vangel76andClaude Opus 5.5
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Clicking the File tab now opens a full-window Backstage view in place of the
ribbon, formula bar, grid and sheet tabs, like Excel's. Esc or the back arrow
return to the sheet. Pages: Home (new + recent), New (blank + samples), Open
(recent + Browse), Info (location, properties, Protect Workbook), Save, Save As,
Print (page preview, scope, fit to page, Page Setup), Export (PDF, CSV, web
page), Close and Options (theme, language, formula bar, AutoSave, calculation).
Every action runs an existing command or dialog.
Adds `file.options` (reports the workbook's calculation settings and asks the
interface for the Options page) and the UI command `ui.backstage {page}`.
Keyboard shortcuts and the macOS native menu are unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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GridCraft control protocol
Start the desktop app with a control port:
gridcraft --control 7979 # or GRIDCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT=7979
Then send newline-delimited JSON to 127.0.0.1:7979. Every request line gets one reply line:
{"id": 1, "method": "engine.execute", "params": {"command": "cell.set", "params": {"cell": "B2", "input": "=SUM(A1:A9)"}}}
{"id": 1, "ok": true, "result": {"cell": "B2", "value": "45"}}
Errors come back as {"id": …, "ok": false, "error": "…"}.
Methods
| Method | Params | What it does |
|---|---|---|
engine.execute |
{command, params} |
Runs any engine command (see engine.commands or gridcraft-cli commands) |
engine.commands |
{search?} |
Every command: id, label, ribbon path, shortcut, params doc, enabled; search keeps those whose id, label or ribbon path contains it (case-insensitive) |
engine.journal |
Commands run so far (replayable) | |
document.inspect |
Workbook summary: sheets, used ranges, tables, charts, names, selection, undo labels | |
sheet.read |
{range?, sheet?, formulas?, formatted?} |
Values (or formulas / displayed text) of a range |
cell.get |
{cell?} |
One cell: value, formula, displayed text, style, merge, comment, link |
ui.inspect |
UI state: ribbon tab, editor, open dialog, Backstage page, message, grid rect, scroll, perf | |
ui.click / ui.drag / ui.move |
{x, y, toX?, toY?, button?, count?, shift?, cmd?, alt?} |
Real pointer input in window points |
ui.cell.click / ui.cell.drag |
{cell} / {from, to} |
Pointer input at a cell's centre (works in point mode while editing) |
ui.key / ui.text |
{key, shift?, cmd?, alt?, ctrl?} / {text} |
Keyboard input (typing in the grid starts editing) |
ui.edit.begin / ui.edit.text / ui.edit.commit / ui.edit.cancel |
{text?} / {move?: down|right|up|left|none} |
Drive the cell editor |
ui.ribbon |
{tab} |
Switch ribbon tab |
ui.dialog / ui.dialog.set / ui.dialog.confirm / ui.dialog.cancel |
{name} / {field, value} |
Open, fill in and confirm dialogs |
ui.backstage (via engine.execute) |
{page?: home|new|open|info|saveAs|print|export|options|close} |
Open the File tab's Backstage view on a page, or close it (ui.inspect reports the open page as backstage) |
ui.screenshot |
{path?} |
PNG of the window (base64 when no path) |
ui.set |
{dark?, formulaBar?, ribbonCollapsed?} |
UI preferences |
ui.resize / ui.focus |
{width, height} |
Window control |
app.open / app.save / app.quit |
{path} / {path?} |
Files and lifetime |
Any other method name that is a command id (e.g. home.bold) runs that command.
Use engine.execute with {command: "view.theme", params: {mode: "system"}}
to choose the display theme; mode accepts "system", "light", or "dark".
System follows live OS appearance changes and falls back to Light when the platform supplies no preference.
The saved choice remains System; new users still start in Light. The legacy
view.darkMode command and ui.set {dark} select a fixed Light or Dark theme.
{command: "app.language.set", params: {language: "ja"}} switches the interface language
(code is accepted as an alias for language); app.language.english and
app.language.japanese are shortcuts. Only interface chrome is translated, never command ids or
document text. The choice is saved in ui.json; with nothing saved the desktop app follows the
system language.
For a headless equivalent (no window), use gridcraft-cli mcp or gridcraft-cli run;
see mcp.md and cli.md.