Duplicate components from the sheet and tree popups, with links between them

Ctrl+click picks out several boxes on the sheet, and Ctrl/Shift+click several
rows in the tree. Copies are named on from their original (Add1 -> Add2), sit
one step right and down, and keep the links that ran between the copied
components. One undo step; on a device the originals are read back in full
and the copies made there.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

app_state.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ so later rebinding would only ever be seen by the module that did it.
 import configparser
 import os
 
-VERSION = "0.0.0.156"
+VERSION = "0.0.0.157"
 PROPERTIES_FILE = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "editor.properties")
 DEFAULT_GRID_SIZE = 10
 DEFAULT_ADD_TIMESTAMP = True
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ is_dirty = False
 current_file_path = None
 active_components_list = []   # Tracks what components are actively painted
 selected_canvas_tag = None    # Tracks the currently clicked/highlighted canvas component tag
+selected_canvas_tags = set()  # Every selected box, the one above included; Ctrl+click adds
 selected_tree_item_id = None  # Tracks the currently right-clicked Treeview item
 link_mark_element = None      # Component marked as a link endpoint via "Link Mark"
 selected_link_tag = None      # Canvas tag of the currently selected (red-highlighted) link wire

live_hooks.py

@@ -403,6 +403,80 @@ def recreate_subtree(parent_element, snapshot, build_config):
     return True, complete
 
 
+def duplicate_subtrees(plans, links, build_config):
+    """Adds copies of read_subtree trees to the device, then the links among them.
+
+    `plans` is a list of (parent_element, node, new_name, new_meta): the node is a
+    read_subtree tree, copied under `parent_element` with its top renamed and moved to
+    `new_meta` (None keeps it where it was). Children keep their names, which stay
+    unique because their parent is new. `links` holds (from_id, from_slot, to_id,
+    to_slot) between components in the trees, by their original ids.
+
+    Nothing in a node is changed; the device hands out new ids for the copies.
+    Returns (created, new_ids, complete): `created` lists (parent_element, new_top_id)
+    for every top the device took, `new_ids` maps each original id to its copy's, and
+    when not complete, last_error says what is missing.
+    """
+    ds = _session()
+    if ds is None:
+        return [], {}, False
+    client = ds.sox_client
+    new_ids = {}
+    created = []
+
+    def create(node, under_id, name, meta):
+        values = dict(node["values"])
+        if meta is not None:
+            values["meta"] = meta
+        config = build_config(node["type_name"], device_values=values)
+        comp = client.add(under_id, node["kit_id"], node["type_id"], name, config)
+        new_ids[node["id"]] = comp.id
+        for child in node["children"]:
+            create(child, comp.id, child["name"], None)
+
+    complete = True
+    for parent_element, node, new_name, new_meta in plans:
+        parent_id = _comp_id(parent_element)
+        if parent_id is None:
+            _fail(f"The parent '{parent_element.get('name', '?')}' has no component id.")
+            complete = False
+            break
+        try:
+            create(node, parent_id, new_name, new_meta)
+        except Exception as e:
+            if node["id"] in new_ids:
+                created.append((parent_element, new_ids[node["id"]]))
+                _fail(f"'{new_name}' was added to the device, but not all of it: {e}")
+            else:
+                _fail(f"The device rejected the add of '{new_name}': {e}")
+            complete = False
+            break
+        created.append((parent_element, new_ids[node["id"]]))
+
+    if complete:
+        for from_id, from_slot, to_id, to_slot in links:
+            try:
+                client.link(new_ids[from_id], from_slot, new_ids[to_id], to_slot)
+            except Exception as e:
+                _fail(f"The copies are on the device, but not every link between them: {e}")
+                complete = False
+                break
+
+    top_ids = {top_id for _, top_id in created}
+    for top_id in top_ids:
+        ds.after_add(top_id)
+    # after_add reads only the top; the children's values are read too, so the DOM
+    # built from the cache carries their slots.
+    children = [client.cache_get(i) for i in new_ids.values() if i not in top_ids]
+    children = [c for c in children if c is not None]
+    if children:
+        try:
+            client.update(children, CONFIG)
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+    return created, new_ids, complete
+
+
 def wire_value(type_id, raw):
     """A value as the device sent it, in the form encode_value wants for `type_id`."""
     if type_id == BUF_ID:

main.py

@@ -919,6 +919,11 @@ def on_tree_select(event):
     if _restoring_selection:
         return
 
+    # Ctrl or Shift has picked out several rows to act on together, not a sheet to
+    # open, so the sheet already showing stays.
+    if len(app_state.tree.selection()) > 1:
+        return
+
     # Choosing a node means "show me that sheet", so whatever has the pane stands down
     # rather than leaving the selection looking like it did nothing. Refusing to leave
     # has to put the tree back on the sheet that is still showing.
@@ -1200,6 +1205,9 @@ def on_tree_right_click(event):
     if not item_id:
         return
 
+    selected_rows = tree.selection()
+    keep_selection = item_id in selected_rows and len(selected_rows) > 1
+    if not keep_selection:
         tree.selection_set(item_id)
     app_state.selected_tree_item_id = item_id
     parent_id = tree.parent(item_id)
@@ -1229,7 +1237,11 @@ def on_tree_right_click(event):
 
     # The same actions the canvas offers, on the component the tree row names: which
     # list a component was picked from should not change what can be done with it.
-    fill_component_popup(tree_comp_context_menu, comp_element)
+    selection = None
+    if keep_selection:
+        selection = [app_state.tree_element_map[row] for row in selected_rows
+                     if row in app_state.tree_element_map]
+    fill_component_popup(tree_comp_context_menu, comp_element, selection)
     tree_comp_context_menu.post(event.x_root, event.y_root)
 
 
@@ -1281,24 +1293,56 @@ def on_canvas_double_click(event):
         _open_special_view(comp)
 
 
-def on_canvas_click(event):
+CTRL_MASK = 0x0004
+
+
+def paint_canvas_selection():
+    """Outlines every selected box heavier than the rest."""
     canvas = app_state.canvas
     canvas.itemconfig("block_outline", outline="#7f9db9", width=2)
+    for tag in app_state.selected_canvas_tags:
+        canvas.itemconfig(f"{tag} && block_outline", outline="#1f4e79", width=3)
+
+
+def select_canvas_boxes(tags):
+    """Makes exactly these boxes the selection; the last is the one Del acts on."""
+    tags = [t for t in tags if t]
+    app_state.selected_canvas_tags = set(tags)
+    app_state.selected_canvas_tag = tags[-1] if tags else None
+    paint_canvas_selection()
+
+
+def _toggle_canvas_box(group_tag):
+    """Ctrl+click: adds a box to the selection, or takes it back out."""
+    selected = app_state.selected_canvas_tags
+    if group_tag in selected:
+        selected.discard(group_tag)
+        if app_state.selected_canvas_tag == group_tag:
+            app_state.selected_canvas_tag = next(iter(selected), None)
+    else:
+        selected.add(group_tag)
+        app_state.selected_canvas_tag = group_tag
+    paint_canvas_selection()
+
+
+def on_canvas_click(event):
+    canvas = app_state.canvas
     wiresheet.deselect_link()
     app_state.drag_data["tag"] = None
-    app_state.selected_canvas_tag = None
 
     cx = canvas.canvasx(event.x)
     cy = canvas.canvasy(event.y)
     clicked_item = canvas.find_closest(cx, cy, halo=3)
-
+    tags = canvas.gettags(clicked_item[0]) if clicked_item else ()
-    if not clicked_item:
-        return
-
-    tags = canvas.gettags(clicked_item[0])
     group_tag = next((t for t in tags if t.startswith("comp_group_")), None)
     wire_tag = next((t for t in tags if t.startswith("link_wire_")), None)
 
+    if event.state & CTRL_MASK and group_tag and not wire_tag:
+        # Picking boxes out one by one, so nothing is picked up to be moved.
+        _toggle_canvas_box(group_tag)
+        return
+
+    select_canvas_boxes([])
     if wire_tag:
         wiresheet.select_link(wire_tag)
         return
@@ -1307,7 +1351,7 @@ def on_canvas_click(event):
         app_state.drag_data["tag"] = group_tag
         app_state.drag_data["x"] = cx
         app_state.drag_data["y"] = cy
-        app_state.selected_canvas_tag = group_tag
+        select_canvas_boxes([group_tag])
 
