Select Color: one fixed colour book folder instead of a folder list setting

The color_book_dirs setting is gone. Colour books live in color_books in
the config folder (book::folder()), like the other fixed locations;
Options > Files shows it through Folders::color_books. read_all() and
load_from_dialog() use that folder directly.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_013rGmDUNr1hUf4zo1X3dak8

src/app/mod.rs

@@ -1067,10 +1067,9 @@ pub(super) struct OpenCADStudio {
     // ── Floating panel windows ────────────────────────────────────────────
     /// The open Select Color panel, if any.
     color_picker: Option<crate::ui::color_select::ColorPicker>,
-    /// The built-in colour books and those in `color_book_dirs`, read
-    /// lazily when the Select Color panel opens.
+    /// The built-in colour book and those in the colour book folder, read
+    /// lazily when the Select Color panel first opens.
     color_books: std::sync::Arc<Vec<crate::ui::color_select::book::ColorBook>>,
-    color_book_dirs: Vec<String>,
     color_books_read: bool,
     /// Recently committed real colours, newest first.
     /// ACI and True Color remain semantically distinct even when their RGB matches.
@@ -4793,7 +4792,6 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             web_autosave_clear_after: Vec::new(),
             color_picker: None,
             color_books: Default::default(),
-            color_book_dirs: Vec::new(),
             color_books_read: false,
             active_modal: None,
             hyperlink_editor_handles: Vec::new(),

src/app/settings.rs

@@ -636,10 +636,6 @@ pub struct UserSettings {
     /// Blocks palette: library folders or drawings, last used first.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub block_libraries: Vec<String>,
-    /// Folders searched for `.acb` colour books. Books loaded in the Select
-    /// Color panel are copied into the first one.
-    #[serde(default = "default_color_book_dirs")]
-    pub color_book_dirs: Vec<String>,
     /// Blocks palette view: 0 extra large, 1 large, 2 medium, 3 small icons,
     /// 4 details, 5 list.
     #[serde(default = "default_block_view")]
@@ -801,15 +797,6 @@ fn default_grid_major() -> u32 {
     5
 }
 
-/// One folder in the config directory; none on the web, which has no folders.
-fn default_color_book_dirs() -> Vec<String> {
-    #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-    if let Some(dir) = crate::config::config_dir() {
-        return vec![dir.join("color_books").display().to_string()];
-    }
-    Vec::new()
-}
-
 fn default_true() -> bool {
     true
 }
@@ -973,7 +960,6 @@ impl Default for UserSettings {
             block_recent: Vec::new(),
             block_favorites: Vec::new(),
             block_libraries: Vec::new(),
-            color_book_dirs: default_color_book_dirs(),
             block_palette_view: 1,
             block_insert: BlockInsertOptions::default(),
             block_mru_list: 50,

src/app/update/file.rs

@@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             block_recent: self.block_palette.recent.clone(),
             block_favorites: self.block_palette.favorites.clone(),
             block_libraries: self.block_palette.libraries.clone(),
-            color_book_dirs: self.color_book_dirs.clone(),
             block_palette_view: self.block_palette.view as u8,
             block_insert: self.block_palette.options.clone(),
             block_mru_list: self.block_mru_list,
@@ -1047,10 +1046,6 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         self.block_palette.recent = s.block_recent.clone();
         self.block_palette.favorites = s.block_favorites.clone();
         self.block_palette.libraries = s.block_libraries.clone();
-        if self.color_book_dirs != s.color_book_dirs {
-            self.color_book_dirs = s.color_book_dirs.clone();
-            self.color_books_read = false;
-        }
         self.block_palette.view =
             crate::ui::window::block_palette::ViewMode::from_u8(s.block_palette_view);
         self.block_palette.set_options(s.block_insert.clone());

src/app/update/mod.rs

@@ -11935,9 +11935,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         self.update(Message::ColorWindowPick(color, name))
                     }
                     Some(crate::ui::color_select::Outcome::LoadBook) => Task::perform(
-                        crate::ui::color_select::book::load_from_dialog(
-                            self.color_book_dirs.first().cloned(),
-                        ),
+                        crate::ui::color_select::book::load_from_dialog(),
                         Message::ColorBookLoaded,
                     ),
                     Some(crate::ui::color_select::Outcome::Cancel) => {
@@ -12070,16 +12068,14 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         document.layers.get(layer).map(|layer| layer.color)
     }
 
-    /// Read the built-in colour books and every `.acb` in the colour book
-    /// folders, once until the folders change. A book in a folder replaces a
-    /// built-in one of the same name.
+    /// Read the built-in colour book and every `.acb` in the colour book
+    /// folder, once per session. A book in the folder replaces a built-in
+    /// one of the same name.
     fn read_color_books(&mut self) {
         if std::mem::replace(&mut self.color_books_read, true) {
             return;
         }
-        self.color_books = std::sync::Arc::new(crate::ui::color_select::book::read_all(
-            &self.color_book_dirs,
-        ));
+        self.color_books = std::sync::Arc::new(crate::ui::color_select::book::read_all());
     }
 
