param props.className - Optional additional CSS class names.
 * @param props.id - Optional unique HTML `id` for the input element.
 * @param props.ariaLabel - Optional ARIA label for accessibility.
 * @param props.invalid - If true, applies error styling to indicate invalid input.
 *
 * @returns A styled `<input>` element that updates its value in real time.
 */
 export function RealtimeTextField({
  value = "",
@@ -38,19 +31,14 @@ export function RealtimeTextField({
  ariaLabel?: string,
  invalid?: boolean,
 }) {
  /** Tracks whether the input is currently read-only (for drag compatibility). */
  const [readOnly, setReadOnly] = useState(true);
  /** Finalizes editing and calls `onCommit` when the user exits the field. */
  const updateData  = () => {
    setReadOnly(true);
    onCommit();
  };
-  /** Handles the Enter key — commits the input by triggering a blur event. */
+  const updateOnEnter = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => { if (event.key === "Enter") (event.target as HTMLInputElement).blur(); };
  const updateOnEnter = (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => { 
    if (event.key === "Enter") 
      (event.target as HTMLInputElement).blur(); };
  return <input
    type={"text"}
@@ -69,22 +57,15 @@ export function RealtimeTextField({
 }
 /**
- * A styled text input that updates its value **only on commit** (when the user
+ * A text input element in our own style that calls `setValue` once the user presses the enter key or clicks outside the input.
 * presses Enter or clicks outside the input).
 *
- * Internally wraps `RealtimeTextField` and buffers input changes locally,
+ * @param {Object} props - The component props.
- * calling `setValue` only once editing is complete.
+ * @param {string} props.value - The value of the text input.
- *
+ * @param {(value: string) => void} props.setValue - A function that sets the value of the text input.
- * @param props - Component properties.
+ * @param {string} [props.placeholder] - The placeholder text for the text input.
- * @param props.value - The current text input value.
+ * @param {string} [props.className] - Additional CSS classes for the text input.
- * @param props.setValue - Callback invoked when the user commits the change.
+ * @param {string} [props.id] - The ID of the text input.
- * @param props.placeholder - Optional placeholder text displayed when the input is empty.
+ * @param {string} [props.ariaLabel] - The ARIA label for the text input.
 * @param props.className - Optional additional CSS class names.
 * @param props.id - Optional unique HTML `id` for the input element.
 * @param props.ariaLabel - Optional ARIA label for accessibility.
 * @param props.invalid - If true, applies error styling to indicate invalid input.
 *
 * @returns A styled `<input>` element that updates its parent state only on commit.
 */
 export function TextField({
  value = "",
@@ -105,8 +86,10 @@ export function TextField({
 }) {
  const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState(value);
-  // Re-render when the value gets updated externally
+  // The value may be changed from the outside, for example, when a program is loaded. We need to update the input value accordingly.
-  useEffect(() => setInputValue(value), [setInputValue, value]);
+  useEffect(() => {
    setInputValue(value);
  }, [value]);
  const onCommit = () => setValue(inputValue);
--- a/src/components/components.tsx
+++ b/src/components/components.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 import { useState } from 'react'
 /**
 * A minimal counter component that demonstrates basic React state handling.
 *
 * Maintains an internal count value and provides buttons to increment and reset it.
 *
 * @returns A JSX element rendering the counter UI.
 */
 function Counter() {
  /** The current counter value. */
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0)
  return (
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ html, body, #root {
 }
 a {
  font-weight: 500;
  color: canvastext;
 }
--- a/src/pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.tsx
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 /**
 * Displays the current connection status of a robot in real time.
 *
 * Opens an SSE connection to the backend (`/robot/ping_stream`) that emits
 * simple boolean JSON messages (`true` or `false`). Updates automatically when
 * the robot connects or disconnects.
 *
 * @returns A React element showing the current robot connection status.
 */
 export default function ConnectedRobots() {
  /**
   * The current connection state:
   * - `true`: Robot is connected.
   * - `false`: Robot is not connected.
   * - `null`: Connection status is unknown (initial check in progress).
   */
  const [connected, setConnected] = useState<boolean | null>(null);
  useEffect(() => {
    // Open a Server-Sent Events (SSE) connection to receive live ping updates.
    // We're expecting a stream of data like that looks like this: `data = False` or `data = True`
    const eventSource = new EventSource("http://localhost:8000/robot/ping_stream");
    eventSource.onmessage = (event) => {
      // Expecting messages in JSON format: `true` or `false`
      console.log("received message:", event.data);
      try {
        const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
        try {
          setConnected(data)
        }
        catch {
          console.log("couldnt extract connected from incoming ping data")
        }
      } catch {
        console.log("Ping message not in correct format:", event.data);
      }
    };
    // Clean up the SSE connection when the component unmounts.
    return () => eventSource.close();
  }, []);
  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Is robot currently connected?</h1>
      <div>
        <h2>Robot is currently: {connected == null ? "checking..." : (connected ? "connected! 🟢" : "not connected... 🔴")} </h2>
        <h3>
          {connected == null ? "If checking continues, make sure CB is properly loaded with robot at least once." : ""}
        </h3>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
 }
--- a/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Home/Home.tsx
@@ -2,14 +2,6 @@ import { Link } from 'react-router'
 import pepperLogo from '../../assets/pepper_transp2_small.svg'
 import styles from './Home.module.css'
 /**
 * The home page component providing navigation and project branding.
 *
 * Renders the Pepper logo and a set of navigational links 
 * implemented via React Router.
 *
 * @returns A JSX element representing the app’s home page.
 */
 function Home() {
  return (
    <div className={`flex-col ${styles.gapXl}`}>
@@ -22,7 +14,6 @@ function Home() {
        <Link to={"/robot"}>Robot Interaction →</Link>
        <Link to={"/editor"}>Editor →</Link>
        <Link to={"/template"}>Template →</Link>
        <Link to={"/ConnectedRobots"}>Connected Robots →</Link>
      </div>
    </div>
  )
--- a/src/pages/Robot/Robot.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Robot/Robot.tsx
@@ -1,34 +1,13 @@
 import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 /**
 * Displays a live robot interaction panel with user input, conversation history,
 * and real-time updates from the robot backend via Server-Sent Events (SSE).
 *
 * @returns A React element rendering the interactive robot UI.
 */
 export default function Robot() {
  /** The text message currently entered by the user. */
  const [message, setMessage] = useState('');
  /** Whether the robot’s microphone or listening mode is currently active. */
  const [listening, setListening] = useState(false);
-  /** The ongoing conversation history as a sequence of user/assistant messages. */
+  const [conversation, setConversation] = useState<{"role": "user" | "assistant", "content": string}[]>([])
  const [conversation, setConversation] = useState<
  {"role": "user" | "assistant", "content": string}[]>([])
  /** Reference to the scrollable conversation container for auto-scrolling. */
  const conversationRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  /**
   * Index used to force refresh the SSE connection or clear conversation.
   * Incrementing this value triggers a reset of the live data stream.
   */
  const [conversationIndex, setConversationIndex] = useState(0);
  /**
   * Sends a message to the robot backend.
   *
   * Makes a POST request to `/message` with the user’s text.
   * The backend may respond with confirmation or error information.
   */
  const sendMessage = async () => {
    try {
      const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8000/message", {
@@ -45,17 +24,6 @@ export default function Robot() {
    }
  };
   /**
   * Establishes a persistent Server-Sent Events (SSE) connection
   * to receive real-time updates from the robot backend.
   *
   * Handles three event types:
   * - `voice_active`: whether the robot is currently listening.
   * - `speech`: recognized user speech input.
   * - `llm_response`: the robot’s language model-generated reply.
   *
   * The connection resets whenever `conversationIndex` changes.
   */
  useEffect(() => {
    const eventSource = new EventSource("http://localhost:8000/sse");
@@ -75,10 +43,6 @@ export default function Robot() {
    };
  }, [conversationIndex]);
  /**
   * Automatically scrolls the conversation view to the bottom
   * whenever a new message is added.
   */
  useEffect(() => {
    if (!conversationRef || !conversationRef.current) return;
    conversationRef.current.scrollTop = conversationRef.current.scrollHeight;
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css
@@ -7,6 +7,31 @@
    height: 100%;
 }
 .node-text-input {
    border: 1px solid transparent;
    border-radius: 5pt;
    padding: 4px 8px;
    outline: none;
    background-color: white;
    transition: border-color 0.2s, box-shadow 0.2s;
    cursor: text;
 }
 .node-text-input:focus {
    border-color: gainsboro;
 }
 .node-text-input:read-only {
    cursor: pointer;
    background-color: whitesmoke;
 }
 .node-text-input:read-only:hover {
    border-color: gainsboro;
 }
 .dnd-panel {
    margin-inline-start: auto;
    margin-inline-end: auto;
@@ -42,7 +67,7 @@
 }
 .node-norm {
-    outline: rgb(0, 149, 25) solid 2pt;
+    outline: forestgreen solid 2pt;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem forestgreen);
 }
@@ -126,3 +151,4 @@
    outline: red solid 2pt;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem red);
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.tsx
@@ -8,15 +8,34 @@ import {
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
 import {useShallow} from 'zustand/react/shallow';
 import {
  StartNodeComponent,
  EndNodeComponent,
  PhaseNodeComponent,
  NormNodeComponent,
  GoalNodeComponent,
 } from './visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeDefinitions.tsx';
 import {DndToolbar} from './visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx';
 import graphReducer from "./visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.ts";
 import useFlowStore from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 import type {FlowState} from './visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx';
 import styles from './VisProg.module.css'
-import { NodeReduces, NodeTypes } from './visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts';
+import TriggerNodeComponent from "./visualProgrammingUI/components/TriggerNodeComponent.tsx";
 import SaveLoadPanel from './visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx';
 // --| config starting params for flow |--
 /**
 * contains the types of all nodes that are available in the editor
 */
 const NODE_TYPES = {
  start: StartNodeComponent,
  end: EndNodeComponent,
  phase: PhaseNodeComponent,
  norm: NormNodeComponent,
  goal: GoalNodeComponent,
  trigger: TriggerNodeComponent,
 };
 /**
 * defines how the default edge looks inside the editor
@@ -70,7 +89,7 @@ const VisProgUI = () => {
        nodes={nodes}
        edges={edges}
        defaultEdgeOptions={DEFAULT_EDGE_OPTIONS}
-        nodeTypes={NodeTypes}
+        nodeTypes={NODE_TYPES}
        onNodesChange={onNodesChange}
        onEdgesChange={onEdgesChange}
        onReconnect={onReconnect}
@@ -83,10 +102,7 @@ const VisProgUI = () => {
      >
        <Panel position="top-center" className={styles.dndPanel}>
          <DndToolbar/> {/* contains the drag and drop panel for nodes */}
-          </Panel>
+        </Panel>
          <Panel position = "bottom-left" className={styles.saveLoadPanel}>
            <SaveLoadPanel></SaveLoadPanel>
          </Panel>
        <Controls/>
        <Background/>
      </ReactFlow>
@@ -95,7 +111,6 @@ const VisProgUI = () => {
 };
 /**
 * Places the VisProgUI component inside a ReactFlowProvider
 *
@@ -113,33 +128,9 @@ function VisualProgrammingUI() {
 // currently outputs the prepared program to the console
 function runProgram() {
-  const phases = graphReducer();
+  const program = graphReducer();
-  const program = {phases}
+  console.log(program);
  console.log(JSON.stringify(program, null, 2));
  fetch(
    "http://localhost:8000/program",
    {
      method: "POST",
      headers: {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
      body: JSON.stringify(program),
    }
  ).then((res) => {
    if (!res.ok) throw new Error("Failed communicating with the backend.")