         # Where the box starts out. The drag is measured as an offset from this pair
         # rather than accumulated per motion event, so repeated snapping cannot drift.
@@ -1319,7 +1363,6 @@ def on_canvas_click(event):
         dragged = app_state.canvas_comp_map.get(group_tag)
         meta_prop = dragged.find("prop[@name='meta']") if dragged is not None else None
         app_state.drag_data["meta_before"] = meta_prop.get("val") if meta_prop is not None else None
-        canvas.itemconfig(f"{group_tag} && block_outline", outline="#1f4e79", width=3)
 
         # Bring the clicked box clear of any neighbour it happens to sit under.
         canvas.tag_raise(group_tag)
@@ -1605,14 +1648,16 @@ def open_rename_dialog(comp):
     entry.select_range(0, tk.END)
 
 
-def fill_component_popup(menu, comp):
+def fill_component_popup(menu, comp, selection=None):
     """Fills a popup with the actions that apply to one component.
 
     Shared by the canvas and the navigation tree, so a component offers the same
     actions wherever it was right-clicked. The entries close over the component rather
     than reading a selection back, which is what lets the two popups act on the thing
-    that was actually clicked.
+    that was actually clicked. `selection` is everything selected along with it, which
+    Duplicate copies as a group; the other entries act on `comp` alone.
     """
+    selection = [e for e in (selection or [comp]) if e.tag == "comp"] or [comp]
     menu.delete(0, tk.END)
     menu.add_command(
         label="Properties",
@@ -1639,6 +1684,12 @@ def fill_component_popup(menu, comp):
             label="Rename...",
             command=lambda: open_rename_dialog(current_element(comp)),
         )
+    if comp.tag == "comp":
+        menu.add_command(
+            label=("Duplicate" if len(selection) == 1
+                   else f"Duplicate {len(selection)} Components"),
+            command=lambda: duplicate_components(selection),
+        )
     menu.add_command(
         label="Delete Component",
         command=lambda: delete_component(current_element(comp)),
@@ -1659,6 +1710,12 @@ def fill_component_popup(menu, comp):
         )
 
 
+def duplicate_components(elements):
+    """Duplicates components, and leaves the copies selected if they are on the sheet."""
+    copies = sax_file.duplicate_components([current_element(e) for e in elements])
+    select_canvas_boxes([app_state.canvas_tag_by_element.get(c) for c in copies])
+
+
 def on_canvas_right_click(event):
     """Detects right-clicks on nodes to instantly show context-sensitive action overlays."""
     canvas = app_state.canvas
@@ -1679,13 +1736,17 @@ def on_canvas_right_click(event):
 
         if group_tag:
             wiresheet.deselect_link()
-            canvas.itemconfig("block_outline", outline="#7f9db9", width=2)
+            # Right-clicking one of several selected boxes acts on all of them; any
-            app_state.selected_canvas_tag = group_tag
+            # other box becomes the selection on its own, as a left click would.
-            canvas.itemconfig(f"{group_tag} && block_outline", outline="#1f4e79", width=3)
+            if group_tag not in app_state.selected_canvas_tags:
+                select_canvas_boxes([group_tag])
 
             comp_element = app_state.canvas_comp_map.get(group_tag)
             if comp_element is not None:
-                fill_component_popup(canvas_context_menu, comp_element)
+                selection = [app_state.canvas_comp_map[t]
+                             for t in app_state.selected_canvas_tags
+                             if t in app_state.canvas_comp_map]
+                fill_component_popup(canvas_context_menu, comp_element, selection)
                 canvas_context_menu.post(event.x_root, event.y_root)
 
 
@@ -2956,7 +3017,7 @@ _nav_style.map(
 tree = ttk.Treeview(
     frame_tree,
     show="tree",
-    selectmode="browse",
+    selectmode="extended",
     height=TREE_REQUESTED_ROWS,
     style=app_state.NAV_TREE_STYLE,
 )

sax_file.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 """Opening, saving and structural editing of a Sedona app file, plus the navigation tree."""
 
