Brandon ThomasandClaude Opus 5.5
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- UiState::default() is English: tests, the kittest harness and the
snapshot example no longer depend on the host's locale. The desktop app
alone starts from the system language, when ui.json names no supported
language (first run, an older file, an unknown value).
- An unknown or malformed saved language reads as English instead of
failing the whole UiState and resetting every other preference.
- app.language.set takes {"language": "ja"} (with `code` as an alias, the
name the PR description used); the View combo now uses it via
Language::code(). The app.language.* commands are listed by
engine.commands with the other UI commands and documented in
docs/control-protocol.md.
- Home's text "Orientation" (方向) and Page Layout's print "Orientation"
(印刷の向き) get separate keys through a `context|label` key form.
- Japanese: Hide Rows → 行を表示しない, Trace Dependents → 参照先のトレース;
translate the display-theme combo merged in from main.
- system_theme test: the View tab now has two combo boxes; pick the theme one.
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 |
Every command: id, label, ribbon path, shortcut, params doc, enabled | |
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, 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.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.