    console.log("Successfully sent the program to the backend.");
  }).catch(() => console.log("Failed to send program to the backend."));
 }
 /**
 * Reduces the graph into its phases' information and recursively calls their reducing function
 */ 
 function graphReducer() {
  const { nodes } = useFlowStore.getState();
  return nodes
    .filter((n) => n.type == 'phase')
    .map((n) => {
      const reducer = NodeReduces['phase'];
      return reducer(n, nodes)
    }); 
 }
 /**
@@ -156,4 +147,4 @@ function VisProgPage() {
  )
 }
-export default VisProgPage
+export default VisProgPage
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
 import {
  type Edge,
  getIncomers,
  getOutgoers
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import useFlowStore from "./VisProgStores.tsx";
 import type {
  BehaviorProgram,
  GoalData,
  GoalReducer,
  GraphPreprocessor,
  NormData,
  NormReducer,
  OrderedPhases,
  Phase,
  PhaseReducer,
  PreparedGraph,
  PreparedPhase, Reduced, TriggerReducer
 } from "./GraphReducerTypes.ts";
 import type {
  AppNode,
  GoalNode,
  NormNode,
  PhaseNode, TriggerNode
 } from "./VisProgTypes.tsx";
 import type {TriggerNodeProps} from "./components/TriggerNodeComponent.tsx";
 /**
 * Reduces the current graph inside the visual programming editor into a BehaviorProgram
 *
 * @param {GraphPreprocessor} graphPreprocessor
 * @param {PhaseReducer} phaseReducer
 * @param {NormReducer} normReducer
 * @param {GoalReducer} goalReducer
 * @param {TriggerReducer} triggerReducer
 * @returns {BehaviorProgram}
 */
 export default function graphReducer(
  graphPreprocessor: GraphPreprocessor = defaultGraphPreprocessor,
  phaseReducer: PhaseReducer = defaultPhaseReducer,
  normReducer: NormReducer = defaultNormReducer,
  goalReducer: GoalReducer = defaultGoalReducer,
  triggerReducer: TriggerReducer = defaultTriggerReducer,
 ) : BehaviorProgram {
  const nodes: AppNode[] = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
  const edges: Edge[] = useFlowStore.getState().edges;
  const preparedGraph: PreparedGraph = graphPreprocessor(nodes, edges);
  return preparedGraph.map((preparedPhase: PreparedPhase) : Phase =>
    phaseReducer(
      preparedPhase,
      normReducer,
      goalReducer,
      triggerReducer,
    ));
 };
 /**
 * reduces a single preparedPhase to a Phase object
 * the Phase object describes a single phase in a BehaviorProgram
 *
 * @param {PreparedPhase} phase
 * @param {NormReducer} normReducer
 * @param {GoalReducer} goalReducer
 * @param {TriggerReducer} triggerReducer
 * @returns {Phase}
 */
 export function defaultPhaseReducer(
  phase: PreparedPhase,
  normReducer: NormReducer = defaultNormReducer,
  goalReducer: GoalReducer = defaultGoalReducer,
  triggerReducer: TriggerReducer = defaultTriggerReducer,
 ) : Phase {
  return {
    id: phase.phaseNode.id,
    name: phase.phaseNode.data.label,
    nextPhaseId: phase.nextPhaseId,
    phaseData: {
      norms: phase.connectedNorms.map(normReducer),
      goals: phase.connectedGoals.map(goalReducer),
      triggers: phase.connectedTriggers.map(triggerReducer),
    }
  }
 }
 /**
 * the default implementation of the goalNode reducer function
 *
 * @param {GoalNode} node
 * @returns {GoalData}
 */
 function defaultGoalReducer(node: GoalNode) : Reduced<GoalData> {
  return {
    id: node.id,
    name: node.data.label,
    description: node.data.description,
    achieved: node.data.achieved,
  }
 }
 /**
 * the default implementation of the normNode reducer function
 *
 * @param {NormNode} node
 * @returns {NormData}
 */
 function defaultNormReducer(node: NormNode) :Reduced<NormData> {
  return {
    id: node.id,
    name: node.data.label,
    value: node.data.value
  }
 }
 function defaultTriggerReducer(node: TriggerNode): Reduced<TriggerNodeProps> {
  return {
    id: node.id,
    ...node.data,
  }
 }
 // Graph preprocessing functions:
 /**
 * Preprocesses the provide state of the behavior editor graph, preparing it for further processing in
 * the graphReducer function
 *
 * @param {AppNode[]} nodes
 * @param {Edge[]} edges
 * @returns {PreparedGraph}
 */
 export function defaultGraphPreprocessor(nodes: AppNode[], edges: Edge[]) : PreparedGraph {
  const norms : NormNode[] = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'norm') as NormNode[];
  const goals : GoalNode[] = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'goal') as GoalNode[];
  const triggers : TriggerNode[] = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'trigger') as TriggerNode[];
  const orderedPhases : OrderedPhases = orderPhases(nodes, edges);
  return orderedPhases.phaseNodes.map((phase: PhaseNode) : PreparedPhase => {
    const nextPhase = orderedPhases.connections.get(phase.id);
      return {
        phaseNode: phase,
        nextPhaseId: nextPhase as string,
        connectedNorms: getIncomers({id: phase.id}, norms,edges),
        connectedGoals: getIncomers({id: phase.id}, goals,edges),
        connectedTriggers: getIncomers({id: phase.id}, triggers, edges),
      };
    });
 }
 /**
 * orderPhases takes the state of the graph created by the editor and turns it into an OrderedPhases object.
 *
 * @param {AppNode[]} nodes
 * @param {Edge[]} edges
 * @returns {OrderedPhases}
 */
 export function orderPhases(nodes: AppNode[],edges: Edge[]) : OrderedPhases {
  // find the first Phase node
  const phaseNodes : PhaseNode[] = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === 'phase') as PhaseNode[];
  const startNodeIndex = nodes.findIndex((node : AppNode):boolean  => {return (node.type === 'start');});
  const firstPhaseNode = getOutgoers({ id: nodes[startNodeIndex].id },phaseNodes,edges);
  // recursively adds the phase nodes to a list in the order they are connected in the graph
  const nextPhase  = (
    currentIndex: number,
    { phaseNodes: phases, connections: connections} : OrderedPhases
  ) : OrderedPhases => {
    // get the current phase and the next phases;
    const currentPhase = phases[currentIndex];
    const nextPhaseNodes = getOutgoers(currentPhase,phaseNodes,edges);
    const nextNodes = getOutgoers(currentPhase,nodes, edges);
    // handles adding of the next phase to the chain, and error handle if an invalid state is received
    if (nextPhaseNodes.length === 1 && nextNodes.length === 1) {
      connections.set(currentPhase.id, nextPhaseNodes[0].id);
      return nextPhase(phases.push(nextPhaseNodes[0] as PhaseNode) - 1, {phaseNodes: phases, connections: connections});
    } else {
      // handle erroneous states
      if (nextNodes.length === 0){
        throw new Error(`| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "${currentPhase.id}" doesn't have any outgoing connections`);
      } else {
        if (nextNodes.length > 1) {
          throw new Error(`| INVALID PROGRAM | the source handle of "${currentPhase.id}" connects to too many targets`);
        } else {
          if (nextNodes[0].type === "end"){
            connections.set(currentPhase.id, "end");
            // returns the final output of the function
            return { phaseNodes: phases, connections: connections};
          } else {
            throw new Error(`| INVALID PROGRAM | the node "${nextNodes[0].id}" that "${currentPhase.id}" connects to is not a phase or end node`);
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  // initializes the Map describing the connections between phase nodes
  // we need this Map to make sure we preserve this information,
  // so we don't need to do checks on the entire set of edges in further stages of the reduction algorithm
  const connections : Map<string, string> = new Map();
  // returns an empty list if no phase nodes are present, otherwise returns an ordered list of phaseNodes
  if (firstPhaseNode.length > 0) {
      return nextPhase(0, {phaseNodes: [firstPhaseNode[0] as PhaseNode], connections: connections})
  } else { return {phaseNodes: [], connections: connections} }
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducerTypes.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducerTypes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
 import type {Edge} from "@xyflow/react";
 import type {AppNode, GoalNode, NormNode, PhaseNode, TriggerNode} from "./VisProgTypes.tsx";
 import type {TriggerNodeProps} from "./components/TriggerNodeComponent.tsx";
 export type Reduced<T> = { id: string } & T;
 /**
 * defines how a norm is represented in the simplified behavior program
  */
 export type NormData = {
  name: string;
  value: string;
 };
 /**
 * defines how a goal is represented in the simplified behavior program
 */
 export type GoalData = {
  name: string;
  description: string;
  achieved: boolean;
 };
 /**
 * definition of a PhaseData object, it contains all phaseData that is relevant
 * for further processing and execution of a phase.
 */
 export type PhaseData = {
  norms: NormData[];
  goals: GoalData[];
  triggers: TriggerNodeProps[];
 };
 /**
 * Describes a single phase within the simplified representation of a behavior program,
 *
 * Contains:
 * - the id of the described phase,
 * - the name of the described phase,
 * - the id of the next phase in the user defined behavior program
 * - the data property of the described phase node
 *
 * @NOTE at the moment the type definitions do not support branching programs,
 * if branching of phases is to be supported in the future, the type definition for Phase has to be updated
 */
 export type Phase = {
  id: string;
  name: string;
  nextPhaseId: string;
  phaseData: PhaseData;
 };
 /**
 * Describes a simplified behavior program as a list of Phase objects
 */
 export type BehaviorProgram = Phase[];
 export type NormReducer = (node: NormNode) => Reduced<NormData>;
 export type GoalReducer = (node: GoalNode) => Reduced<GoalData>;
 export type TriggerReducer = (node: TriggerNode) => Reduced<TriggerNodeProps>;
 export type PhaseReducer = (
  preparedPhase: PreparedPhase,
  normReducer: NormReducer,
  goalReducer: GoalReducer,
  triggerReducer: TriggerReducer,
 ) => Phase;
 /**
 * contains:
 *
 * - list of phases, sorted based on position in chain between the start and end node
 * - a dictionary containing all outgoing connections,
 * to other phase or end nodes, for each phase node uses the id of the source node as key
 * and the id of the target node as value
 *
 */
 export type OrderedPhases = {
  phaseNodes: PhaseNode[];
  connections: Map<string, string>;
 };
 /**
 * A single prepared phase,
 * contains:
 * - the described phaseNode,
 * - the id of the next phaseNode or "end" for the end node
 * - a list of the normNodes that are connected to the described phase
 * - a list of the goalNodes that are connected to the described phase
 */
 export type PreparedPhase = {
  phaseNode: PhaseNode;
  nextPhaseId: string;
  connectedNorms: NormNode[];
  connectedGoals: GoalNode[];
  connectedTriggers: TriggerNode[];
 };
 /**
 * a list of PreparedPhase objects,
 * describes the preprocessed state of a program,
 * before the contents of the node
 */
 export type PreparedGraph = PreparedPhase[];
 export type GraphPreprocessor = (nodes: AppNode[], edges: Edge[]) => PreparedGraph;
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/NodeRegistry.ts
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
 import StartNode, { StartConnects, StartReduce } from "./nodes/StartNode";
 import EndNode, { EndConnects, EndReduce } from "./nodes/EndNode";
 import PhaseNode, { PhaseConnects, PhaseReduce } from "./nodes/PhaseNode";
 import NormNode, { NormConnects, NormReduce } from "./nodes/NormNode";
 import { EndNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/EndNode.default";
 import { StartNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/StartNode.default";
 import { PhaseNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/PhaseNode.default";
 import { NormNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/NormNode.default";
 import GoalNode, { GoalConnects, GoalReduce } from "./nodes/GoalNode";
 import { GoalNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/GoalNode.default";
 import TriggerNode, { TriggerConnects, TriggerReduce } from "./nodes/TriggerNode";
 import { TriggerNodeDefaults } from "./nodes/TriggerNode.default";
 /**
 * Registered node types in the visual programming system.