+import copy
 from datetime import datetime
 import os
 from tkinter import filedialog, messagebox
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@ def reset_to_startup_state():
     app_state.xml_root_element = None
     app_state.current_sheet_parent = None
     app_state.selected_canvas_tag = None
+    app_state.selected_canvas_tags.clear()
     app_state.selected_tree_item_id = None
     app_state.link_mark_element = None
     app_state.selected_link_tag = None
@@ -209,6 +211,7 @@ def open_file():
         app_state.pending_schema_kits.clear()
         app_state.clear_status()
         app_state.selected_canvas_tag = None
+        app_state.selected_canvas_tags.clear()
         app_state.current_sheet_parent = None
         undo.reset()
         app_state.mark_clean()
@@ -513,6 +516,23 @@ def unique_child_name(parent, base_name):
     return base_name[:MAX_NAME_LENGTH]
 
 
+def duplicate_name(name, taken):
+    """A name for a copy of `name`: its stem with the next free number, Add1 -> Add2.
+
+    Counting on from a trailing number, rather than appending another, keeps a run of
+    copies reading Add1, Add2, Add3 instead of Add1, Add11, Add111.
+    """
+    stem = name.rstrip("0123456789") or "c"
+    digits = name[len(stem):]
+    counter = int(digits) + 1 if digits else 1
+    while True:
+        suffix = str(counter)
+        candidate = stem[:max(1, MAX_NAME_LENGTH - len(suffix))] + suffix
+        if candidate not in taken:
+            return candidate
+        counter += 1
+
+
 def current_sheet_container():
     """The element a newly placed component belongs to: the open folder, or the app."""
     if app_state.xml_root_element is None:
@@ -1164,6 +1184,239 @@ def add_link(from_path_slot, to_path_slot):
     wiresheet.render_current_sheet()
 
