From e44e2c1e203886db5f839d7ceac1b093baf4c76d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nic D <n_drolet@hotmail.ca>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:05:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(chatbot): fix chatbot speech formatting, will need to
 do more work, change from drawer setup

---
 .../chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue     |  2 +-
 .../chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue    | 69 +++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue b/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue
index 59ea63f..3ad5725 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue
+++ b/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 <style scoped>
 :deep(.q-drawer--right) {
-    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
     width: 50vw !important;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue b/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue
index c6a4f45..5ff9c19 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue
+++ b/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     lang="ts"
 >
     import { computed } from 'vue';
-    import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
+    // import MarkdownIt from 'markdown-it'
     import { useAuthStore } from 'src/stores/auth-store';
     import type { Message } from 'src/modules/chatbot/models/dialogue-message.model';
     import { useI18n } from 'vue-i18n';
@@ -15,41 +15,54 @@
         message: Message;
     }>();
 
+    const message_text = computed(() => message.text.includes('chatbot.') ? t(message.text) : message.text)
+
+    const is_error = computed(() => message.text.includes('NO_REPLY_RECEIVED') || message.text.includes('NO_REPLY_RECEIVED'));
     // Initialize Markdown parser
-    const md = new MarkdownIt({
-        breaks: false,       // Support line breaks
-        linkify: true,      // Make URLs clickable
-        html: false         // Prevent raw HTML injection
-    })
+    // const md = new MarkdownIt({
+    //     // breaks: false,       // Support line breaks
+    //     linkify: true,      // Make URLs clickable
+    //     html: false         // Prevent raw HTML injection
+    // })
 
-    // Removes all the h1,h2,h3 to make the Md more user friendly
-    const cleanMarkdown = (markdown: string): string => {
-        if (!markdown) return ''
-        return markdown
-            .replace(/\r\n/g, '\n')                         // normalize Windows line endings
-            .replace(/([.!?])(\s+)(?=[A-Z])/g, '$1\n')      // insert line break after sentence-ending punctuation
-            .replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n')                     // squash triple+ line breaks
-            .replace(/^#{1,3}\s(.*)$/gm, '#### $1')         // downgrade headings
-    }
+    // // Removes all the h1,h2,h3 to make the Md more user friendly
+    // const cleanMarkdown = (markdown: string): string => {
+    //     if (!markdown) return ''
+    //     return markdown
+    //         .replace(/\r\n/g, '\n')                         // normalize Windows line endings
+    //         .replace(/([.!?])(\s+)(?=[A-Z])/g, '$1\n')      // insert line break after sentence-ending punctuation
+    //         .replace(/\n{3,}/g, '\n\n')                     // squash triple+ line breaks
+    //         .replace(/^#{1,3}\s(.*)$/gm, '#### $1')         // downgrade headings
+    // }
 
-    // Compute parsed content
-    const parsedText = computed((): string => {
-        const cleaned = cleanMarkdown(message.text || '')
-        if (cleaned.includes('chatbot.')) {
-            const translated_message = t(message.text);
-            return md.render(translated_message);
-        }
-        return md.render(cleaned);
-    })
+    // // Compute parsed content
+    // const parsedText = computed((): string => {
+    //     const cleaned = cleanMarkdown(message.text || '')
+    //     if (cleaned.includes('chatbot.')) {
+    //         const translated_message = t(message.text);
+    //         return md.render(translated_message);
+    //     }
+    //     return md.render(cleaned);
+    // })
 </script>
 
 <template>
     <q-chat-message
         :sent="message.sent"
         :name="message.sent ? auth_store.user?.first_name : 'TargoBot'"
-        :bg-color="message.sent ? 'accent' : 'white'"
+        :bg-color="message.sent ? 'accent' : 'info'"
         :text-color="message.sent ? 'white' : ''"
-    >
-        <div v-html="parsedText"></div>
-    </q-chat-message>
+        :text="[message_text]"
+    />
 </template>
+
+<style scoped>
+:deep(.q-message-name) {
+    color: white;
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+:deep(.q-message-text) {
+    white-space: pre-wrap;
+}
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file

From 7cf23a6a551a338560ca4a34f3750861634d558d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nic D <n_drolet@hotmail.ca>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:19:45 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] refactor(chatbot): change appearance and function of
 chatbot window, send context on chat message instead of with each page change

---
 .../components/main-layout-header-bar.vue     |  19 ----
 src/layouts/main-layout.vue                   |   2 +-
 .../chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue     | 107 +++++++++++-------
 .../chatbot/components/dialogue-content.vue   |   4 +-
 .../chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue    |  21 +++-
 .../chatbot/models/page-context.model.ts      |  18 +--
 .../chatbot/services/chatbot.service.ts       |  34 +++---
 .../components/overview-list-filters.vue      |   1 -
 .../components/timesheet-wrapper.vue          |   2 +-
 src/stores/chatbot-store.ts                   |  13 +--
 10 files changed, 124 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/layouts/components/main-layout-header-bar.vue b/src/layouts/components/main-layout-header-bar.vue
index 01af21c..5ad6d39 100644
--- a/src/layouts/components/main-layout-header-bar.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/components/main-layout-header-bar.vue
@@ -3,14 +3,8 @@
     setup
 >
     import { useUiStore } from 'src/stores/ui-store';
-    import { useAuthStore } from 'src/stores/auth-store';
-    import { useChatbotStore } from 'src/stores/chatbot-store';
-
-    // import HeaderBarNotification from './main-layout-header-bar-notification.vue';
 
     const uiStore = useUiStore();
-    const chatbot_store = useChatbotStore();
-    const auth_store = useAuthStore();
 </script>
 
 <template>
@@ -37,19 +31,6 @@
                     />
                 </q-btn>
             </q-toolbar-title>
-
-            <q-item class="q-pa-none">
-                <!-- <HeaderBarNotification /> -->
-                <q-btn
-                    v-if="auth_store.user?.user_module_access.includes('chatbot')"
-                    flat
-                    color="transparant"
-                    icon="las la-robot"
-                    size="lg"
-                    @click="chatbot_store.is_showing_chatbot = !chatbot_store.is_showing_chatbot"
-                    style="--q-icon-size: 28px; min-width: auto;"
-                />
-            </q-item>
         </q-toolbar>
     </q-header>
 </template>
diff --git a/src/layouts/main-layout.vue b/src/layouts/main-layout.vue
index 67c31b3..4ae920f 100644
--- a/src/layouts/main-layout.vue
+++ b/src/layouts/main-layout.vue
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <LeftDrawer />
 
         <ChatbotDrawer />
-
+        
         <q-page-container>
             <router-view />
         </q-page-container>
diff --git a/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue b/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue
index 3ad5725..380c991 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue
+++ b/src/modules/chatbot/components/chatbot-drawer.vue
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
     const chatbot_store = useChatbotStore();
 
     const text = ref('');
+    const is_showing_right_drawer = ref(true);
+    const drawer_width = ref(85);
 
     const handleSend = async () => {
         const message = text.value.trim();
         text.value = '';
+        console.log('message: ', message, ', length: ', message.length);
         await chatbot_api.sendMessage(message);
     };
 
@@ -26,53 +29,79 @@
 
 <template>
     <q-drawer
-        v-model="chatbot_store.is_showing_chatbot"
+        v-model="is_showing_right_drawer"
         overlay
-        elevated
+        persistent
+        :width="drawer_width"
         side="right"
-        class="column justify-end no-wrap"
+        class="column justify-end no-wrap relative-position no-scroll"
     >
-        <div class="col q-px-md relative-position">
-            <DialogueContent class="absolute-full" />
-        </div>
-
-        <q-form
-            submit="handleSend"
-            class="col-auto row"
+        <transition
+            enter-active-class="animated fadeInRight"
+            leave-active-class="animated fadeOutRight"
+            mode="out-in"
+            @after-leave="chatbot_store.is_showing_chatbot ? drawer_width = 500 : drawer_width = 85"
         >
-            <q-input
-                v-model="text"
-                borderless
-                :label="$t('chatbot.chat_placeholder')"
-                :autogrow="false"
-                dark
-                label-color="white"
-                class="col q-px-md"
-                style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);"
-                @keyup.enter="handleSend"
-            />
+            <div
+                v-if="chatbot_store.is_showing_chatbot"
+                class="col column"
+                style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7); overflow: hidden;"
+            >
+                    <q-btn
+                        dense
+                        icon="las la-chevron-right"
+                        text-color="white"
+                        color="accent"
+                        align="left"
+                        size="2em"
+                        class="q-mb-sm"
+                        @click="chatbot_store.is_showing_chatbot = false"
+                    />
 