 * 
 * Key: the node type string used in the flow graph.
 * Value: the corresponding React component for rendering the node.
 */
 export const NodeTypes = {
  start: StartNode,
  end: EndNode,
  phase: PhaseNode,
  norm: NormNode,
  goal: GoalNode,
  trigger: TriggerNode,
 };
 /**
 * Default data and settings for each node type.
 * These are defined in the <node>.default.ts files.
 * These defaults are used when a new node is created to initialize its properties.
 */
 export const NodeDefaults = {
  start: StartNodeDefaults,
  end: EndNodeDefaults,
  phase: PhaseNodeDefaults,
  norm: NormNodeDefaults,
  goal: GoalNodeDefaults,
  trigger: TriggerNodeDefaults,
 };
 /**
 * Reduce functions for each node type.
 * 
 * A reduce function extracts the relevant data from a node and its children.
 * Used during graph evaluation or export.
 */
 export const NodeReduces = {
  start: StartReduce,
  end: EndReduce,
  phase: PhaseReduce,
  norm: NormReduce,
  goal: GoalReduce,
  trigger: TriggerReduce,
 }
 /**
 * Connection functions for each node type.
 * 
 * These functions define how nodes of a particular type can connect to other nodes.
 */
 export const NodeConnects = {
  start: StartConnects,
  end: EndConnects,
  phase: PhaseConnects,
  norm: NormConnects,
  goal: GoalConnects,
  trigger: TriggerConnects,
 }
 /**
 * Defines whether a node type can be deleted.
 * 
 * Returns a function per node type. Nodes not explicitly listed are deletable by default.
 */
 export const NodeDeletes = {
  start: () => false,
  end: () => false,
 }
 /**
 * Defines which node types are considered variables in a phase node.
 * 
 * Any node type not listed here is automatically treated as part of a phase.
 * This allows the system to dynamically group nodes under a phase node.
 */
 export const NodesInPhase = {
  start: () => false,
  end: () => false,
  phase: () => false,
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx
@@ -1,172 +1,142 @@
-import { create } from 'zustand';
+import {create} from 'zustand';
 import {
  applyNodeChanges,
  applyEdgeChanges,
  addEdge,
-  reconnectEdge,
+  reconnectEdge, type Edge, type Connection
  type Node,
  type Edge,
  type XYPosition,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import type { FlowState } from './VisProgTypes';
 import { NodeDefaults, NodeConnects, NodeDeletes } from './NodeRegistry';
 import {type AppNode, type FlowState} from './VisProgTypes.tsx';
 /**
- * A Function to create a new node with the correct default data and properties.
+ * contains the nodes that are created when the editor is loaded,
- *
+ * should contain at least a start and an end node
 * @param id - The unique ID of the node.
 * @param type - The type of node to create (must exist in NodeDefaults).
 * @param position - The XY position of the node in the flow canvas.
 * @param data - The data object to initialize the node with.
 * @param deletable - Optional flag to indicate if the node can be deleted (can be deleted by default).
 * @returns A fully initialized Node object ready to be added to the flow.
 */
-function createNode(id: string, type: string, position: XYPosition, data: Record<string, unknown>, deletable? : boolean) {
+const initialNodes = [
-  const defaultData = NodeDefaults[type as keyof typeof NodeDefaults]
+  {
-  const newData = {
+    id: 'start',
-      id: id,
+    type: 'start',
-      type: type,
+    position: {x: 0, y: 0},
-      position: position,
+    data: {label: 'start'}
-      data: data,
+  },
-      deletable: deletable,
+  {
    id: 'phase-1',
    type: 'phase',
    position: {x: 0, y: 150},
    data: {label: 'Generic Phase', number: 1},
  },
  {
    id: 'end',
    type: 'end',
    position: {x: 0, y: 300},
    data: {label: 'End'}
  }
  return {...defaultData, ...newData}
 }
 //* Initial nodes to populate the flow at startup.
 const initialNodes : Node[] = [
    createNode('start', 'start', {x: 100, y: 100}, {label: "Start"}, false),
    createNode('end', 'end', {x: 500, y: 100}, {label: "End"}, false),
    createNode('phase-1', 'phase',  {x:200, y:100}, {label: "Phase 1", children : []}),
    createNode('norms-1', 'norm',  {x:-200, y:100}, {label: "Initial Norms", normList: ["Be a robot", "get good"]}),     
 ];
 //* Initial edges to connect the startup nodes.
 const initialEdges: Edge[] = [
  { id: 'start-phase-1', source: 'start', target: 'phase-1' },
  { id: 'phase-1-end', source: 'phase-1', target: 'end' },
 ];
 /**
- * How we have defined the functions for our FlowState. 
+ * contains the initial edges that are created when the editor is loaded
- * We have the normal functionality of a default FlowState with some exceptions to account for extra functionality.
+ */
- * The biggest changes are in onConnect and onDelete, which we have given extra functionality based on the nodes defined functions.
+const initialEdges = [
- * 
+  {
- *  * Provides:
+    id: 'start-phase-1',
- * - Node and edge state management
+    source: 'start',
- * - Node creation, deletion, and updates
+    target: 'phase-1',
- * - Custom connection handling via NodeConnects
+  },
- * - Edge reconnection handling
+  {
    id: 'phase-1-end',
    source: 'phase-1',
    target: 'end',
  }
 ];
 /**
 * The useFlowStore hook contains the implementation for editor functionality and state
 * we can use this inside our editor component to access the current state
 * and use any implemented functionality
 */
 const useFlowStore = create<FlowState>((set, get) => ({
  nodes: initialNodes,
  edges: initialEdges,
  edgeReconnectSuccessful: true,
-
+  onNodesChange: (changes) => {
   /**
   * Handles changes to nodes triggered by ReactFlow.
   */
  onNodesChange: (changes) =>
  set({nodes: applyNodeChanges(changes, get().nodes)}),
  /**
   * Handles changes to edges triggered by ReactFlow.
   */
  onEdgesChange: (changes) => set({ edges: applyEdgeChanges(changes, get().edges) }),
  /**
   * Handles creating a new connection between nodes.
   * Updates edges and calls the node-specific connection functions.
   */
  onConnect: (connection) => {
  const edges = addEdge(connection, get().edges);
  const nodes = get().nodes;
  // connection has: { source, sourceHandle, target, targetHandle }
  // Let's find the source and target ID's.
  const sourceNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == connection.source);
  const targetNode = nodes.find((n) => n.id == connection.target);
  // In case the nodes weren't found, return basic functionality.
  if (sourceNode == undefined || targetNode == undefined || sourceNode.type == undefined || targetNode.type == undefined) {
    set({ nodes, edges });
    return;
  }
  // We should find out how their data changes by calling their respective functions.
  const sourceConnectFunction = NodeConnects[sourceNode.type as keyof typeof NodeConnects]
  const targetConnectFunction = NodeConnects[targetNode.type as keyof typeof NodeConnects]
  // We're going to have to update their data based on how they want to update it.
  sourceConnectFunction(sourceNode, targetNode, true)
  targetConnectFunction(targetNode, sourceNode, false)
  set({ nodes, edges });
 },
  /**
   * Handles reconnecting an edge between nodes.
   */
  onReconnect: (oldEdge, newConnection) => {
    get().edgeReconnectSuccessful = true;
    set({ edges: reconnectEdge(oldEdge, newConnection, get().edges) });
  },
  onReconnectStart: () => set({ edgeReconnectSuccessful: false }),
  onReconnectEnd: (_evt, edge) => {
    if (!get().edgeReconnectSuccessful) {
      set({ edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.id !== edge.id) });
    }
    set({ edgeReconnectSuccessful: true });
  },
  /**
   * Deletes a node by ID, respecting NodeDeletes rules.
   * Also removes all edges connected to that node.
   */
  deleteNode: (nodeId) => {
    // Let's find our node to check if they have a special deletion function
    const ourNode = get().nodes.find((n)=>n.id==nodeId);
    const ourFunction = Object.entries(NodeDeletes).find(([t])=>t==ourNode?.type)?.[1]
    // If there's no function, OR, our function tells us we can delete it, let's do so...
    if (ourFunction == undefined || ourFunction()) {
      set({
      nodes: get().nodes.filter((n) => n.id !== nodeId),
      edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.source !== nodeId && e.target !== nodeId),
      })}
    },
  /**
   * Replaces the entire nodes array in the store.
   */
  setNodes: (nodes) => set({ nodes }),
  /**
   * Replaces the entire edges array in the store.
   */
  setEdges: (edges) => set({ edges }),
  /**
   * Updates the data of a node by merging new data with existing data.
   */
  updateNodeData: (nodeId, data) => {
    set({
-      nodes: get().nodes.map((node) => {
+      nodes: applyNodeChanges(changes, get().nodes)
        if (node.id === nodeId) {
          node = { ...node, data: { ...node.data, ...data }};
        }
        return node;
      }),
    });
  },
-
+  onEdgesChange: (changes) => {
-  /**
+    set({
-   * Adds a new node to the flow store.
+      edges: applyEdgeChanges(changes, get().edges)
-   */
+    });
  addNode: (node: Node) => {
    set({ nodes: [...get().nodes, node] });
  },
-}));
+  // handles connection of newly created edges
  onConnect: (connection) => {
    set({
      edges: addEdge(connection, get().edges)
    });
  },
  // handles attempted reconnections of a previously disconnected edge
  onReconnect: (oldEdge: Edge, newConnection: Connection) => {
    get().edgeReconnectSuccessful = true;
    set({
      edges: reconnectEdge(oldEdge, newConnection, get().edges)
    });
  },
  // Handles initiation of reconnection of edges that are manually disconnected from a node
  onReconnectStart: () => {
    set({
      edgeReconnectSuccessful: false
    });
  },
  // Drops the edge from the set of edges, removing it from the flow, if no successful reconnection occurred
  onReconnectEnd: (_: unknown, edge: { id: string; }) => {
    if (!get().edgeReconnectSuccessful) {
      set({
        edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.id !== edge.id),
      });
    }
    set({
      edgeReconnectSuccessful: true
    });
  },
  deleteNode: (nodeId: string) => {
    set({
      nodes: get().nodes.filter((n) => n.id !== nodeId),
      edges: get().edges.filter((e) => e.source !== nodeId && e.target !== nodeId)
    });
  },
  setNodes: (nodes) => {
    set({nodes});
  },
  setEdges: (edges) => {
    set({edges});
  },
 /**
 * handles updating the data component of a node,
 * if the provided data object contains entries that aren't present in the updated node's data component
 * those entries are added to the data component,
 * entries that do exist within the node's data component,
 * are simply updated to contain the new value
 *
 * the data object
 * @param {string} nodeId
 * @param {object} data
 */
  updateNodeData: (nodeId: string, data) => {
    set({
      nodes: get().nodes.map((node) : AppNode => {
        if (node.id === nodeId) {
          return {
            ...node,
            data: {
              ...node.data,
              ...data
            }
          };
        } else { return node; }
      })
    });
  }
  }),
 );
-export default useFlowStore;
+export default useFlowStore;
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgTypes.tsx
@@ -1,77 +1,50 @@
-// VisProgTypes.ts
+import {
-import type { Edge, OnNodesChange, OnEdgesChange, OnConnect, OnReconnect, Node } from '@xyflow/react';
+  type Edge,
-import type { NodeTypes } from './NodeRegistry';
+  type Node,
  type OnNodesChange,
  type OnEdgesChange,
  type OnConnect,
  type OnReconnect,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import type {TriggerNodeProps} from "./components/TriggerNodeComponent.tsx";
 type defaultNodeData = {
  label: string;
 };
 type OurNode<T> = Node<T & defaultNodeData>;
 export type StartNode = Node<defaultNodeData, 'start'>;
 export type EndNode = Node<defaultNodeData, 'end'>;
 export type GoalNode = Node<defaultNodeData & { description: string; achieved: boolean; }, 'goal'>;
 export type NormNode = Node<defaultNodeData & { value: string; }, 'norm'>;
 export type PhaseNode = Node<defaultNodeData & { number: number; }, 'phase'>;
 export type TriggerNode = OurNode<TriggerNodeProps>;
 /**
- * Type representing all registered node types.
