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4grayandClaude Fable 5.1 ef3f98d026 feat(portals): posters-only cover wall for movie and series grids (#1604)
* feat(portals): posters-only cover wall for movie and series grids

Add `Settings.showCoverTitles` (Settings > General, default on). Turning it
off drops the title row under VOD/series covers in catalog, favorites and
recent grids and reveals the title as a bottom-gradient overlay on hover and
keyboard focus, pinned open for items whose cover is missing or failed.

`CoverTitlesService` is the single resolver: the opt-out AND a hover-capable
pointer, so touch-only devices keep their titles. Live channel grids, search
results, "recently added" rails and dashboard rails always keep labels.

Catalog and collection cards become keyboard buttons (role, tabindex,
aria-label, Enter/Space, focus ring) and poster alt text is the title. The
default-on boolean coercion moves into `settings-opt-out.util.ts` because
the settings store reached the max-lines limit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(portals): keep nested Remove key presses from activating the card

Enter/Space on the content card's nested Remove button bubbled into the
card's own key handlers: Enter opened the item before removing it and
Space opened it while cancelling the removal. Only keys pressed on the
card element itself now activate it. Regression spec added.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(portals): keep cover titles while an in-section search filters the grid

The posters-only wall exempts search results because they are identified
by the name the user typed; the category grid's own in-section filter is
the same case, so `app-grid-list` now keeps the title row while its
`searchTerm` is non-blank. Contract docs updated, regression spec added.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(portals): keep cover titles while the collection tab search is active

The unified favorites/recent tab filters by its own search term, so its
matches are identified by name like every other search result. The tab
now opts its cards out of the posters-only wall while the term is
non-blank. Contract docs updated, regression spec added.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(portals): move the card Remove control out of the button surface

An interactive control nested inside a role="button" is an invalid
accessibility structure. The content card's activation surface is now its
own inner element and the Remove button a sibling positioned over the
poster corner, labelled by its tooltip text. Spec asserts the control is
never a descendant of the button.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(portals): draw the collection card focus ring where it is not clipped

The card's overflow: hidden clipped an outline drawn on the inner
activation surface on every edge, so keyboard users saw no focus
indication. The ring now sits on the outer card via
:has(> .content-card__activation:focus-visible).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix(portals): detect any hover-capable pointer for the posters-only wall

`hover` describes only the primary pointer, so a touch-first tablet with
a mouse or hover-capable stylus attached lost the wall. The resolver now
reads `(any-hover: hover)`.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-09-14 18:34:21 +02:00

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feature portals Posters-only cover wall

Movie and series grids can now drop the title row: turn off "Show titles under covers" in Settings > General and the catalog, favorites and recent grids become a wall of covers that shows more rows per screen. The title slides in on the cover when you point at it or focus it with the keyboard, and stays on for items whose cover is missing. Live channels and search results keep their labels.