 
+# Meta steps a copy sits right of and below its original, (x, y).
+DUPLICATE_OFFSET = (1, 1)
+
+
+def _duplicate_tops(elements):
+    """The components to copy, in document order, without any held by another of them.
+
+    A component inside one that is copied already comes along with it; copying it again
+    would put a second copy next to the original.
+    """
+    root = app_state.xml_root_element
+    order = {element: i for i, element in enumerate(root.iter())}
+    chosen = []
+    for element in elements:
+        # The app cannot be copied, and a "..." stand-in is not a component at all.
+        if element.tag != "comp" or not element.get("type") or element not in order:
+            continue
+        if element not in chosen:
+            chosen.append(element)
+    tops = [e for e in chosen
+            if not any(other is not e and e in other.iter() for other in chosen)]
+    return sorted(tops, key=order.get)
+
+
+def _meta_val(element):
+    meta_prop = element.find("prop[@name='meta']")
+    return meta_prop.get("val") if meta_prop is not None else None
+
+
+def _moved_meta(meta_str, dx, dy):
+    """meta moved by (dx, dy) steps, clamped to the sheet, as an unsigned int."""
+    x, y = read_meta_property(meta_str)[:2]
+    scratch = ET.Element("comp")
+    update_meta_property(scratch, meta_str,
+                         min(wiresheet.META_COORD_MAX, x + dx),
+                         min(wiresheet.META_COORD_MAX, y + dy))
+    return int(scratch.find("prop").get("val"))
+
+
+def _ref_inside(ref, path):
+    return ref.startswith(path + ".") or ref.startswith(path + "/")
+
+
+def duplicate_components(elements):
+    """Copies components, with whatever they hold, next to the originals.
+
+    Links running between the copied components are copied too, so a group of linked
+    blocks comes out as a second working group. Links to anything left behind are not:
+    the copy would otherwise drive, or be driven by, the original's neighbours. Each
+    copy is named after its original with the next free number, and the whole duplicate
+    is one undo step. Returns the new top elements.
+    """
+    root = app_state.xml_root_element
+    if root is None:
+        return []
+    tops = _duplicate_tops(elements)
+    if not tops:
+        return []
+
+    parents = [find_parent_element(root, e) for e in tops]
+    taken = {}
+    names = []
+    for parent, element in zip(parents, tops):
+        if id(parent) not in taken:
+            taken[id(parent)] = {c.get("name") for c in parent if c.tag == "comp"}
+        name = duplicate_name(element.get("name", "c"), taken[id(parent)])
+        taken[id(parent)].add(name)
+        names.append(name)
+    dx, dy = DUPLICATE_OFFSET
+
+    if app_state.live_mode:
+        copies = _duplicate_on_device(tops, parents, names, dx, dy)
+    else:
+        copies = _duplicate_in_file(tops, parents, names, dx, dy)
+    if not copies:
+        return []
+
+    app_state.mark_dirty()
+    refresh_treeview_from_dom(root)
+    wiresheet.render_current_sheet()
+    return copies
+
+
+def _duplicate_label(tops):
+    if len(tops) == 1:
+        return f"duplicate {tops[0].get('name', '?')}"
+    return f"duplicate {len(tops)} components"
+
+
+def _duplicate_in_file(tops, parents, names, dx, dy):
+    root = app_state.xml_root_element
+    path_map = []
+    commands = []
+    copies = []
+    for parent, element, name in zip(parents, tops, names):
+        old_path = get_component_path(element, root)
+        copy_elem = copy.deepcopy(element)
+        copy_elem.set("name", name)
+        x, y = read_meta_property(_meta_val(element))[:2]
+        update_meta_property(copy_elem, _meta_val(copy_elem),
+                             min(wiresheet.META_COORD_MAX, x + dx),
+                             min(wiresheet.META_COORD_MAX, y + dy))
+        index = len(list(parent))
+        parent.append(copy_elem)
+        # In the document first, so each new id is checked against the ones before it.
+        # The id a copy still carries is its original's, which stays taken either way.
+        for comp in copy_elem.iter("comp"):
+            comp.set("id", str(allocate_component_id()))
+        path_map.append((old_path, get_component_path(copy_elem, root)))
+        commands.append(undo.AddComponentCommand(parent, index, copy_elem))
+        copies.append(copy_elem)
+
+    def mapped(ref):
+        for old_path, new_path in path_map:
+            if _ref_inside(ref, old_path):
+                return new_path + ref[len(old_path):]
+        return None
+
+    links_elem = root.find("links")
+    if links_elem is not None:
+        for link in list(links_elem):
+            if link.tag != "link":
+                continue
+            new_from = mapped(link.get("from", ""))
+            new_to = mapped(link.get("to", ""))
+            if new_from is None or new_to is None:
+                continue
+            new_link = ET.SubElement(links_elem, "link")
+            new_link.set("from", new_from)
+            new_link.set("to", new_to)
+            commands.append(undo.AddLinkCommand(links_elem, new_link))
+
+    undo.push(undo.CompositeCommand(commands, label=_duplicate_label(tops)))
+    link_count = len(commands) - len(copies)
+    app_state.set_status(f"Duplicated as {', '.join(names)}"
+                         + (f", with {link_count} link(s)." if link_count else "."))
+    return copies
+
+
+def _duplicate_on_device(tops, parents, names, dx, dy):
+    """The device makes the copies from what it holds, not from the DOM.