+ * a type meant to house different node types, currently not used
- * This corresponds to the keys of NodeTypes in NodeRegistry.
+ * but will allow us to more clearly define nodeTypes when we implement
 * computation of the Graph inside the ReactFlow editor
 */
-export type AppNode = typeof NodeTypes;
+export type AppNode = Node | StartNode | EndNode | NormNode | GoalNode | PhaseNode;
 /**
- * The FlowState type defines the shape of the Zustand store used for managing the visual programming flow.
+ * The type for the Zustand store object used to manage the state of the ReactFlow editor
 *
 * Includes:
 * - Nodes and edges currently in the flow
 * - Callbacks for node and edge changes
 * - Node deletion and updates
 * - Edge reconnection handling
 */
 export type FlowState = {
-  nodes: Node[];
+  nodes: AppNode[];
  edges: Edge[];
  edgeReconnectSuccessful: boolean;
  /** Handler for changes to nodes triggered by ReactFlow */
  onNodesChange: OnNodesChange;
  /** Handler for changes to edges triggered by ReactFlow */
  onEdgesChange: OnEdgesChange;
  /** Handler for creating a new connection between nodes */
  onConnect: OnConnect;
  /** Handler for reconnecting an existing edge */
  onReconnect: OnReconnect;
  /** Called when an edge reconnect process starts */
  onReconnectStart: () => void;
  /**
   * Called when an edge reconnect process ends.
   * @param _ - event or unused parameter
   * @param edge - the edge that finished reconnecting
   */
  onReconnectEnd: (_: unknown, edge: { id: string }) => void;
  /**
   * Deletes a node and any connected edges.
   * @param nodeId - the ID of the node to delete
   */
  deleteNode: (nodeId: string) => void;
-
+  setNodes: (nodes: AppNode[]) => void;
  /**
   * Replaces the current nodes array in the store.
   * @param nodes - new array of nodes
   */
  setNodes: (nodes: Node[]) => void;
  /**
   * Replaces the current edges array in the store.
   * @param edges - new array of edges
   */
  setEdges: (edges: Edge[]) => void;
  /**
   * Updates the data of a node by merging new data with existing node data.
   * @param nodeId - the ID of the node to update
   * @param data - object containing new data fields to merge
   */
  updateNodeData: (nodeId: string, data: object) => void;
-
+};
  /**
   * Adds a new node to the flow.
   * @param node - the Node object to add
   */
  addNode: (node: Node) => void;
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx
@@ -1,48 +1,61 @@
-import { useDraggable } from '@neodrag/react';
+import {useDraggable} from '@neodrag/react';
-import { useReactFlow, type XYPosition } from '@xyflow/react';
+import {
-import { type ReactNode, useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+  useReactFlow,
-import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
+  type XYPosition
-import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
+} from '@xyflow/react';
-import { NodeDefaults, type NodeTypes } from '../NodeRegistry'
+import {
  type ReactNode,
  useCallback,
  useRef,
  useState
 } from 'react';
 import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
 import styles from "../../VisProg.module.css"
 import type {AppNode, PhaseNode, NormNode, GoalNode, TriggerNode} from "../VisProgTypes.tsx";
 /**
- * Props for a draggable node within the drag-and-drop toolbar.
+ * DraggableNodeProps dictates the type properties of a DraggableNode
 *
 * @property className - Optional custom CSS classes for styling.
 * @property children - The visual content or label rendered inside the draggable node.
 * @property nodeType - The type of node represented (key from `NodeTypes`).
 * @property onDrop - Function called when the node is dropped on the flow pane.
 */
 interface DraggableNodeProps {
  className?: string;
  children: ReactNode;
-  nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes;
+  nodeType: string;
-  onDrop: (nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes, position: XYPosition) => void;
+  onDrop: (nodeType: string, position: XYPosition) => void;
 }
 /**
- * A draggable node element used in the drag-and-drop toolbar.
+ * Definition of a node inside the drag and drop toolbar,
 * these nodes require an onDrop function to be supplied
 * that dictates how the node is created in the graph.
 *
- * Integrates with the NeoDrag library to handle drag events.
+ * @param className
- * On drop, it calls the provided `onDrop` function with the node type and drop position.
+ * @param children
- *
+ * @param nodeType
- * @param props - The draggable node configuration.
+ * @param onDrop
- * @returns A React element representing a draggable node.
+ * @constructor
 */
-function DraggableNode({ className, children, nodeType, onDrop }: DraggableNodeProps) {
+function DraggableNode({className, children, nodeType, onDrop}: DraggableNodeProps) {
  const draggableRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
-  const [position, setPosition] = useState<XYPosition>({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+  const [position, setPosition] = useState<XYPosition>({x: 0, y: 0});
-  // The NeoDrag hook enables smooth drag functionality for this element.
+  // @ts-expect-error comes from a package and doesn't appear to play nicely with strict typescript typing
  // @ts-expect-error: NeoDrag typing incompatibility — safe to ignore.
  useDraggable(draggableRef, {
-    position,
+    position: position,
-    onDrag: ({ offsetX, offsetY }) => {
+    onDrag: ({offsetX, offsetY}) => {
-      setPosition({ x: offsetX, y: offsetY });
+      // Calculate position relative to the viewport
      setPosition({
        x: offsetX,
        y: offsetY,
      });
    },
-    onDragEnd: ({ event }) => {
+    onDragEnd: ({event}) => {
-      setPosition({ x: 0, y: 0 });
+      setPosition({x: 0, y: 0});
-      onDrop(nodeType, { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY });
+      onDrop(nodeType, {
        x: event.clientX,
        y: event.clientY,
      });
    },
  });
@@ -53,69 +66,111 @@ function DraggableNode({ className, children, nodeType, onDrop }: DraggableNodeP
  );
 }
 /**
 * Adds a new node to the flow graph.
 *
 * Handles:
 * - Automatic node ID generation based on existing nodes of the same type.
 * - Loading of default data from the `NodeDefaults` registry.
 * - Integration with the flow store to update global node state.
 *
 * @param nodeType - The type of node to create (from `NodeTypes`).
 * @param position - The XY position in the flow canvas where the node will appear.
 */
 function addNode(nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes, position: XYPosition) {
  const { nodes, setNodes } = useFlowStore.getState();
-  // Load any predefined data for this node type.
+// eslint-disable-next-line react-refresh/only-export-components
-  const defaultData = NodeDefaults[nodeType] ?? {}
+export function addNode(nodeType: string, position: XYPosition) {
-  
+  const {setNodes} = useFlowStore.getState();
-  // Currently, we find out what the Id is by checking the last node and adding one.
+  const nds : AppNode[] = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
-  const sameTypeNodes = nodes.filter((node) => node.type === nodeType);
+  const newNode = () => {
-  const nextNumber =
+    switch (nodeType) {
-    sameTypeNodes.length > 0
+      case "phase":
-      ? (() => {
+      {
-          const lastNode = sameTypeNodes[sameTypeNodes.length - 1];
+        const phaseNodes= nds.filter((node) => node.type === 'phase');
-          const parts = lastNode.id.split('-');
+        let phaseNumber;
-          const lastNum = Number(parts[1]);
+        if (phaseNodes.length > 0) {
-          return Number.isNaN(lastNum) ? sameTypeNodes.length + 1 : lastNum + 1;
+          const finalPhaseId : number = +(phaseNodes[phaseNodes.length - 1].id.split('-')[1]);
-        })()
+          phaseNumber = finalPhaseId + 1;
-      : 1;
+        } else {
-  const id = `${nodeType}-${nextNumber}`;
+          phaseNumber = 1;
-  
+        }
-  // Create new node
+        const phaseNode : PhaseNode = {
-  const newNode = {
+          id: `phase-${phaseNumber}`,
-    id: id,
+          type: nodeType,
-    type: nodeType,
+          position,
-    position,
+          data: {label: 'new', number: phaseNumber},
-    data: {...defaultData}
+        }
        return phaseNode;
      }
      case "norm":
      {
        const normNodes= nds.filter((node) => node.type === 'norm');
        let normNumber
        if (normNodes.length > 0) {
          const finalNormId : number = +(normNodes[normNodes.length - 1].id.split('-')[1]);
          normNumber = finalNormId + 1;
        } else {
          normNumber = 1;
        }
        const normNode : NormNode = {
          id: `norm-${normNumber}`,
          type: nodeType,
          position,
          data: {label: `new norm node`, value: ""},
        }
        return normNode;
      }
      case "goal":
      {
        const goalNodes= nds.filter((node) => node.type === 'goal');
        let goalNumber
        if (goalNodes.length > 0) {
          const finalGoalId : number = +(goalNodes[goalNodes.length - 1].id.split('-')[1]);
          goalNumber = finalGoalId + 1;
        } else {
          goalNumber = 1;
        }
        const goalNode : GoalNode = {
          id: `goal-${goalNumber}`,
          type: nodeType,
          position,
          data: {label: `new goal node`, description: "", achieved: false},
        }
        return goalNode;
      }
      case "trigger":
      {
        const triggerNodes= nds.filter((node) => node.type === 'trigger');
        let triggerNumber
        if (triggerNodes.length > 0) {
          const finalGoalId : number = +(triggerNodes[triggerNodes.length - 1].id.split('-')[1]);
          triggerNumber = finalGoalId + 1;
        } else {
          triggerNumber = 1;
        }
        const triggerNode : TriggerNode = {
          id: `trigger-${triggerNumber}`,
          type: nodeType,
          position,
          data: {label: `new trigger node`, type: "keywords", value: []},
        }
        return triggerNode;
      }
      default: {
        throw new Error(`Node ${nodeType} not found`);
      }
    }
  }
-  setNodes([...nodes, newNode]);
+
  setNodes(nds.concat(newNode()));
 }
 /**
- * The drag-and-drop toolbar component for the visual programming interface.
+ * the DndToolbar defines how the drag and drop toolbar component works
- *
+ * and includes the default onDrop behavior through handleNodeDrop
- * Displays draggable node templates based on entries in `NodeDefaults`.
+ * @constructor
 * Each droppable node can be dragged into the flow pane to instantiate it.
 *
 * Automatically filters nodes whose `droppable` flag is set to `true`.
 *
 * @returns A React element representing the drag-and-drop toolbar.
 */
 export function DndToolbar() {
-  const { screenToFlowPosition } = useReactFlow();
+  const {screenToFlowPosition} = useReactFlow();
  /**
-   * Handles dropping a node onto the flow pane.
