From c3c8f561813b55b06d44423622969c94ff5fc348 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessio Tudisco <apb231@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 00:56:59 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: dynamic language loading and dropdown list

---
 index.html |  3 ---
 js/main.js | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 style.css  | 22 ++++++++++----------
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 341c2b6..b18be34 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@
     </div>
     <div class="header-actions">
       <div class="lang-seg">
-        <button class="lang-btn active" data-lang-code="en">EN</button>
-        <button class="lang-btn" data-lang-code="de">DE</button>
-        <button class="lang-btn" data-lang-code="it">IT</button>
       </div>
       <button id="theme-toggle" class="theme-toggle"
         data-i18n-title="theme.toggleTitle"
diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 93fc802..018284e 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { decimate }           from './decimation.js';
 import { exportSTL }          from './exporter.js';
 import { buildAdjacency, bucketFill,
          buildExclusionOverlayGeo, buildFaceWeights } from './exclusion.js';
-import { t, initLang, setLang, getLang, applyTranslations } from './i18n.js';
+import { t, initLang, setLang, getLang, applyTranslations, TRANSLATIONS } from './i18n.js';
 
 // ── State ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ const imprintLink    = document.getElementById('imprint-link');
 const imprintOverlay = document.getElementById('imprint-overlay');
 const imprintClose   = document.getElementById('imprint-close');
 
+// ── Language selector DOM refs ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+const languageSelector = document.querySelector('.lang-seg');
+
 // ── Scale slider log helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Slider stores 0–1000; actual scale spans 0.05–10 on a log axis.
 // Middle position 500 → scale ~0.71 (log midpoint between 0.05 and 10).
@@ -265,15 +268,46 @@ initViewer(canvas);
 // Apply saved theme to 3D viewport on startup
 setViewerTheme(document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-theme') === 'light');
 
+// Populate the language selector
+function populateLanguageSelector() {
+  if (!languageSelector) return;
+  languageSelector.innerHTML = '';
+  
+  const select = document.createElement('select');
+  select.className = 'lang-dropdown';
+  
+  for (const langKey in TRANSLATIONS) {
+    const opt = document.createElement('option');
+    opt.value = langKey;
+    opt.className = 'lang-option';
+    opt.textContent = TRANSLATIONS[langKey]['lang.name'] || langKey.toUpperCase();
+    select.appendChild(opt);
+  }
+  
+  select.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
+    setLang(e.target.value);
+    // Re-translate <option> elements (innerHTML won't reach these)
+    document.querySelectorAll('select[id="mapping-mode"] option[data-i18n-opt]').forEach(opt => {
+      opt.textContent = t(opt.dataset.i18nOpt);
+    });
+    // Refresh dynamic count text to current language
+    if (currentGeometry) refreshExclusionOverlay();
+  });
+  
+  languageSelector.appendChild(select);
+}
+populateLanguageSelector();
+
 // Initialise language (reads localStorage / browser preference, applies translations)
 initLang();
 
-// Sync lang buttons to current language
+// Sync lang dropdown to current language
 (function() {
   const lang = getLang();
-  document.querySelectorAll('.lang-btn').forEach(btn => {
-    btn.classList.toggle('active', btn.dataset.langCode === lang);
-  });
+  const select = languageSelector.querySelector('select');
+  if (select) {
+    select.value = lang;
+  }
 })();
 
 // Theme toggle
@@ -340,22 +374,6 @@ function selectPreset(idx, swatchEl) {
 // ── Event wiring ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
 function wireEvents() {
-  // ── Language toggle ──
-  document.querySelectorAll('.lang-btn').forEach(btn => {
-    btn.addEventListener('click', () => {
-      const lang = btn.dataset.langCode;
-      setLang(lang);
-      document.querySelectorAll('.lang-btn').forEach(b =>
-        b.classList.toggle('active', b.dataset.langCode === lang));
-      // Re-translate <option> elements (innerHTML won't reach these)
-      document.querySelectorAll('select[id="mapping-mode"] option[data-i18n-opt]').forEach(opt => {
-        opt.textContent = t(opt.dataset.i18nOpt);
-      });
-      // Refresh dynamic count text to current language
-      if (currentGeometry) refreshExclusionOverlay();
-    });
-  });
-
   // ── Model loading ──
   stlFileInput.addEventListener('change', (e) => {
     if (e.target.files[0]) handleModelFile(e.target.files[0]);
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
index 308578d..320822b 100644
--- a/style.css
+++ b/style.css
@@ -47,31 +47,31 @@
   flex-shrink: 0;
 }
 
-.lang-btn {
+.lang-dropdown {
   height: 28px;
-  padding: 0 10px;
+  padding: 0 24px 0 10px; /* Add right padding for default select arrow if present */
   background: var(--surface2);
   border: none;
-  border-radius: 0;
   color: var(--text-muted);
   font-size: 11px;
   font-weight: 600;
   letter-spacing: 0.05em;
   cursor: pointer;
+  appearance: none; /* Attempt to remove default styling */
+  -moz-appearance: none;
+  -webkit-appearance: none;
+  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;charset=UTF-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='8' height='5' viewBox='0 0 8 5'%3E%3Cpath fill='%2366667a' d='M0 0l4 4 4-4H0z'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"); /* Custom arrow */
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-position: right 8px center;
   transition: background 0.15s, color 0.15s;
 }
 
-.lang-btn:not(:last-child) {
-  border-right: 1px solid var(--border);
-}
-
-.lang-btn:hover {
+.lang-dropdown:hover {
   color: var(--accent);
 }
 
-.lang-btn.active {
-  background: var(--accent);
-  color: #fff;
+.lang-dropdown:focus {
+  outline: none;
 }
 
 /* ── Theme toggle button ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */