feat(app): dots background for node interface

app/src/lib/graph-interface/background/Background.frag

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ uniform vec3 camPos;
 uniform vec2 zoomLimits;
 uniform vec3 backgroundColor;
 uniform vec3 lineColor;
+uniform int gridType; // 0 = grid lines, 1 = dots
 
 // Anti-aliased step: threshold in the same units as `value`
 float aaStep(float threshold, float value, float deriv) {
@@ -78,35 +79,51 @@ void main(void) {
     float ux = (vUv.x - 0.5) * width + cx * cz;
     float uy = (vUv.y - 0.5) * height - cy * cz;
 
-    // extra small grid
-    float m1 = grid(ux, uy, divisions * 4.0,  thickness * 4.0)  * 0.9;
-    float m2 = grid(ux, uy, divisions * 16.0, thickness * 16.0) * 0.5;
-    float xsmall = max(m1, m2);
+    if(gridType == 0) {
+      // extra small grid
+      float m1 = grid(ux, uy, divisions * 4.0,  thickness * 4.0)  * 0.9;
+      float m2 = grid(ux, uy, divisions * 16.0, thickness * 16.0) * 0.5;
+      float xsmall = max(m1, m2);
       
-    float s3 = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz / 1.6, 1.0) * 0.5;
-    xsmall = max(xsmall, s3);
+      float s3 = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz / 1.6, 1.0) * 0.5;
+      xsmall = max(xsmall, s3);
 
-    // small grid
-    float c1 = grid(ux, uy, divisions,        thickness)        * 0.6;
-    float c2 = grid(ux, uy, divisions * 2.0,  thickness * 2.0)  * 0.5;
-    float small = max(c1, c2);
+      // small grid
+      float c1 = grid(ux, uy, divisions,        thickness)        * 0.6;
+      float c2 = grid(ux, uy, divisions * 2.0,  thickness * 2.0)  * 0.5;
+      float small = max(c1, c2);
 
-    float s1 = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz * 10.0, 2.0) * 0.5;
-    small = max(small, s1);
+      float s1 = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz * 10.0, 2.0) * 0.5;
+      small = max(small, s1);
 
-    // large grid
-    float c3 = grid(ux, uy, divisions / 8.0,  thickness / 8.0)  * 0.5;
-    float c4 = grid(ux, uy, divisions / 2.0,  thickness / 4.0)  * 0.4;
-    float large = max(c3, c4);
+      // large grid
+      float c3 = grid(ux, uy, divisions / 8.0,  thickness / 8.0)  * 0.5;
+      float c4 = grid(ux, uy, divisions / 2.0,  thickness / 4.0)  * 0.4;
+      float large = max(c3, c4);
 
-    float s2 = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz * 20.0, 1.0) * 0.4;
-    large = max(large, s2);
+      float s2 = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz * 20.0, 1.0) * 0.4;
+      large = max(large, s2);
 
-    float c = mix(large, small, min(nz * 2.0 + 0.05, 1.0));
-    c = mix(c, xsmall, clamp((nz - 0.3) / 0.7, 0.0, 1.0));
+      float c = mix(large, small, min(nz * 2.0 + 0.05, 1.0));
+      c = mix(c, xsmall, clamp((nz - 0.3) / 0.7, 0.0, 1.0));
 
-    vec3 color = mix(backgroundColor, lineColor, c); 
+      vec3 color = mix(backgroundColor, lineColor, c); 
+
+      gl_FragColor = vec4(color, 1.0);
+    } else {
+      float large = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz * 20.0, 1.0) * 0.4;
+
+      float medium = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz * 10.0, 1.0) * 0.6;
+
+      float small = circle_grid(ux, uy, cz * 2.5, 1.0) * 0.8;
+
+      float c = mix(large, medium, min(nz * 2.0 + 0.05, 1.0));
+      c = mix(c, small, clamp((nz - 0.3) / 0.7, 0.0, 1.0));
+
+      vec3 color = mix(backgroundColor, lineColor, c); 
+
+      gl_FragColor = vec4(color, 1.0);
+    }
 