+   * handleNodeDrop implements the default onDrop behavior
   * Translates screen coordinates into flow coordinates using React Flow utilities.
   */
  const handleNodeDrop = useCallback(
-    (nodeType: keyof typeof NodeTypes, screenPosition: XYPosition) => {
+    (nodeType: string, screenPosition: XYPosition) => {
      const flow = document.querySelector('.react-flow');
      const flowRect = flow?.getBoundingClientRect();
      // Only add the node if it is inside the flow canvas area.
      const isInFlow =
        flowRect &&
        screenPosition.x >= flowRect.left &&
@@ -123,6 +178,7 @@ export function DndToolbar() {
        screenPosition.y >= flowRect.top &&
        screenPosition.y <= flowRect.bottom;
      // Create a new node and add it to the flow
      if (isInFlow) {
        const position = screenToFlowPosition(screenPosition);
        addNode(nodeType, position);
@@ -131,32 +187,25 @@ export function DndToolbar() {
    [screenToFlowPosition],
  );
  // Map over the default nodes to get all nodes that can be dropped from the toolbar.
  const droppableNodes = Object.entries(NodeDefaults)
  .filter(([, data]) => data.droppable)
  .map(([type, data]) => ({ 
    type: type as DraggableNodeProps['nodeType'], 
    data 
  }));
  return (
    <div className={`flex-col gap-lg padding-md ${styles.innerDndPanel}`}>
      <div className="description">
        You can drag these nodes to the pane to create new nodes.
      </div>
      <div className={`flex-row gap-lg ${styles.dndNodeContainer}`}>
-        {/* Maps over all the nodes that are droppable, and puts them in the panel */}
+        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodePhase} nodeType="phase" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
-        {droppableNodes.map(({type, data}) => (
+          phase Node
-          <DraggableNode
+        </DraggableNode>
-            className={styles[`draggable-node-${type}`]} // Our current style signature for nodes
+        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodeNorm} nodeType="norm" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
-            nodeType={type}
+          norm Node
-            onDrop={handleNodeDrop}
+        </DraggableNode>
-          >
+        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodeGoal} nodeType="goal" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
-            {data.label}
+          goal Node
-          </DraggableNode>
+        </DraggableNode>
-        ))}
+        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodeTrigger} nodeType="trigger" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
          trigger Node
        </DraggableNode>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
-}
+}
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeComponents.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeComponents.tsx
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
 import { NodeToolbar } from '@xyflow/react';
 import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
 import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
 /**
 * Props for the Toolbar component.
 *
 * @property nodeId - The ID of the node this toolbar is attached to.
 * @property allowDelete - If `true`, the delete button is enabled; otherwise disabled.
 */
 type ToolbarProps = {
  nodeId: string;
  allowDelete: boolean;
 };
 /**
 * Node Toolbar definition:
 * Handles: node deleting functionality
 * Can be integrated to any custom node component as a React component
 *
 * @param {string} nodeId - The ID of the node for which the toolbar is rendered.
 * @param {boolean} allowDelete - Enables or disables the delete functionality.
 * @returns {React.JSX.Element} A JSX element representing the toolbar.
 * @constructor
 */
 export function Toolbar({nodeId, allowDelete}: ToolbarProps) {
  const {deleteNode} = useFlowStore();
  const deleteParentNode = ()=> {
    deleteNode(nodeId);
  }
  return (
    <NodeToolbar>
      <button className="Node-toolbar__deletebutton" onClick={deleteParentNode} disabled={!allowDelete}>delete</button>
    </NodeToolbar>);
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeDefinitions.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/NodeDefinitions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
 import {
  Handle,
  type NodeProps,
  NodeToolbar,
  Position
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import '@xyflow/react/dist/style.css';
 import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
 import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
 import type {
  StartNode,
  EndNode,
  PhaseNode,
  NormNode, GoalNode
 } from "../VisProgTypes.tsx";
 import {TextField} from "../../../../components/TextField.tsx";
 //Toolbar definitions
 type ToolbarProps = {
  nodeId: string;
  allowDelete: boolean;
 };
 /**
 * Node Toolbar definition:
 * handles: node deleting functionality
 * can be added to any custom node component as a React component
 *
 * @param {string} nodeId
 * @param {boolean} allowDelete
 * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
 * @constructor
 */
 export function Toolbar({nodeId, allowDelete}: ToolbarProps) {
  const {deleteNode} = useFlowStore();
  const deleteParentNode = ()=> {
    deleteNode(nodeId);
  }
  return (
    <NodeToolbar>
      <button className="Node-toolbar__deletebutton" onClick={deleteParentNode} disabled={!allowDelete}>delete</button>
    </NodeToolbar>);
 }
 // Definitions of Nodes
 /**
 * Start Node definition:
 *
 * @param {string} id
 * @param {defaultNodeData} data
 * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
 * @constructor
 */
 export const StartNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<StartNode>) => {
  return (
    <>
      <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={false}/>
      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeStart}`}>
        <div> data test {data.label} </div>
        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="start"/>
      </div>
    </>
  );
 };
 /**
 * End node definition:
 *
 * @param {string} id
 * @param {defaultNodeData} data
 * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
 * @constructor
 */
 export const EndNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<EndNode>) => {
  return (
    <>
      <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={false}/>
      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeEnd}`}>
        <div> {data.label} </div>
        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="end"/>
      </div>
    </>
  );
 };
 /**
 * Phase node definition:
 *
 * @param {string} id
 * @param {defaultNodeData & {number: number}} data
 * @returns {React.JSX.Element}
 * @constructor
 */
 export const PhaseNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<PhaseNode>) => {
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const updateLabel = (value: string) => updateNodeData(id, {...data, label: value});
  const label_input_id = `phase_${id}_label_input`;
  return (
    <>
      <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={true}/>
      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodePhase}`}>
        <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
          <label htmlFor={label_input_id}>Name:</label>
          <TextField
            id={label_input_id}
            value={data.label}
            setValue={updateLabel}
            placeholder={"Phase ..."}
          />
        </div>
        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="target"/>
        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Bottom} id="norms"/>
        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="source"/>
      </div>
    </>
  );
 };
 /**
 * Norm node definition:
 *
 * @param {string} id
 * @param {defaultNodeData & {value: string}} data
 */
 export const NormNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<NormNode>) => {
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const text_input_id = `norm_${id}_text_input`;
  const setValue = (value: string) => {
    updateNodeData(id, {value: value});
  }
  return <>
    <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={true}/>
    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeNorm}`}>
      <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
        <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Norm:</label>
        <TextField
          id={text_input_id}
          value={data.value}
          setValue={(val) => setValue(val)}
          placeholder={"Pepper should ..."}
        />
      </div>
      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="NormSource"/>
    </div>
  </>;
 };
 export const GoalNodeComponent = ({id, data}: NodeProps<GoalNode>) => {
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const text_input_id = `goal_${id}_text_input`;
  const checkbox_id = `goal_${id}_checkbox`;
  const setDescription = (value: string) => {
    updateNodeData(id, {...data, description: value});
  }
  const setAchieved = (value: boolean) => {
    updateNodeData(id, {...data, achieved: value});
  }
  return <>
    <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={true}/>
    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeGoal} flex-col gap-sm`}>
      <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
        <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Goal:</label>
        <TextField
          id={text_input_id}
          value={data.description}
          setValue={(val) => setDescription(val)}
          placeholder={"To ..."}
        />
      </div>
      <div className={"flex-row gap-md align-center"}>
        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>Achieved:</label>
        <input
          id={checkbox_id}
          type={"checkbox"}
          value={data.achieved ? "checked" : ""}
          onChange={(e) => setAchieved(e.target.checked)}
        />
      </div>
      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="GoalSource"/>
    </div>
  </>;
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.module.css
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.module.css
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
 .save-load-panel {
  border-radius: 0 0 5pt 5pt;
  background-color: canvas;
 }
 label.file-input-button {
  cursor: pointer;
  outline: forestgreen solid 2pt;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem forestgreen);
  transition: filter 200ms;
  input[type="file"] {
    display: none;
  }
  &:hover {
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.5rem forestgreen);
  }
 }
 .save-button {
  text-decoration: none;
  outline: dodgerblue solid 2pt;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.25rem dodgerblue);
  transition: filter 200ms;
  &:hover {
    filter: drop-shadow(0 0 0.5rem dodgerblue);
  }
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
 import {type ChangeEvent, useRef, useState} from "react";
 import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores";
 import visProgStyles from "../../VisProg.module.css";
 import styles from "./SaveLoadPanel.module.css";
 import { makeProjectBlob, type SavedProject } from "../../../../utils/SaveLoad";
 export default function SaveLoadPanel() {
  const nodes = useFlowStore((s) => s.nodes);
  const edges = useFlowStore((s) => s.edges);
  const setNodes = useFlowStore((s) => s.setNodes);
  const setEdges = useFlowStore((s) => s.setEdges);
  const [saveUrl, setSaveUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
  // ref to the file input
  const inputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement | null>(null);
  const onSave = async (nameGuess = "visual-program") => {
    const blob = makeProjectBlob(nameGuess, nodes, edges);
    const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
    setSaveUrl(url);
  };
  // input change handler updates the graph with a parsed JSON file
  const handleFileChange = async (e: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
    const file = e.target.files?.[0];
    if (!file) return;
    try {
      const text = await file.text();
      const parsed = JSON.parse(text) as SavedProject;
      if (!parsed.nodes || !parsed.edges) throw new Error("Invalid file format");
      setNodes(parsed.nodes);
      setEdges(parsed.edges);
    } catch (e) {
      console.error(e);
      alert("Loading failed. See console.");
    } finally {
      // allow re-selecting same file next time
      if (inputRef.current) inputRef.current.value = "";
    }
  };
  const defaultName = "visual-program";
  return (
    <div className={`flex-col gap-lg padding-md border-lg ${styles.saveLoadPanel}`}>
      <div className="description">You can save and load your graph here.</div>
      <div className={`flex-row gap-lg justify-center`}>
        <a
          href={saveUrl ?? "#"}
          onClick={() => onSave(defaultName)}
          download={`${defaultName}.json`}
          className={`${visProgStyles.draggableNode} ${styles.saveButton}`}
        >
          Save Graph
        </a>
        <label className={`${visProgStyles.draggableNode} ${styles.fileInputButton}`}>
          <input
            ref={inputRef}
            type="file"
            accept=".visprog.json,.json,.txt,application/json,text/plain"
            onChange={handleFileChange}
          />
          Load Graph
        </label>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/TriggerNodeComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/TriggerNodeComponent.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
 import {Handle, type NodeProps, Position} from "@xyflow/react";
 import type {TriggerNode} from "../VisProgTypes.tsx";
 import useFlowStore from "../VisProgStores.tsx";
 import styles from "../../VisProg.module.css";
 import {RealtimeTextField, TextField} from "../../../../components/TextField.tsx";
 import {Toolbar} from "./NodeDefinitions.tsx";
 import {useState} from "react";
 import duplicateIndices from "../../../../utils/duplicateIndices.ts";
 export type EmotionTriggerNodeProps = {
  type: "emotion";
  value: string;
 }
 type Keyword = { id: string, keyword: string };
 export type KeywordTriggerNodeProps = {
  type: "keywords";
  value: Keyword[];
 }
 export type TriggerNodeProps = EmotionTriggerNodeProps | KeywordTriggerNodeProps;
 function KeywordAdder({ addKeyword }: { addKeyword: (keyword: string) => void }) {
  const [input, setInput] = useState("");
  const text_input_id = "keyword_adder_input";
  return <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
    <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>New Keyword:</label>
    <RealtimeTextField
      id={text_input_id}
      value={input}
      setValue={setInput}
      onCommit={() => {
        if (!input) return;
        addKeyword(input);
        setInput("");
      }}
      placeholder={"..."}
      className={"flex-1"}
    />
  </div>;
 }
 function Keywords({
  keywords,
  setKeywords,
 }: {
  keywords: Keyword[];
  setKeywords: (keywords: Keyword[]) => void;
 }) {
  type Interpolatable = string | number | boolean | bigint | null | undefined;
  const inputElementId = (id: Interpolatable) => `keyword_${id}_input`;
  /** Indices of duplicates in the keyword array. */
  const [duplicates, setDuplicates] = useState<number[]>([]);
  function replace(id: string, value: string) {
    value = value.trim();
    const newKeywords = value === ""
      ? keywords.filter((kw) => kw.id != id)
      : keywords.map((kw) => kw.id === id ? {...kw, keyword: value} : kw);
    setKeywords(newKeywords);
    setDuplicates(duplicateIndices(newKeywords.map((kw) => kw.keyword)));
  }
  function add(value: string) {
    value = value.trim();
    if (value === "") return;
    const newKeywords = [...keywords, {id: crypto.randomUUID(), keyword: value}];
    setKeywords(newKeywords);
    setDuplicates(duplicateIndices(newKeywords.map((kw) => kw.keyword)));
  }
  return <>
    <span>Triggers when {keywords.length <= 1 ? "the keyword is" : "all keywords are"} spoken.</span>
    {[...keywords].map(({id, keyword}, index) => {
      return <div key={id} className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
        <label htmlFor={inputElementId(id)}>Keyword:</label>
        <TextField
          id={inputElementId(id)}
          value={keyword}
          setValue={(val) => replace(id, val)}
          placeholder={"..."}
          className={"flex-1"}
          invalid={duplicates.includes(index)}
        />
      </div>;
    })}
    <KeywordAdder addKeyword={add} />
  </>;
 }
 export default function TriggerNodeComponent({
  id,
  data,
 }: NodeProps<TriggerNode>) {
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const setKeywords = (keywords: Keyword[]) => {
    updateNodeData(id, {...data, value: keywords});
  }
  return <>
    <Toolbar nodeId={id} allowDelete={true}/>
    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeTrigger} flex-col gap-sm`}>
      {data.type === "emotion" && (
        <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>Emotion?</div>
      )}
      {data.type === "keywords" && (
        <Keywords
          keywords={data.value}
          setKeywords={setKeywords}
        />
      )}
      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="TriggerSource"/>
    </div>
  </>;
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.default.ts
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
 import type { EndNodeData } from "./EndNode";
 /**
 * Default data for this node.