-            <!-- <q-input
-                v-model="custId"
-                :label="'Customer Id'"
-                :autogrow="false"
-                class="col"
-                style="margin-left: 8px;"
-                @keyup.enter="handleCustomerId"
-            /> -->
-        </q-form>
+                <div class="col q-px-md relative-position">
+                    <DialogueContent class="absolute-full" />
+                </div>
 
-        <!-- <div
-            class="drag-handle"
-            @mousedown.prevent="startDrag"
-        ></div> -->
+                <q-form
+                    submit="handleSend"
+                    class="col-auto row"
+                >
+                    <q-input
+                        v-model="text"
+                        borderless
+                        :label="$t('chatbot.chat_placeholder')"
+                        :autogrow="false"
+                        dark
+                        label-color="white"
+                        class="col q-px-md"
+                        style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);"
+                        @keydown.enter="handleSend"
+                    />
+                </q-form>
+            </div>
+
+
+            <div
+                v-else
+                class="row col-auto q-pa-sm self-end"
+            >
+                <q-btn
+                    dense
+                    round
+                    icon="las la-robot"
+                    color="accent"
+                    size="2em"
+                    class="shadow-5"
+                    @click="chatbot_store.is_showing_chatbot = true"
+                />
+            </div>
+        </transition>
     </q-drawer>
 </template>
 
 <style scoped>
-:deep(.q-drawer--right) {
-    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
-    width: 50vw !important;
+:deep(.q-drawer) {
+    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    overflow: hidden;
 }
-
-</style>
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-content.vue b/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-content.vue
index 53a6993..f9f80dd 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-content.vue
+++ b/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-content.vue
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 </script>
 
 <template>
-    <q-scroll-area ref="scroll_area">
+    <q-scroll-area ref="scroll_area" class="no-wrap">
         <div
             v-for="(msg, index) in chatbot_store.messages"
             :key="index"
-            class="column q-px-md no-wrap"
+            class="col-auto q-px-md no-wrap"
         >
             <DialoguePhrase
                 v-if="!msg.isThinking"
diff --git a/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue b/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue
index 5ff9c19..7ed1152 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue
+++ b/src/modules/chatbot/components/dialogue-phrase.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
     const message_text = computed(() => message.text.includes('chatbot.') ? t(message.text) : message.text)
 
-    const is_error = computed(() => message.text.includes('NO_REPLY_RECEIVED') || message.text.includes('NO_REPLY_RECEIVED'));
+    const is_error = computed(() => message.text.includes('NO_REPLY_RECEIVED') || message.text.includes('SEND_MESSAGE_FAILED'));
+
     // Initialize Markdown parser
     // const md = new MarkdownIt({
     //     // breaks: false,       // Support line breaks
@@ -48,6 +49,24 @@
 
 <template>
     <q-chat-message
+        v-if="is_error"
+        name="SystemBot"
+        bg-color="negative"
+        text-color="white"
+    >
+        <div class="row flex-center">
+            <q-icon
+                name="las la-exclamation-triangle"
+                class="col-auto q-pr-xs"
+                size="2em"
+                color="white"
+            />
+            <span>{{ message_text }}</span>
+        </div>
+    </q-chat-message>
+
+    <q-chat-message
+        v-else
         :sent="message.sent"
         :name="message.sent ? auth_store.user?.first_name : 'TargoBot'"
         :bg-color="message.sent ? 'accent' : 'info'"
diff --git a/src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model.ts b/src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model.ts
index ea6e5d7..5d76c92 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model.ts
+++ b/src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 import { RouteNames } from "src/router/router-constants";
 
