From 6b6e50909cc77de1797e88be5445c5b643b008a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: erdgeist <erdgeist@erdgeist.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:28:30 +0200
Subject: Give action log entries per-verb icons

A muted glyph before each sentence makes both log surfaces
scannable by verb: create, publish, move, trash, restore,
destroy, and the discard pair. Rollback publishes get their own
icon (history) distinct from ordinary promotion. Unknown verbs
fall back to a dashed circle.
---
 app/helpers/node_actions_helper.rb              | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 app/views/node_actions/_action_row.html.erb     |  1 +
 public/stylesheets/admin.css                    |  6 ++++++
 test/models/helpers/node_actions_helper_test.rb | 10 ++++++++++
 4 files changed, 42 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/helpers/node_actions_helper.rb b/app/helpers/node_actions_helper.rb
index eb761e3..fd8cc36 100644
--- a/app/helpers/node_actions_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/node_actions_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 module NodeActionsHelper
   include ERB::Util
 
+  # One glyph per verb, rendered before the sentence in _action_row.
+  # Unknown verbs get the dashed circle -- the unknown-verb principle
+  # extended to iconography: the log outlives its vocabulary.
+  VERB_ICONS = {
+    "create"             => "file-plus",
+    "publish"            => "send",
+    "move"               => "arrows-move",
+    "trash"              => "trash",
+    "restore_from_trash" => "arrow-back-up",
+    "destroy"            => "trash-x",
+    "discard_autosave"   => "eraser",
+    "destroy_draft"      => "eraser",
+  }.freeze
+
+  def verb_icon action
+    name = if action.action == "publish" && action.metadata["via"] == "revision"
+      "history"
+    else
+      VERB_ICONS.fetch(action.action, "circle-dashed")
+    end
+    content_tag(:span, icon(name, library: "tabler", "aria-hidden": true),
+                :class => "node_action_icon node_action_icon--#{name}",
+                :title => action.action)
+  end
+
   # One sentence per entry, rendered from metadata alone, so entries
   # stay renderable after the rows they reference are gone. Live
   # associations only upgrade plain names to links. Every metadata
diff --git a/app/views/node_actions/_action_row.html.erb b/app/views/node_actions/_action_row.html.erb
index 5b5488b..c640f0d 100644
--- a/app/views/node_actions/_action_row.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/node_actions/_action_row.html.erb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <span class="node_action_clock"><%= action.occurred_at.strftime("%H:%M") %></span>
   </td>
   <td class="node_action_body">
+    <%= verb_icon(action) %>
     <%= action_summary(action) %>
     <% if action.node_id && params[:node_id].blank? %>
       <%= link_to t("node_actions.node_history"), admin_log_path(:node_id => action.node_id), :class => "node_action_zoom" %>
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/admin.css b/public/stylesheets/admin.css
index 15e753d..05e47e7 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/admin.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/admin.css
@@ -1544,6 +1544,12 @@ div#image_browser ul li {
   color: #777;
 }
 
+.node_action_icon {
+  color: #777;
+  margin-right: 0.35em;
+  vertical-align: text-bottom;
+}
+
 .revision_lifecycle {
   font-size: 0.85rem;
   color: #777;
diff --git a/test/models/helpers/node_actions_helper_test.rb b/test/models/helpers/node_actions_helper_test.rb
index ef6035d..1b72ec9 100644
--- a/test/models/helpers/node_actions_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/models/helpers/node_actions_helper_test.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ class NodeActionsHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
     { :locale => nil }
   end
 
+  def icon(_name, **)
+    '<svg class="stub-icon"></svg>'.html_safe
+  end
+
   def teardown
     I18n.locale = @original_locale
   end
@@ -133,4 +137,10 @@ class NodeActionsHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
 
     assert_equal "", revision_lifecycle_badges(nil)
   end
+
+  test "verb icons map known verbs, distinguish rollbacks, and fall back" do
+    assert_includes verb_icon(entry("trash", { "path" => { "from" => "a", "to" => "t/a" } })), "node_action_icon--trash"
+    assert_includes verb_icon(entry("publish", { "via" => "revision" })), "node_action_icon--history"
+    assert_includes verb_icon(entry("frobnicate")), "node_action_icon--circle-dashed"
+  end
 end
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