 */
 export const EndNodeDefaults: EndNodeData = {
  label: "End Node",
  droppable: false,
  hasReduce: true
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/EndNode.tsx
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
 import {
  Handle,
  type NodeProps,
  Position,
  type Node,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
 import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css'; 
 /**
 * The typing of this node's data
 */
 export type EndNodeData = {
  label: string;
  droppable: boolean;
  hasReduce: boolean;
 };
 export type EndNode = Node<EndNodeData>
 /**
 * Default function to render an end node given its properties
 * @param props the node's properties
 * @returns React.JSX.Element
 */
 export default function EndNode(props: NodeProps<EndNode>) {
  return (
    <>
      <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={false}/>
      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeEnd}`}>
        <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
        End
        </div>
        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="target"/>
      </div>
    </>
  );
 }
 /**
 * Functionality for reducing this node into its more compact json program
 * @param node the node to reduce
 * @param nodes all nodes present
 * @returns Dictionary, {id: node.id}
 */
 export function EndReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
  // Replace this for nodes functionality
  if (nodes.length <= -1) { 
    console.warn("Impossible nodes length in EndReduce") 
  } 
  return {
    id: node.id
  }
 }
 /**
 * Any connection functionality that should get called when a connection is made to this node type (end)
 * @param thisNode the node of which the functionality gets called
 * @param otherNode the other node which has connected
 * @param isThisSource whether this node is the one that is the source of the connection
 */
 export function EndConnects(thisNode: Node, otherNode: Node, isThisSource: boolean) {
  // Replace this for connection logic
  if (thisNode == undefined && otherNode == undefined && isThisSource == false) { 
    console.warn("Impossible node connection called in EndConnects")
  }
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.default.ts
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
 import type { GoalNodeData } from "./GoalNode";
 /**
 * Default data for this node
 */
 export const GoalNodeDefaults: GoalNodeData = {
  label: "Goal Node",
  droppable: true,
  description: "The robot will strive towards this goal",
  achieved: false,
  hasReduce: true,
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/GoalNode.tsx
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
 import {
  Handle,
  type NodeProps,
  Position,
  type Node,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
 import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
 import { TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
 import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
 /**
 * The default data dot a phase node
 * @param label: the label of this phase
 * @param droppable: whether this node is droppable from the drop bar (initialized as true)
 * @param desciption: description of the goal
 * @param hasReduce: whether this node has reducing functionality (true by default)
 */
 export type GoalNodeData = {
  label: string;
  description: string;
  droppable: boolean;
  achieved: boolean;
  hasReduce: boolean;
 };
 export type GoalNode = Node<GoalNodeData>
 /**
 * Defines how a Goal node should be rendered
 * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
 * @returns React.JSX.Element
 */
 export default function GoalNode(props: NodeProps<GoalNode>) {
  const data = props.data
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const text_input_id = `goal_${props.id}_text_input`;
  const checkbox_id = `goal_${props.id}_checkbox`;
  const setDescription = (value: string) => {
    updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, description: value});
  }
  const setAchieved = (value: boolean) => {
    updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, achieved: value});
  }
  return <>
    <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeGoal} flex-col gap-sm`}>
      <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
        <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Goal:</label>
        <TextField
          id={text_input_id}
          value={data.description}
          setValue={(val) => setDescription(val)}
          placeholder={"To ..."}
        />
      </div>
      <div className={"flex-row gap-md align-center"}>
        <label htmlFor={checkbox_id}>Achieved:</label>
        <input
          id={checkbox_id}
          type={"checkbox"}
          value={data.achieved ? "checked" : ""}
          onChange={(e) => setAchieved(e.target.checked)}
        />
      </div>
      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="GoalSource"/>
    </div>
  </>;
 }
 /**
 * Reduces each Goal, including its children down into its relevant data.
 * @param node: The Node Properties of this node.
 * @param nodes: all the nodes in the graph
 */
 export function GoalReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
  // Replace this for nodes functionality
  if (nodes.length <= -1) { 
    console.warn("Impossible nodes length in GoalReduce") 
  } 
  const data = node.data as GoalNodeData;
    return {
      id: node.id,
      label: data.label,
      description: data.description,
      achieved: data.achieved,
    }
 }
 /**
 * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type (Goal)
 * @param thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
 * @param otherNode the other node which was part of the connection
 * @param isThisSource whether this instance of the node was the source in the connection, true = yes.
 */
 export function GoalConnects(thisNode: Node, otherNode: Node, isThisSource: boolean) {
  // Replace this for connection logic
  if (thisNode == undefined && otherNode == undefined && isThisSource == false) { 
    console.warn("Impossible node connection called in EndConnects")
  }
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.default.ts
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
 import type { NormNodeData } from "./NormNode";
 /**
 * Default data for this node
 */
 export const NormNodeDefaults: NormNodeData = {
  label: "Norm Node",
  droppable: true,
  norm: "",
  hasReduce: true,
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/NormNode.tsx
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
 import {
  Handle,
  type NodeProps,
  Position,
  type Node,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
 import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
 import { TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
 import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
 /**
 * The default data dot a phase node
 * @param label: the label of this phase
 * @param droppable: whether this node is droppable from the drop bar (initialized as true)
 * @param norm: list of strings of norms for this node
 * @param hasReduce: whether this node has reducing functionality (true by default)
 */
 export type NormNodeData = {
  label: string;
  droppable: boolean;
  norm: string;
  hasReduce: boolean;
 };
 export type NormNode = Node<NormNodeData>
 /**
 * Defines how a Norm node should be rendered
 * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
 * @returns React.JSX.Element
 */
 export default function NormNode(props: NodeProps<NormNode>) {
  const data = props.data;
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const text_input_id = `norm_${props.id}_text_input`;
  const setValue = (value: string) => {
    updateNodeData(props.id, {norm: value});
  }
  return <>
    <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeNorm}`}>
      <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
        <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>Norm :</label>
        <TextField
          id={text_input_id}
          value={data.norm}
          setValue={(val) => setValue(val)}
          placeholder={"Pepper should ..."}
        />
      </div>
      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="norms"/>
    </div>
  </>;
 };
 /**
 * Reduces each Norm, including its children down into its relevant data.
 * @param node: The Node Properties of this node.
 * @param nodes: all the nodes in the graph
 */
 export function NormReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
  // Replace this for nodes functionality
  if (nodes.length <= -1) { 
    console.warn("Impossible nodes length in NormReduce") 
  } 
  const data = node.data as NormNodeData;
    return {
      id: node.id,
      label: data.label,
      norm: data.norm,
    }
 }
 /**
 * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type (Norm)
 * @param thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
 * @param otherNode the other node which was part of the connection
 * @param isThisSource whether this instance of the node was the source in the connection, true = yes.
 */
 export function NormConnects(thisNode: Node, otherNode: Node, isThisSource: boolean) {
  // Replace this for connection logic
  if (thisNode == undefined && otherNode == undefined && isThisSource == false) { 
    console.warn("Impossible node connection called in EndConnects")
  }
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.default.ts
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
 import type { PhaseNodeData } from "./PhaseNode";
 /**
 * Default data for this node
 */
 export const PhaseNodeDefaults: PhaseNodeData = {
  label: "Phase Node",
  droppable: true,
  children: [],
  hasReduce: true,
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/PhaseNode.tsx
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
 import {
  Handle,
  type NodeProps,
  Position,
  type Node,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
 import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
 import { NodeReduces, NodesInPhase, NodeTypes } from '../NodeRegistry';
 import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
 import { TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
 /**
 * The default data dot a phase node
 * @param label: the label of this phase
 * @param droppable: whether this node is droppable from the drop bar (initialized as true)
 * @param children: ID's of children of this node
 * @param hasReduce: whether this node has reducing functionality (true by default)
 */
 export type PhaseNodeData = {
  label: string;
  droppable: boolean;
  children: string[];
  hasReduce: boolean;
 };
 export type PhaseNode = Node<PhaseNodeData>
 /**
 * Defines how a phase node should be rendered
 * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
 * @returns React.JSX.Element
 */
 export default function PhaseNode(props: NodeProps<PhaseNode>) {
  const data = props.data;
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const updateLabel = (value: string) => updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, label: value});
  const label_input_id = `phase_${props.id}_label_input`;
  return (
    <>
      <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodePhase}`}>
        <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
          <label htmlFor={label_input_id}>Name:</label>
          <TextField
            id={label_input_id}
            value={data.label}
            setValue={updateLabel}
            placeholder={"Phase ..."}
          />
        </div>
        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Left} id="target"/>
        <Handle type="target" position={Position.Bottom} id="norms"/>
        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="source"/>
      </div>
    </>
  );
 };
 /**
 * Reduces each phase, including its children down into its relevant data.
 * @param node the node which is being reduced
 * @param nodes all the nodes currently in the flow.
 * @returns A collection of all reduced nodes in this phase, starting with this phases' reduced data.  