-export interface chatbotPageContext {
+export interface ChatbotPageContext {
     name: string;
     description: string;
     features: string[];
     path: RouteNames | null;
 }
 
-export const dashboardContext: chatbotPageContext = {
+export const dashboardContext: ChatbotPageContext = {
     name: "Dashboard",
     description: "Landing page containing useful links and a carousel showcasing recent news, as well as a local weather widget in the top right corner",
     features: [
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const dashboardContext: chatbotPageContext = {
     path: RouteNames.DASHBOARD,
 };
 
-export const leftDrawerContext: chatbotPageContext = {
+export const leftDrawerContext: ChatbotPageContext = {
     name: "Left Drawer",
     description: "A drawer that acts as a navigation bar, routes to different parts of the website. Some icons will be hidden according to user access",
     features: [
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const leftDrawerContext: chatbotPageContext = {
     path: null,
 };
 
-export const profileContext: chatbotPageContext = {
+export const profileContext: ChatbotPageContext = {
     name: "Profile",
     description: "Display and edit user information",
     features: [
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export const profileContext: chatbotPageContext = {
     path: RouteNames.PROFILE,
 };
 
-export const employeeListContext: chatbotPageContext = {
+export const employeeListContext: ChatbotPageContext = {
     name: "Employee List",
     description: "View all the hired and currently active Staff",
     features: [
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export const employeeListContext: chatbotPageContext = {
     path: RouteNames.EMPLOYEE_LIST,
 };
 
-export const timesheetApprovalContext: chatbotPageContext = {
+export const timesheetApprovalContext: ChatbotPageContext = {
     name: "Timesheet Approval",
     description: "Page where employee hours and shifts are approved for accounting purposes. Requires timesheet_approval module access.",
     features: [
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const timesheetApprovalContext: chatbotPageContext = {
     path: RouteNames.TIMESHEET_APPROVALS,
 };
 
-export const timesheetContext: chatbotPageContext = {
+export const timesheetContext: ChatbotPageContext = {
     name: "Timesheet",
     description:
         "Page where an employee can enter their hours for their day and week. Display in 2-week pay periods.",
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export const timesheetContext: chatbotPageContext = {
     path: RouteNames.TIMESHEET,
 };
 
-export const helpContext: chatbotPageContext = {
+export const helpContext: ChatbotPageContext = {
     name: "Help",
     description: "page containing common Q&A segments regarding website functionalities",
     features: [
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const helpContext: chatbotPageContext = {
     path: RouteNames.HELP,
 }
 
-export const PageContexts: Record<RouteNames, chatbotPageContext | null> = {
+export const PageContexts: Record<RouteNames, ChatbotPageContext | null> = {
     "login": null,
     "login-success": null,
     "error": null,
diff --git a/src/modules/chatbot/services/chatbot.service.ts b/src/modules/chatbot/services/chatbot.service.ts
index b68f6b4..0a297ed 100644
--- a/src/modules/chatbot/services/chatbot.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/chatbot/services/chatbot.service.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
-import type { chatbotPageContext } from "src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model";
+import type { ChatbotPageContext } from "src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model";
 import type { Message } from "src/modules/chatbot/models/dialogue-message.model";
 import { api } from "src/boot/axios";
 
 export const chatbotService = {
     // Function to send the message to the backend
-    sendChatMessage: async (userInput: string): Promise<Message> => {
-        const response = await api.post("/chatbot", { userInput });
+    sendChatMessage: async (userInput: string, pageContext: ChatbotPageContext | undefined): Promise<Message> => {
+        const response = await api.post("/chatbot", { userInput, pageContext });
         return response.data as Message;
     },
 
-    // Function to send context to backend
-    sendPageContext: async (context: chatbotPageContext): Promise<string> => {
-        const response = await api.post("/chatbot/context", context);
-        return response.data;
-    },
+    // // Function to send context to backend
+    // sendPageContext: async (context: chatbotPageContext): Promise<string> => {
+    //     const response = await api.post("/chatbot/context", context);
+    //     return response.data;
+    // },
 