-    gl_FragColor = vec4(color, 1.0);
 }
 

app/src/lib/graph-interface/background/Background.svelte

@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@
   import BackgroundVert from './Background.vert';
 
   type Props = {
-    minZoom: number;
-    maxZoom: number;
-    cameraPosition: [number, number, number];
-    width: number;
-    height: number;
+    minZoom?: number;
+    maxZoom?: number;
+    cameraPosition?: [number, number, number];
+    width?: number;
+    height?: number;
+    type?: 'grid' | 'dots' | 'none';
   };
 
   let {
@@ -18,9 +19,18 @@
     maxZoom = 150,
     cameraPosition = [0, 1, 0],
     width = globalThis?.innerWidth || 100,
-    height = globalThis?.innerHeight || 100
+    height = globalThis?.innerHeight || 100,
+    type = 'grid'
   }: Props = $props();
 
+  const typeMap = new Map([
+    ['grid', 0],
+    ['dots', 1],
+    ['none', 2]
+  ]);
+
+  const gridType = $derived(typeMap.get(type) || 0);
+
   let bw = $derived(width / cameraPosition[2]);
   let bh = $derived(height / cameraPosition[2]);
 </script>
@@ -51,6 +61,9 @@
         },
         dimensions: {
           value: [100, 100]
+        },
+        gridType: {
+          value: 0
         }
       }}
       uniforms.camPos.value={cameraPosition}
@@ -59,6 +72,7 @@
       uniforms.lineColor.value={appSettings.value.theme && colors['outline']}
       uniforms.zoomLimits.value={[minZoom, maxZoom]}
       uniforms.dimensions.value={[width, height]}
+      uniforms.gridType.value={gridType}
     />
   </T.Mesh>
 </T.Group>

app/src/lib/graph-interface/graph-state.svelte.ts

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class GraphState {
   addMenuPosition = $state<[number, number] | null>(null);
 
   snapToGrid = $state(false);
-  showGrid = $state(true);
+  backgroundType = $state<'grid' | 'dots' | 'none'>('grid');
   showHelp = $state(false);
 
   cameraDown = [0, 0];

app/src/lib/graph-interface/graph/Graph.svelte

@@ -132,8 +132,9 @@
       position={graphState.cameraPosition}
     />
 
-    {#if graphState.showGrid !== false}
+    {#if graphState.backgroundType !== 'none'}
       <Background
+        type={graphState.backgroundType}
         cameraPosition={graphState.cameraPosition}
         {maxZoom}
         {minZoom}

app/src/lib/graph-interface/graph/Wrapper.svelte

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     settings?: Record<string, unknown>;
 
     activeNode?: NodeInstance;
-    showGrid?: boolean;
+    backgroundType?: 'grid' | 'dots' | 'none';
     snapToGrid?: boolean;
     showHelp?: boolean;
     settingTypes?: Record<string, unknown>;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     registry,
     settings = $bindable(),
     activeNode = $bindable(),
-    showGrid = $bindable(true),
+    backgroundType = $bindable('grid'),
     snapToGrid = $bindable(true),
     showHelp = $bindable(false),
     settingTypes = $bindable(),
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
   const graphState = new GraphState(manager);
   $effect(() => {
-    graphState.showGrid = showGrid;
+    graphState.backgroundType = backgroundType;
     graphState.snapToGrid = snapToGrid;
     graphState.showHelp = showHelp;
   });

app/src/lib/settings/app-settings.svelte.ts

@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ export const AppSettingTypes = {
   },
   nodeInterface: {
     title: 'Node Interface',
-    showNodeGrid: {
-      type: 'boolean',
-      label: 'Show Grid',
-      value: true
+    backgroundType: {
+      type: 'select',
+      label: 'Background',
+      options: ['grid', 'dots', 'none'],
+      value: 'grid'
     },
     snapToGrid: {
       type: 'boolean',

app/src/routes/+page.svelte

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
           graph={pm.graph}
           bind:this={graphInterface}
           registry={nodeRegistry}
-          showGrid={appSettings.value.nodeInterface.showNodeGrid}
+          backgroundType={appSettings.value.nodeInterface.backgroundType}
           snapToGrid={appSettings.value.nodeInterface.snapToGrid}
           bind:activeNode
           bind:showHelp={appSettings.value.nodeInterface.showHelp}