From 25361fafdb405f95beec807fcaa16821a92381a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gmer4Lfe <gmer4lfe@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:18:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Let a long conversation list be filtered instead of scanned

---
 Plugin/unraid/include/ai_chat.php | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/include/ai_chat.php b/Plugin/unraid/include/ai_chat.php
index febd534..4718065 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/include/ai_chat.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/include/ai_chat.php
@@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ function vv_ai_chat_assets(): void {
               padding:3px 12px; border-radius:11px; cursor:pointer; opacity:.94; }
 .vv-ai-jump:hover { background:#2e2e2e; color:#fff; }
 
+/* Filter box at the head of the saved-conversation menu. Borderless except underneath, so it
+   reads as part of the menu rather than a control sitting on top of one. */
+.vv-ai-hist-f { width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; background:#0d0d0d; border:none;
+                border-bottom:1px solid #262626; color:#ccc; font-size:11px;
+                padding:6px 9px; outline:none; }
+.vv-ai-hist-f::placeholder { color:#3f3f3f; }
+
 /* Folded answers cap at a readable height with a hard bottom edge rather than a fade — a fade
    over a code block reads as a rendering fault. */
 .vv-ai-fold { max-height:420px; overflow:hidden; }
@@ -1323,7 +1330,10 @@ vv_ai_profiles_script();
           // Same tagging rule as the Conversations card: a scope always says something, a profile
           // says something unless it is the ordinary one.
           const PR = window.VvAiProfiles || {};
-          histMenu.innerHTML = rows.map(c => {
+
+          // Filters the rows already fetched rather than asking the endpoint again — the store is
+          // small, it is all in hand, and a keystroke should not cost a request.
+          const rowHtml = c => {
             const prof = (c.profile && c.profile !== 'chat' && PR[c.profile]) ? PR[c.profile].short : '';
             const tag  = [prof, c.scope || ''].filter(Boolean).join(' · ');
             return `<button class="vv-ai-opt${c.id === chatId ? ' active' : ''}" type="button"`
@@ -1331,7 +1341,40 @@ vv_ai_profiles_script();
                  + `<span class="vv-ai-opt-l">${esc(c.title)}</span>`
                  + `<span class="vv-ai-opt-h">${esc([tag, ago(c.ts)].filter(Boolean).join(' · '))}</span>`
                  + `</button>`;
-          }).join('');
+          };
+
+          // Title and scope, because those are what a conversation is remembered by — "the one
+          // about the rsync stall" or "the one pointed at daily_sync".
+          const match = (c, q) =>
+            (String(c.title || '') + ' ' + String(c.scope || '') + ' ' + String(c.profile || ''))
+              .toLowerCase().includes(q);
+
+          const draw = q => {
+            const hits = q ? rows.filter(c => match(c, q)) : rows;
+            const list = histMenu.querySelector('[data-hist-rows]');
+            if (!list) return;
+            list.innerHTML = hits.length
+              ? hits.map(rowHtml).join('')
+              : `<div class="vv-ai-hist-msg">nothing matching “${esc(q)}”</div>`;
+          };
+
+          // The box only earns its line once there is enough to sift through.
+          const searchable = rows.length >= 6;
+          histMenu.innerHTML =
+            (searchable ? `<input type="text" class="vv-ai-hist-f" data-hist-filter
+                                  placeholder="filter ${rows.length} conversations…">` : '')
+            + `<div data-hist-rows></div>`;
+          draw('');
+
+          if (searchable) {
+            const f = histMenu.querySelector('[data-hist-filter]');
+            f.addEventListener('input', () => draw(f.value.trim().toLowerCase()));
+            // Escape clears the filter before it closes the menu — one key, one step back.
+            f.addEventListener('keydown', ev => {
+              if (ev.key === 'Escape' && f.value !== '') { ev.stopPropagation(); f.value = ''; draw(''); }
+            });
+            f.focus();
+          }
         }).catch(() => {
           histMenu.innerHTML = '<div class="vv-ai-hist-msg">could not read the store</div>';
         });