-    // Function to send user credentials to the backend to communicate with n8n.
-    sendUserCredentials: async (email: string, role: string): Promise<boolean> => {
-        const response = await api.post("/chatbot/user", { email, role });
-        return response.data;
-    },
+    // // Function to send user credentials to the backend to communicate with n8n.
+    // sendUserCredentials: async (email: string, role: string): Promise<boolean> => {
+    //     const response = await api.post("/chatbot/user", { email, role });
+    //     return response.data;
+    // },
 
-    retrieveCustomerDiagnostics: async (id: string): Promise<string> => {
-        const response = await api.get(`/chat/customer/${id}`);
-        return response.data;
-    },
+    // retrieveCustomerDiagnostics: async (id: string): Promise<string> => {
+    //     const response = await api.get(`/chat/customer/${id}`);
+    //     return response.data;
+    // },
 };
diff --git a/src/modules/timesheet-approval/components/overview-list-filters.vue b/src/modules/timesheet-approval/components/overview-list-filters.vue
index 9290348..588dab1 100644
--- a/src/modules/timesheet-approval/components/overview-list-filters.vue
+++ b/src/modules/timesheet-approval/components/overview-list-filters.vue
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     onMounted(() => {
         Object.values(overview_column_names).map(column => column_options.value.push({ label: `timesheet_approvals.table.${column}`, value: column as OverviewColumns }))
         column_options.value = column_options.value.filter(column => !EXCLUDED_COLUMNS.includes(column.value));
-        console.log('filter column values: ', column_options.value )
     })
 </script>
 
diff --git a/src/modules/timesheets/components/timesheet-wrapper.vue b/src/modules/timesheets/components/timesheet-wrapper.vue
index 5949338..00318ba 100644
--- a/src/modules/timesheets/components/timesheet-wrapper.vue
+++ b/src/modules/timesheets/components/timesheet-wrapper.vue
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     const is_timesheets_approved = computed(() => timesheet_store.timesheets.every(timesheet => timesheet.is_approved))
 
     const total_hours = computed(() => timesheet_store.timesheets.reduce((sum, timesheet) =>
-        sum + timesheet.weekly_hours.regular
+        sum += timesheet.weekly_hours.regular
         + timesheet.weekly_hours.evening
         + timesheet.weekly_hours.emergency
         + timesheet.weekly_hours.overtime,
diff --git a/src/stores/chatbot-store.ts b/src/stores/chatbot-store.ts
index 3b66c21..b0fc645 100644
--- a/src/stores/chatbot-store.ts
+++ b/src/stores/chatbot-store.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@ import { ref } from "vue";
 import { defineStore } from "pinia";
 import { chatbotService } from "src/modules/chatbot/services/chatbot.service";
 import type { Message } from "src/modules/chatbot/models/dialogue-message.model";
+import { type ChatbotPageContext, PageContexts } from "src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model";
 import type { RouteNames } from "src/router/router-constants";
-import { PageContexts } from "src/modules/chatbot/models/page-context.model";
 
 export const useChatbotStore = defineStore("chatbot", () => {
     const messages = ref<Message[]>([]);
     const has_shown_instructions = ref(false);
     const is_showing_chatbot = ref(false);
+    const current_page_context = ref<ChatbotPageContext | undefined>(undefined);
 
     const sendChatMessage = async (user_message: string) => {
         const last_chatbot_message = messages.value.at(messages.value.length - 1)!;
 
         try {
-            const chatbot_response = await chatbotService.sendChatMessage(user_message);
+            const chatbot_response = await chatbotService.sendChatMessage(user_message, current_page_context.value);
             if (chatbot_response) {
                 last_chatbot_message.text = chatbot_response.text;
                 last_chatbot_message.isThinking = false;
@@ -30,11 +31,9 @@ export const useChatbotStore = defineStore("chatbot", () => {
         }
     };
 
-    const updatePageContext = async (page_name: RouteNames) => {
-        const chatbot_page_context = PageContexts[page_name];
-        
-        if (chatbot_page_context)
-            await chatbotService.sendPageContext(chatbot_page_context);
+    const updatePageContext = (page_name: RouteNames) => {
+        current_page_context.value = PageContexts[page_name] ?? undefined;
+    
     };
 
     const showInstructionsOnce = () => {