From e9f235505f05c928b14a199fb8513b1ca09b3d1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Your Name <you@example.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 16:46:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: inspector reload hoepfully?

---
 public/js/bliss_inspector.js | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 93 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/public/js/bliss_inspector.js b/public/js/bliss_inspector.js
index 2ce5a76..7f68b6c 100644
--- a/public/js/bliss_inspector.js
+++ b/public/js/bliss_inspector.js
@@ -97,9 +97,99 @@
     }
   }
 
-  async function replaceBody(html) {
-    const ui = [...document.body.querySelectorAll(":scope > [data-bliss-ui]")];
+  function nodeKey(node) {
+    if (node.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) return null;
+    if (node.id) return `id:${node.id}`;
+    if (node.dataset.messageId) return `message:${node.dataset.messageId}`;
+    if (node.dataset.blissRouteId) {
+      return `route:${node.dataset.blissRouteId}:${node.dataset.blissRequestUrl || ""}`;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  function sameNodeType(left, right) {
+    return (
+      left.nodeType === right.nodeType &&
+      (left.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE || left.tagName === right.tagName)
+    );
+  }
+
+  function syncAttributes(element, next) {
+    for (const attribute of [...element.attributes]) {
+      if (!next.hasAttribute(attribute.name)) element.removeAttribute(attribute.name);
+    }
+    for (const attribute of [...next.attributes]) {
+      if (element.getAttribute(attribute.name) !== attribute.value) {
+        element.setAttribute(attribute.name, attribute.value);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Live regions can contain data that arrived after the template was first
+  // rendered (a WebSocket chat message is the important case).  Those nodes
+  // are not present in the saved render context, so retain them during a
+  // template patch instead of deleting them with the old tree.
+  function keepLiveNode(node) {
+    return (
+      node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE &&
+      (node.matches("[data-bliss-ui]") ||
+        node.hasAttribute("data-message-id") ||
+        node.hasAttribute("data-bliss-route-id"))
+    );
+  }
+
+  function morphNode(current, next) {
+    if (!sameNodeType(current, next)) {
+      current.replaceWith(next.cloneNode(true));
+      return;
+    }
+    if (current.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
+      if (current.nodeValue !== next.nodeValue) current.nodeValue = next.nodeValue;
+      return;
+    }
+
+    syncAttributes(current, next);
+    const currentChildren = [...current.childNodes];
+    const keyed = new Map();
+    for (const child of currentChildren) {
+      const key = nodeKey(child);
+      if (key && !keyed.has(key)) keyed.set(key, child);
+    }
+
+    const used = new Set();
+    let cursor = current.firstChild;
+    for (const nextChild of [...next.childNodes]) {
+      const key = nodeKey(nextChild);
+      let child = key ? keyed.get(key) : null;
+      if (child && used.has(child)) child = null;
+      if (!child) {
+        child = currentChildren.find(
+          (candidate) =>
+            !used.has(candidate) &&
+            !nodeKey(candidate) &&
+            sameNodeType(candidate, nextChild),
+        );
+      }
+      if (!child) child = nextChild.cloneNode(false);
+      if (child !== cursor) current.insertBefore(child, cursor);
+      used.add(child);
+      morphNode(child, nextChild);
+      cursor = child.nextSibling;
+    }
+
+    for (const child of currentChildren) {
+      if (!used.has(child) && child.isConnected && !keepLiveNode(child)) child.remove();
+    }
+  }
+
+  async function replaceBody(html, { morph = false } = {}) {
     const next = new DOMParser().parseFromString(html, "text/html");
+    if (morph) {
+      morphNode(document.body, next.body);
+      htmx.process(document.body);
+      return;
+    }
+    const ui = [...document.body.querySelectorAll(":scope > [data-bliss-ui]")];
     for (const attribute of [...document.body.attributes]) {
       document.body.removeAttribute(attribute.name);
     }
@@ -154,7 +244,7 @@
       throw new Error(`Template ${templateId} returned ${response.status}`);
     }
     const html = await response.text();
-    if (element === document.body) return replaceBody(html);
+    if (element === document.body) return replaceBody(html, { morph: true });
     const fragment = document.createElement("template");
     fragment.innerHTML = html;
     // A template may legally have several top-level nodes.  They share one