 */
 export function PhaseReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
    const thisnode = node as PhaseNode;
    const data = thisnode.data as PhaseNodeData;
    // node typings that are not in phase
    const nodesNotInPhase: string[] = Object.entries(NodesInPhase)
        .filter(([, f]) => !f())
        .map(([t]) => t);
    // node typings that then are in phase
    const nodesInPhase: string[] = Object.entries(NodeTypes)
        .filter(([t]) => !nodesNotInPhase.includes(t))
        .map(([t]) => t);
    // children nodes
    const childrenNodes = nodes.filter((node) => data.children.includes(node.id));
    // Build the result object
    const result: Record<string, unknown> = {
        id: thisnode.id,
        label: data.label,
    };
    nodesInPhase.forEach((type) => {
        const typedChildren = childrenNodes.filter((child) => child.type == type);
        const reducer = NodeReduces[type as keyof typeof NodeReduces];
        if (!reducer) {
            console.warn(`No reducer found for node type ${type}`);
            result[type + "s"] = [];
        } else {
            result[type + "s"] = typedChildren.map((child) => reducer(child, nodes));
        }
    });
    return result;
 }
 /**
 * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type (phase)
 * @param thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
 * @param otherNode the other node which was part of the connection
 * @param isThisSource whether this instance of the node was the source in the connection, true = yes.
 */
 export function PhaseConnects(thisNode: Node, otherNode: Node, isThisSource: boolean) {
  console.log("Connect functionality called.")
  const node = thisNode as PhaseNode
  const data = node.data as PhaseNodeData
  if (!isThisSource)
    data.children.push(otherNode.id)
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.default.ts
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
 import type { StartNodeData } from "./StartNode";
 /**
 * Default data for this node.
 */
 export const StartNodeDefaults: StartNodeData = {
  label: "Start Node",
  droppable: false,
  hasReduce: true
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/StartNode.tsx
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
 import {
  Handle,
  type NodeProps,
  Position,
  type Node,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
 import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
 export type StartNodeData = {
  label: string;
  droppable: boolean;
  hasReduce: boolean;
 };
 export type StartNode = Node<StartNodeData>
 /**
 * Defines how a Norm node should be rendered
 * @param props NodeProps, like id, label, children
 * @returns React.JSX.Element
 */
 export default function StartNode(props: NodeProps<StartNode>) {
  return (
    <>
      <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={false}/>
      <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeStart}`}>
        <div className={"flex-row gap-sm"}>
          Start
        </div>
        <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="source"/>
      </div>
    </>
  );
 }
 /**
 * The reduce function for this node type.
 * @param node this node
 * @param nodes all the nodes in the graph
 * @returns a reduced structure of this node
 */
 export function StartReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
  // Replace this for nodes functionality
  if (nodes.length <= -1) { 
    console.warn("Impossible nodes length in StartReduce") 
  } 
  return {
    id: node.id
  }
 }
 /**
 * This function is called whenever a connection is made with this node type (start)
 * @param thisNode the node of this node type which function is called
 * @param otherNode the other node which was part of the connection
 * @param isThisSource whether this instance of the node was the source in the connection, true = yes.
 */
 export function StartConnects(thisNode: Node, otherNode: Node, isThisSource: boolean) {
  // Replace this for connection logic
  if (thisNode == undefined && otherNode == undefined && isThisSource == false) { 
    console.warn("Impossible node connection called in EndConnects")
  }
 }
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.default.ts
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.default.ts
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
 import type { TriggerNodeData } from "./TriggerNode";
 /**
 * Default data for this node
 */
 export const TriggerNodeDefaults: TriggerNodeData = {
  label: "Trigger Node",
  droppable: true,
  triggers: [],
  triggerType: "keywords",
  hasReduce: true,
 };
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/nodes/TriggerNode.tsx
@@ -1,228 +0,0 @@
 import {
  Handle,
  type NodeProps,
  Position,
  type Connection,
  type Edge,
  type Node,
 } from '@xyflow/react';
 import { Toolbar } from '../components/NodeComponents';
 import styles from '../../VisProg.module.css';
 import useFlowStore from '../VisProgStores';
 import { useState } from 'react';
 import { RealtimeTextField, TextField } from '../../../../components/TextField';
 import duplicateIndices from '../../../../utils/duplicateIndices';
 /**
 * The default data structure for a Trigger node
 *
 * Represents configuration for a node that activates when a specific condition is met,
 * such as keywords being spoken or emotions detected.
 *
 * @property label: the display label of this Trigger node.
 * @property droppable: Whether this node can be dropped from the toolbar (default: true).
 * @property triggerType - The type of trigger ("keywords" or a custom string).
 * @property triggers - The list of keyword triggers (if applicable).
 * @property hasReduce - Whether this node supports reduction logic.
 */
 export type TriggerNodeData = {
  label: string;
  droppable: boolean;
  triggerType: "keywords" | string;
  triggers: Keyword[] | never;
  hasReduce: boolean;
 };
 export type TriggerNode = Node<TriggerNodeData>
 /**
 * Determines whether a Trigger node can connect to another node or edge.
 *
 * @param connection - The connection or edge being attempted to connect towards.
 * @returns `true` if the connection is defined; otherwise, `false`.
 */
 export function TriggerNodeCanConnect(connection: Connection | Edge): boolean {
  return (connection != undefined);
 }
 /**
 * Defines how a Trigger node should be rendered
 * @param props - Node properties provided by React Flow, including `id` and `data`.
 * @returns The rendered TriggerNode React element (React.JSX.Element).
 */
 export default function TriggerNode(props: NodeProps<TriggerNode>) {
  const data = props.data;
  const {updateNodeData} = useFlowStore();
  const setKeywords = (keywords: Keyword[]) => {
    updateNodeData(props.id, {...data, triggers: keywords});
  }
  return <>
    <Toolbar nodeId={props.id} allowDelete={true}/>
    <div className={`${styles.defaultNode} ${styles.nodeTrigger} flex-col gap-sm`}>
      {data.triggerType === "emotion" && (
        <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>Emotion?</div>
      )}
      {data.triggerType === "keywords" && (
        <Keywords
          keywords={data.triggers}
          setKeywords={setKeywords}
        />
      )}
      <Handle type="source" position={Position.Right} id="TriggerSource"/>
    </div>
  </>;
 }
 /**
 * Reduces each Trigger, including its children down into its core data.
 * @param node - The Trigger node to reduce.
 * @param nodes - The list of all nodes in the current flow graph.
 * @returns A simplified object containing the node label and its list of triggers.
 */
 export function TriggerReduce(node: Node, nodes: Node[]) {
  // Replace this for nodes functionality
  if (nodes.length <= -1) { 
    console.warn("Impossible nodes length in TriggerReduce") 
  } 
  const data = node.data;
  switch (data.triggerType) {
    case "keywords":
      return {
        id: node.id,
        type: "keywords",
        label: data.label,
        keywords: data.triggers,
      };
    default:
      return {
        ...data,
        id: node.id,
      };
  }
 }
 /**
 * Handles logic that occurs when a connection is made involving a Trigger node.
 *
 * @param thisNode - The current Trigger node being connected.
 * @param otherNode - The other node involved in the connection.
 * @param isThisSource - Whether this node was the source of the connection.
 */
 export function TriggerConnects(thisNode: Node, otherNode: Node, isThisSource: boolean) {
  // Replace this for connection logic
  if (thisNode == undefined && otherNode == undefined && isThisSource == false) { 
    console.warn("Impossible node connection called in EndConnects")
  }
 }
 // Definitions for the possible triggers, being keywords and emotions
 /** Represents a single keyword trigger entry. */
 type Keyword = { id: string, keyword: string };
 /** Properties for an emotion-type trigger node. */
 export type EmotionTriggerNodeProps = {
  type: "emotion";
  value: string;
 }
 /** Props for a keyword-type trigger node. */
 export type KeywordTriggerNodeProps = {
  type: "keywords";
  value: Keyword[];
 }
 /** Union type for all possible Trigger node configurations. */
 export type TriggerNodeProps = EmotionTriggerNodeProps | KeywordTriggerNodeProps;
 /**
 * Renders an input element that allows users to add new keyword triggers.
 *
 * When the input is committed, the `addKeyword` callback is called with the new keyword.
 *
 * @param param0 - An object containing the `addKeyword` function.
 * @returns A React element(React.JSX.Element) providing an input for adding keywords.
 */
 function KeywordAdder({ addKeyword }: { addKeyword: (keyword: string) => void }) {
  const [input, setInput] = useState("");
  const text_input_id = "keyword_adder_input";
  return <div className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
    <label htmlFor={text_input_id}>New Keyword:</label>
    <RealtimeTextField
      id={text_input_id}
      value={input}
      setValue={setInput}
      onCommit={() => {
        if (!input) return;
        addKeyword(input);
        setInput("");
      }}
      placeholder={"..."}
      className={"flex-1"}
    />
  </div>;
 }
 /**
 * Displays and manages a list of keyword triggers for a Trigger node.
 * Handles adding, editing, and removing keywords, as well as detecting duplicate entries.
 *
 * @param keywords - The current list of keyword triggers.
 * @param setKeywords - A callback to update the keyword list in the parent node.
 * @returns A React element(React.JSX.Element) for editing keyword triggers.
 */
 function Keywords({
  keywords,
  setKeywords,
 }: {
  keywords: Keyword[];
  setKeywords: (keywords: Keyword[]) => void;
 }) {
  type Interpolatable = string | number | boolean | bigint | null | undefined;
  const inputElementId = (id: Interpolatable) => `keyword_${id}_input`;
  /** Indices of duplicates in the keyword array. */
  const [duplicates, setDuplicates] = useState<number[]>([]);
  function replace(id: string, value: string) {
    value = value.trim();
    const newKeywords = value === ""
      ? keywords.filter((kw) => kw.id != id)
      : keywords.map((kw) => kw.id === id ? {...kw, keyword: value} : kw);
    setKeywords(newKeywords);
    setDuplicates(duplicateIndices(newKeywords.map((kw) => kw.keyword)));
  }
  function add(value: string) {
    value = value.trim();
    if (value === "") return;
    const newKeywords = [...keywords, {id: crypto.randomUUID(), keyword: value}];
    setKeywords(newKeywords);
    setDuplicates(duplicateIndices(newKeywords.map((kw) => kw.keyword)));
  }
  return <>
    <span>Triggers when {keywords.length <= 1 ? "the keyword is" : "all keywords are"} spoken.</span>
    {[...keywords].map(({id, keyword}, index) => {
      return <div key={id} className={"flex-row gap-md"}>
        <label htmlFor={inputElementId(id)}>Keyword:</label>
        <TextField
          id={inputElementId(id)}
          value={keyword}
          setValue={(val) => replace(id, val)}
          placeholder={"..."}
          className={"flex-1"}
          invalid={duplicates.includes(index)}
        />
      </div>;
    })}
    <KeywordAdder addKeyword={add} />
  </>;
 }
--- a/src/utils/SaveLoad.ts
+++ b/src/utils/SaveLoad.ts
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
 import {type Edge, type Node } from "@xyflow/react";
 export type SavedProject = {
  name: string;
  savedASavedProject: string; // ISO timestamp
  nodes: Node[];
  edges: Edge[];
 };
 // Creates a JSON Blob containing the current visual program (nodes + edges)
 export function makeProjectBlob(name: string, nodes: Node[], edges: Edge[]): Blob {
  const payload = {
    name,
    savedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
    nodes,
    edges,
  };
  return new Blob([JSON.stringify(payload, null, 2)], { type: "application/json" });
 }
--- a/src/utils/cellStore.ts
+++ b/src/utils/cellStore.ts
@@ -2,56 +2,12 @@ import {useSyncExternalStore} from "react";
 type Unsub = () => void;
 /**
 * A simple reactive state container that holds a value of type `T` that provides methods to get, set, and subscribe.
