Add narrow functionality when clicking species #2388
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This PR implements a new "narrow" functionality that allows users to quickly filter displayed results by clicking directly on species in the ReacNetGenerator web interface.
What changed
Before: Clicking on a species only added it to the network graph visualization.
After: Clicking on a species now both adds it to the network graph AND automatically filters the species and reactions displays to show only results related to that species.
Implementation details
The implementation adds two new JavaScript functions:
narrowSpecies(spec)
- Adds a clicked species to all relevant dropdown selects (#speciesselect
,#reactionsselect
,#reactionsabcdselect
) and triggers the filtering logicaddnodeAndNarrow(spec)
- Combines the existingaddnode()
functionality with the newnarrowSpecies()
functionalityThe species template was updated to call
addnodeAndNarrow()
instead of justaddnode()
when a species is clicked:User experience improvements
Example usage
When a user clicks on a methane (CH4) species:
This provides an immediate "narrow" view focused on that specific species and its related chemistry.
The implementation includes comprehensive tests and handles edge cases like preventing duplicate selections. All existing tests continue to pass.
Fixes #186.
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