+
+    The DOM only knows what has been opened: a folder's children may be "..." stand-ins
+    with no config of their own. Each original is read back in full, as a delete reads
+    it to be undone, and the copies are added from that.
+    """
+    snapshots = []
+    for element in tops:
+        snapshot = live_hooks.read_subtree(element)
+        if snapshot is None:
+            live_hooks.warn_failure("Duplicate",
+                                    f"{element.get('name', '?')} could not be read from the device")
+            return []
+        snapshots.append(snapshot)
+
+    copied_ids = set()
+
+    def collect(node):
+        copied_ids.add(node["id"])
+        for child in node["children"]:
+            collect(child)
+
+    for snapshot in snapshots:
+        collect(snapshot["tree"])
+
+    links = []
+    for snapshot in snapshots:
+        for from_end, from_slot, to_end, to_slot in snapshot["links"]:
+            ends = (live_hooks._link_end_id(from_end), from_slot,
+                    live_hooks._link_end_id(to_end), to_slot)
+            if ends[0] in copied_ids and ends[2] in copied_ids and ends not in links:
+                links.append(ends)
+
+    plans = []
+    for parent, snapshot, name in zip(parents, snapshots, names):
+        meta = snapshot["tree"]["values"].get("meta")
+        new_meta = None
+        if meta is not None:
+            new_meta = _moved_meta(str(meta), dx, dy)
+            if new_meta >= 1 << 31:
+                new_meta -= 1 << 32     # an int slot, as the device sent it: signed
+        plans.append((parent, snapshot["tree"], name, new_meta))
+
+    created, new_ids, complete = live_hooks.duplicate_subtrees(plans, links,
+                                                               build_config_values)
+    if not created:
+        live_hooks.warn_failure("Duplicate", "Nothing was duplicated on the device")
+        return []
+
+    ds = app_state.device_session
+    client = ds.sox_client
+    commands = []
+    copies = []
+    for parent, new_id in created:
+        comp = client.cache_get(new_id)
+        if comp is None:
+            continue
+        copy_elem = ds._build_comp_element(parent, comp)
+        commands.append(LiveComponentCommand(
+            parent, list(parent).index(copy_elem), copy_elem, present=True))
+        copies.append(copy_elem)
+
+    root = app_state.xml_root_element
+    links_elem = root.find("links")
+    if links_elem is None:
+        links_elem = ET.SubElement(root, "links")
+    if complete:
+        for from_id, from_slot, to_id, to_slot in links:
+            from_comp = client.cache_get(new_ids[from_id])
+            to_comp = client.cache_get(new_ids[to_id])
+            if from_comp is None or to_comp is None:
+                continue
+            from_name = ds._slot_name_by_id(from_comp.kit_id, from_comp.type_id, from_slot)
+            to_name = ds._slot_name_by_id(to_comp.kit_id, to_comp.type_id, to_slot)
+            from_path = ds._comp_path(from_comp.id)
+            to_path = ds._comp_path(to_comp.id)
+            if from_name and to_name and from_path and to_path:
+                ET.SubElement(links_elem, "link",
+                              **{"from": f"{from_path}.{from_name}",
+                                 "to": f"{to_path}.{to_name}"})
+
+    # Deleting a copy from the device takes its links with it, so the copies alone
+    # undo the whole duplicate.
+    undo.push(undo.CompositeCommand(commands, label=_duplicate_label(tops)))
+
+    if not complete:
+        live_hooks.warn_failure("Duplicate", "The duplicate did not fully reach the device")
+    else:
+        app_state.set_status(f"Duplicated as {', '.join(names)} on the device"
+                             + (f", with {len(links)} link(s)." if links else "."))
+    return copies
+
+
 def execute_cascading_deletion(comp_element):
     """Shared application logic to wipe an element, its children, and related links from DOM and runtime lists."""
     comp_name = comp_element.get("name", "Unknown")
@@ -1224,6 +1477,7 @@ def execute_cascading_deletion(comp_element):
     target_canvas_tag = app_state.canvas_tag_by_element.get(comp_element)
     if target_canvas_tag and target_canvas_tag == app_state.selected_canvas_tag:
         app_state.selected_canvas_tag = None
+    app_state.selected_canvas_tags.discard(target_canvas_tag)
 
     if target_canvas_tag:
         app_state.canvas.delete(target_canvas_tag)

undo.py

@@ -263,6 +263,25 @@ class AddComponentCommand:
             self.parent.insert(self.index, self.element)
 
 
+class CompositeCommand:
+    """Several commands taken as one step, such as a duplicate: its copies and its links.
+
+    Undone last-first, so links go before the components they run between.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, commands, label="edit"):
+        self.commands = list(commands)
+        self.label = label
+
+    def undo(self):
+        for command in reversed(self.commands):
+            command.undo()
+
+    def redo(self):
+        for command in self.commands:
+            command.redo()
+
+
 class AddLinkCommand:
     """Adding a single link to the <links> section."""
 

wiresheet.py

@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ def render_components(components_to_render):
     canvas = app_state.canvas
     app_state.active_components_list = components_to_render
     app_state.selected_canvas_tag = None
+    app_state.selected_canvas_tags.clear()
 
     canvas.delete("component")
     canvas.delete("link")