 */
 export type Cell<T> = {
  /**
   * Returns the current value stored in the cell.
   */
  get: () => T;
  /**
   * Updates the cell's value, pass either a direct value or an updater function.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * count.set(5);
   * count.set(prev => prev + 1);
   * ```
   */
  set: (next: T | ((prev: T) => T)) => void;
  /**
   * Subscribe to changes in the cell's value, meaning the provided callback is called whenever the value changes.
   * Returns an unsubscribe function.
   *
   * @example
   * ```ts
   * const unsubscribe = count.subscribe(() => console.log(count.get()));
   * // later:
   * unsubscribe();
   * ```
   */
  subscribe: (callback: () => void) => Unsub;
 };
 /**
 * Creates a new reactive state container (`Cell`) with an initial value.
 *
 * This function allows you to store and mutate state outside of React,
 * while still supporting subscriptions for reactivity.
 *
 * @param initial - The initial value for the cell.
 * @returns A Cell object with `get`, `set`, and `subscribe` methods.
 *
 * @example
 * ```ts
 * const count = cell(0);
 * count.set(10);
 * console.log(count.get()); // 10
 * ```
 */
 export function cell<T>(initial: T): Cell<T> {
  let value = initial;
  const listeners = new Set<() => void>();
@@ -68,29 +24,6 @@ export function cell<T>(initial: T): Cell<T> {
  };
 }
 /**
 * React hook that subscribes a component to a Cell.
 *
 * Automatically re-renders the component whenever the Cell's value changes.
 * Uses React’s built-in `useSyncExternalStore` for correct subscription behavior.
 *
 * @param c - The cell to subscribe to.
 * @returns The current value of the cell.
 *
 * @example
 * ```tsx
 * const count = cell(0);
 *
 * function Counter() {
 *   const value = useCell(count);
 *   return (
 *     <button onClick={() => count.set(v => v + 1)}>
 *       Count: {value}
 *     </button>
 *   );
 * }
 * ```
 */
 export function useCell<T>(c: Cell<T>) {
  return useSyncExternalStore(c.subscribe, c.get, c.get);
 }
--- a/test/pages/connectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/connectedRobots/ConnectedRobots.test.tsx
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
 import { render, screen, act, cleanup, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import ConnectedRobots from '../../../src/pages/ConnectedRobots/ConnectedRobots';
 // Mock event source
 const mockInstances: MockEventSource[] = [];
 class MockEventSource {
  url: string;
  onmessage: ((event: MessageEvent) => void) | null = null;
  closed = false;
  constructor(url: string) {
    this.url = url;
    mockInstances.push(this);
  }
  sendMessage(data: string) {
    // Trigger whatever the component listens to
    this.onmessage?.({ data } as MessageEvent);
  }
  close() {
    this.closed = true;
  }
 }
 // mock event source generation with fake function that returns our fake mock source
 beforeAll(() => {
  // Cast globalThis to a type exposing EventSource and assign a mocked constructor.
  (globalThis as unknown as { EventSource?: typeof EventSource }).EventSource =
    jest.fn((url: string) => new MockEventSource(url)) as unknown as typeof EventSource;
 });
 // clean after tests
 afterEach(() => {
  cleanup();
  jest.restoreAllMocks();
  mockInstances.length = 0;
 });
 describe('ConnectedRobots', () => {
  test('renders initial state correctly', () => {
    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
    // Check initial texts (before connection)
    expect(screen.getByText('Is robot currently connected?')).toBeInTheDocument();
    expect(screen.getByText(/Robot is currently:\s*checking/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
    expect(
      screen.getByText(/If checking continues, make sure CB is properly loaded/i)
    ).toBeInTheDocument();
  });
  test('updates to connected when message data is true', async () => {
    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
    expect(eventSource).toBeDefined();
    // Check state after getting 'true' message
    await act(async () => {
      eventSource.sendMessage('true');
    });
    await waitFor(() => {
      expect(screen.getByText(/connected! 🟢/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
    });
  });
  test('updates to not connected when message data is false', async () => {
    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
    // Check statew after getting 'false' message
    await act(async () => {
      eventSource.sendMessage('false');
    });
    await waitFor(() => {
      expect(screen.getByText(/not connected.*🔴/i)).toBeInTheDocument();
    });
  });
  test('handles invalid JSON gracefully', async () => {
    const logSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
    await act(async () => {
      eventSource.sendMessage('not-json');
    });
    expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
      'Ping message not in correct format:',
      'not-json'
    );
  });
  test('closes EventSource on unmount', () => {
    render(<ConnectedRobots />);
    const eventSource = mockInstances[0];
    const closeSpy = jest.spyOn(eventSource, 'close');
    cleanup(); 
    expect(closeSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
    expect(eventSource.closed).toBe(true);
  });
 });
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.test.ts
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/GraphReducer.test.ts
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,33 @@
-describe('Not implemented', () => {
+import { mockReactFlow } from '../../../../setupFlowTests.ts';
-  test('nothing yet', () => {
+import {act} from "@testing-library/react";
-    expect(true)
+import useFlowStore from "../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx";
-  });
+import {addNode} from "../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx";
 beforeAll(() => {
  mockReactFlow();
 });
 describe('Drag-and-Drop sidebar', () => {
  test.each(['phase', 'phase'])('new nodes get added correctly', (nodeType: string) => {
    act(()=> {
      addNode(nodeType, {x:100, y:100});
    })
    const updatedState = useFlowStore.getState();
    expect(updatedState.nodes.length).toBe(1);
    expect(updatedState.nodes[0].type).toBe(nodeType);
  });
  test.each(['phase', 'norm'])('new nodes get correct Id', (nodeType) => {
    act(()=> {
      addNode(nodeType, {x:100, y:100});
      addNode(nodeType, {x:100, y:100});
    })
    const updatedState = useFlowStore.getState();
    expect(updatedState.nodes.length).toBe(2);
    expect(updatedState.nodes[0].id).toBe(`${nodeType}-1`);
    expect(updatedState.nodes[1].id).toBe(`${nodeType}-2`);
  });
  test('throws error on unexpected node type', () => {
      expect(() => addNode('I do not Exist', {x:100, y:100})).toThrow("Node I do not Exist not found");
  })
 });
--- a/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.test.tsx
+++ b/test/pages/visProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.test.tsx
@@ -1,154 +0,0 @@
 // SaveLoadPanel.all.test.tsx
 import { act, fireEvent, render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import useFlowStore from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/VisProgStores.tsx';
 import SaveLoadPanel from '../../../../../src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/SaveLoadPanel.tsx';
 import { makeProjectBlob } from '../../../../../src/utils/SaveLoad.ts';
 import { mockReactFlow } from "../../../../setupFlowTests.ts"; // optional helper if present
 // helper to read Blob contents in tests (works in Node/Jest env)
 async function blobToText(blob: Blob): Promise<string> {
  if (typeof (blob as any).text === "function") return await (blob as any).text();
  if (typeof (blob as any).arrayBuffer === "function") {
    const buf = await (blob as any).arrayBuffer();
    return new TextDecoder().decode(buf);
  }
  return await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
    const fr = new FileReader();
    fr.onload = () => resolve(String(fr.result));
    fr.onerror = () => reject(fr.error);
    fr.readAsText(blob);
  });
 }
 beforeAll(() => {
  // if you have a mockReactFlow helper used in other tests, call it
  if (typeof mockReactFlow === "function") mockReactFlow();
 });
 beforeEach(() => {
  // clear and seed the zustand store to a known empty state
  act(() => {
    const { setNodes, setEdges } = useFlowStore.getState();
    setNodes([]);
    setEdges([]);
  });
  // Ensure URL.createObjectURL exists so jest.spyOn works
  if (!URL.createObjectURL) URL.createObjectURL = jest.fn();
 });
 afterEach(() => {
  jest.restoreAllMocks();
 });
 describe("SaveLoadPanel - combined tests", () => {
  test("makeProjectBlob creates a valid JSON blob", async () => {
    const nodes = [
      {
        id: "n1",
        type: "start",
        position: { x: 0, y: 0 },
        data: { label: "Start" },
      } as any,
    ];
    const edges: any[] = [];
    const blob = makeProjectBlob("my-project", nodes, edges);
    expect(blob).toBeInstanceOf(Blob);
    const text = await blobToText(blob);
    const parsed = JSON.parse(text);
    expect(parsed.name).toBe("my-project");
    expect(typeof parsed.savedAt).toBe("string");
    expect(Array.isArray(parsed.nodes)).toBe(true);
    expect(Array.isArray(parsed.edges)).toBe(true);
    expect(parsed.nodes).toEqual(nodes);
    expect(parsed.edges).toEqual(edges);
  });
  test("onSave creates a blob URL and sets anchor href", async () => {
    // Seed the store so onSave has nodes to save
    act(() => {
      useFlowStore.getState().setNodes([
        { id: "start", type: "start", position: { x: 0, y: 0 }, data: { label: "start" } } as any,
      ]);
      useFlowStore.getState().setEdges([]);
    });
    // Ensure createObjectURL exists and spy it
    if (!URL.createObjectURL) URL.createObjectURL = jest.fn();
    const createObjectURLSpy = jest.spyOn(URL, "createObjectURL").mockReturnValue("blob:fake-url");
    render(<SaveLoadPanel />);
    const saveAnchor = screen.getByText(/Save Graph/i) as HTMLAnchorElement;
    await act(async () => {
      fireEvent.click(saveAnchor);
    });
    expect(createObjectURLSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
    const blobArg = createObjectURLSpy.mock.calls[0][0];
    expect(blobArg).toBeInstanceOf(Blob);
    expect(saveAnchor.getAttribute("href")).toBe("blob:fake-url");
    const text = await blobToText(blobArg as Blob);
    const parsed = JSON.parse(text);
    expect(parsed.name).toBeDefined();
    expect(parsed.nodes).toBeDefined();
    expect(parsed.edges).toBeDefined();
    createObjectURLSpy.mockRestore();
  });
  test("onLoad with invalid JSON does not update store", async () => {
    const file = new File(["not json"], "bad.json", { type: "application/json" });
    file.text = jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve(`{"bad json`));
    window.alert = jest.fn();
    render(<SaveLoadPanel />);
    const input = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]') as HTMLInputElement;
    expect(input).toBeTruthy();
    // Give some input
    act(() => {
      fireEvent.change(input, { target: { files: [file] } });
    });
    await waitFor(() => {
      expect(window.alert).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
      const nodesAfter = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
      expect(nodesAfter).toHaveLength(0);
      expect(input.value).toBe("");
    });
  });
  test("onLoad resolves to null when no file is chosen (user cancels) and does not update store", async () => {
    render(<SaveLoadPanel />);
    const input = document.querySelector('input[type="file"]') as HTMLInputElement;
    expect(input).toBeTruthy();
    // Click Load to set resolver
    const loadButton = screen.getByLabelText(/load graph/i);
    await act(async () => {
      fireEvent.click(loadButton);
      // simulate user cancelling: change with empty files
      fireEvent.change(input, { target: { files: [] } });
      await Promise.resolve();
    });
    await waitFor(() => {
      const nodesAfter = useFlowStore.getState().nodes;
      const edgesAfter = useFlowStore.getState().edges;
      expect(nodesAfter).toHaveLength(0);
      expect(edgesAfter).toHaveLength(0);
      expect(input.value).toBe("");
    });
  });
 });
		`@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@`
			`sh .githooks/check-branch-name.sh`

			`npm run lint`