unreal 1.2.0 — native folder-context actions + bottom-dock Unreal tab (icons, no emoji)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

plugins/unreal/index.js

@@ -1,34 +1,32 @@
 // Unreal Engine Tools — official plugin.
 // The core app keeps the build engine (UnrealBuildTool / MSBuild), the build
-// overlay and the log reader; this plugin is just the Unreal-facing surface:
-// a "Build Solution" action and a live Unreal-log view. Reached through the
-// permission-gated `host.ue` bridge.
+// overlay and the log reader; this plugin is just the Unreal-facing surface.
+// It renders natively: the actions sit in the working-folder right-click menu
+// with the host's Unreal + hammer icons, and the log is a bottom-dock tab —
+// exactly where these lived before, just delivered as a plugin. Reached through
+// the permission-gated `host.ue` bridge.
 
 export function activate(host) {
   const ue = host.ue;
   if (!ue) { host.log("no ue bridge — plugin.json needs the \"ue\" permission"); return; }
 
-  // Build the game target (UnrealBuildTool for the game module, MSBuild for plain C++).
-  host.ui.addMenuItem("🔨 Build Solution (Unreal)", () => {
-    if (!ue.hasProject()) { host.flash("No Unreal project in the current working folder.", true); return; }
-    ue.build(); // triggers the core build flow + overlay
-  });
+  // Right-click the working folder → Launch / Build, shown only on a UE project.
+  // Prefer the native folder-context slot (host ≥ 0.3.7); fall back to the top
+  // menu on older hosts so the actions are always reachable.
+  const addAction = (label, run, icon) => {
+    if (host.ui.addFolderContextItem) host.ui.addFolderContextItem(label, run, { icon, visible: () => ue.hasProject() });
+    else host.ui.addMenuItem(label, () => { if (!ue.hasProject()) { host.flash("No Unreal project in the current working folder.", true); return; } run(); }, { icon });
+  };
+  addAction("Launch Unreal Engine", () => ue.launch(), "ue");
+  addAction("Build Solution (.sln)", () => ue.build(), "hammer");
 
-  // Launch the Unreal editor by opening the detected .uproject.
-  host.ui.addMenuItem("🚀 Launch Unreal Engine", () => {
-    if (!ue.hasProject()) { host.flash("No Unreal project in the current working folder.", true); return; }
-    ue.launch();
-  });
-
-  // Live Unreal editor log (tails Saved/Logs). Opens from the Actions menu.
-  host.ui.addView({
-    id: "unreal-log",
-    title: "Unreal Log",
-    render: (el) => {
-      el.style.cssText = "display:flex;flex-direction:column;height:100%;min-height:340px";
+  // Bottom-dock "Unreal" tab — tails the editor log (Saved/Logs), refreshing live.
+  // Native dock panel on host ≥ 0.3.7; a modal view as a fallback on older hosts.
+  const mountLog = (el) => {
+      el.style.cssText = "display:flex;flex-direction:column;height:100%";
       const pre = document.createElement("pre");
       pre.style.cssText =
-        "flex:1;margin:0;overflow:auto;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;" +
+        "flex:1;margin:0;padding:10px 14px;overflow:auto;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;" +
         "font:11.5px/1.6 var(--mono,ui-monospace,monospace);color:var(--muted,#9a9aa8)";
       el.appendChild(pre);
       let alive = true;
@@ -38,15 +36,16 @@ export function activate(host) {
           if (!ue.hasProject()) { pre.textContent = "No Unreal project in the current working folder."; return; }
           const atBottom = pre.scrollTop + pre.clientHeight >= pre.scrollHeight - 30;
           const txt = await ue.readLog(200000);
-          pre.textContent = txt || "No Unreal log yet. It appears when the editor writes to Saved/Logs (i.e. while Unreal is running).";
+          pre.textContent = txt || "No Unreal log yet. It shows here when the editor writes to Saved/Logs — i.e. while Unreal is running.";
           if (atBottom) pre.scrollTop = pre.scrollHeight;
         } catch (e) { pre.textContent = String(e); }
       }
       tick();
       const id = setInterval(tick, 1500);
       return () => { alive = false; clearInterval(id); };
-    },
-  });
+  };
+  if (host.ui.addDockPanel) host.ui.addDockPanel({ id: "unreal", title: "Unreal", icon: "ue", render: mountLog });
+  else host.ui.addView({ id: "unreal-log", title: "Unreal Log", render: mountLog });
 
   host.log("Unreal Engine Tools activated");
 }

plugins/unreal/plugin.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "id": "unreal",
   "name": "Unreal Engine Tools",
-  "version": "1.1.0",
+  "version": "1.2.0",
   "author": "Exbyte Studios",
-  "description": "Build the game (.sln / UnrealBuildTool), launch the editor, and tail the Unreal log. Enable this on Unreal Engine projects.",
+  "description": "Build the game (.sln / UnrealBuildTool), launch the editor, and tail the Unreal log. Actions live in the working-folder right-click menu; the log is a bottom-dock tab. Enable on Unreal Engine projects.",
   "entry": "index.js",
   "minAppVersion": "0.3.6",
   "permissions": ["ue"],
   "defaultEnabled": true,
-  "contributes": { "menu": true, "views": ["unreal-log"] }
+  "contributes": { "folderContext": true, "dock": ["unreal"] }
 }

registry.json

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
     {
       "id": "unreal",
       "name": "Unreal Engine Tools",
-      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "version": "1.2.0",
       "author": "Exbyte Studios",
-      "description": "Build the game (.sln / UnrealBuildTool), launch the editor, and tail the Unreal log. For Unreal Engine projects.",
+      "description": "Build (.sln), launch the editor, tail the log. Native right-click actions + bottom-dock tab. For Unreal Engine projects.",
       "permissions": ["ue"],
       "minAppVersion": "0.3.6",
       "official": true,