     /// Colour the selected objects (or set the current colour when nothing

src/app/view/modal.rs

@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                                         .map(|_| std::env::temp_dir().display().to_string()),
                                     fonts: crate::io::font_repo::fonts_dir()
                                         .map(|p| p.display().to_string()),
+                                    color_books: crate::ui::color_select::book::folder()
+                                        .map(|p| p.display().to_string()),
                                 }
                             }
                             #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
@@ -381,7 +383,6 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                             }
                         },
                         &self.qnew_template,
-                        &self.color_book_dirs,
                         self.double_click_block_refedit,
                         self.double_click_block_attedit,
                         self.cursor_type,

src/ui/color_select/book.rs

@@ -77,42 +77,45 @@ pub fn builtin() -> impl Iterator<Item = ColorBook> {
     parse(include_str!("../../../assets/color_books/ral-classic.acb")).into_iter()
 }
 
-/// The built-in book plus every `.acb` file in `dirs`, folder by folder in
+/// Where colour books are kept: `color_books` in the config folder. The
+/// web has no folders.
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+pub fn folder() -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+    crate::config::config_dir().map(|dir| dir.join("color_books"))
+}
+
+/// The built-in book plus every `.acb` file in the colour book folder, in
 /// file-name order. A book replaces an earlier one of the same name.
-pub fn read_all(dirs: &[String]) -> Vec<ColorBook> {
+pub fn read_all() -> Vec<ColorBook> {
     #[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", allow(unused_mut))]
     let mut books: Vec<_> = builtin().collect();
-    // Browsers have no folders.
-    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-    let _ = dirs;
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-    for book in dirs
-        .iter()
-        .flat_map(|dir| {
-            let mut files: Vec<_> = std::fs::read_dir(dir)
-                .into_iter()
-                .flatten()
-                .filter_map(|entry| entry.ok().map(|entry| entry.path()))
-                .filter(|path| {
-                    path.extension()
-                        .is_some_and(|ext| ext.eq_ignore_ascii_case("acb"))
-                })
-                .collect();
-            files.sort();
-            files
-        })
-        .filter_map(|path| std::fs::read_to_string(path).ok())
-        .filter_map(|text| parse(&text).ok())
-    {
-        add_or_replace(&mut books, book);
+    if let Some(dir) = folder() {
+        let mut files: Vec<_> = std::fs::read_dir(dir)
+            .into_iter()
+            .flatten()
+            .filter_map(|entry| entry.ok().map(|entry| entry.path()))
+            .filter(|path| {
+                path.extension()
+                    .is_some_and(|ext| ext.eq_ignore_ascii_case("acb"))
+            })
+            .collect();
+        files.sort();
+        for book in files
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|path| std::fs::read_to_string(path).ok())
+            .filter_map(|text| parse(&text).ok())
+        {
+            add_or_replace(&mut books, book);
+        }
     }
     books
 }
 
 /// Ask for an `.acb` file and read it. On desktop the file is copied into
-/// `folder`, the first colour book folder, so it stays when the original
-/// moves; the web keeps the book for the session only.
-pub async fn load_from_dialog(folder: Option<String>) -> Result<ColorBook, String> {
+/// the colour book folder, so it stays when the original moves; the web
+/// keeps the book for the session only.
+pub async fn load_from_dialog() -> Result<ColorBook, String> {
     let file = crate::sys::file_dialog()
         .add_filter(crate::t!("Color book").as_ref(), &["acb", "ACB"])
         .pick_file()
@@ -121,14 +124,11 @@ pub async fn load_from_dialog(folder: Option<String>) -> Result<ColorBook, Strin
     let bytes = file.read().await;
     let book = parse(&String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes))?;
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
-    if let Some(folder) = folder {
-        let folder = std::path::PathBuf::from(folder);
+    if let Some(folder) = folder() {
         std::fs::create_dir_all(&folder)
             .and_then(|()| std::fs::write(folder.join(file.file_name()), &bytes))
             .map_err(|e| e.to_string())?;
     }
-    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
-    let _ = folder;
     Ok(book)
 }
 

src/ui/window/options.rs

@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ pub struct Folders {
     /// Where `.shx` / `.ttf` fonts dropped in by the user (or downloaded for
     /// a drawing) are found.
     pub fonts: Option<String>,
+    /// Where `.acb` colour books are kept and loaded ones copied to.
+    pub color_books: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Values read from the current drawing's header rather than from preferences.
@@ -212,7 +214,6 @@ pub fn view_window<'a>(
     drawing_prefs: DrawingPrefs,
     folders: Folders,
     qnew_template: &'a str,
-    color_book_dirs: &'a [String],
     double_click_block_refedit: bool,
     double_click_block_attedit: bool,
     cursor_type: CursorType,
@@ -1791,13 +1792,11 @@ pub fn view_window<'a>(
         folder_row(crate::t!("Autosave files"), folders.autosave.clone()),
         Space::new().height(12),
         folder_row(crate::t!("Fonts"), folders.fonts.clone()),
-        // Where `.acb` colour books are found (none on the web).
-        color_book_dirs.iter().fold(column![], |rows, dir| rows
-            .push(Space::new().height(12))
-            .push(folder_row(
-                crate::t!("Color book locations"),
-                Some(dir.clone())
-            ))),
+        Space::new().height(12),
+        folder_row(
+            crate::t!("Color book locations"),
+            folders.color_books.clone()
+        ),
         Space::new().height(16),
         text(crate::t!("Default template for new drawings")).size(12),
         Space::new().height(4),