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Summary

  • redesigned dashbar dataset and annotations table with two-line list style and custom table header with filter and sorting chips
  • unified single/multi dataset deletion
  • unified filter/search behavior and visualization
  • slimmed down dataset list sidebar, unified entires
  • added annotation count to dataset list
  • annotation’s no longer get their tracingType as tag (volume/skeleton/hybrid)
  • added creation date to annotation list
  • autofocused searchbars on those pages so users can just start to type
  • ctrl+p now also opens the command pallette if a textfield is in focus
Screenshot 2026-09-24 at 13-32-11 WEBKNOSSOS image

Steps to test:

  • Look at dashboard datasets and annotations tab, create some datasets and annotations (for multiple users), add tags, team sharing etc. should look right
  • search and filter
  • delete datasets
  • inspect sidebars for datasets and folders

Issues:


  • Added changelog entry (create a $PR_NUMBER.md file in unreleased_changes or use ./tools/create-changelog-entry.py)
  • Removed dev-only changes like prints and application.conf edits
  • Considered common edge cases

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The dashboard redesign adds dataset and annotation filters, sorting, metadata rows, and detail sidebars. Dataset APIs can return annotation counts. Dataset deletion now uses a shared modal. Viewer components add command-palette shortcuts and linked labels.

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Dashboard lists and dataset actions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Listing data and access predicates
app/controllers/*, app/models/annotation/*, app/models/dataset/Dataset.scala, conf/webknossos.latest.routes, frontend/javascripts/admin/rest_api.ts, frontend/javascripts/types/api_types.ts, frontend/javascripts/test/fixtures/*
Dataset listing can include the requesting user’s active, owned-or-shared explorational annotation counts. Compact annotation data now includes creation timestamps. Annotation access predicates are factored into AnnotationAccessQueries.
Shared list filters and presentation
frontend/javascripts/dashboard/list_filter_header.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/folders/metadata_table.tsx, frontend/javascripts/viewer/view/components/editable_text_icon.tsx, frontend/stylesheets/_utils.less, frontend/stylesheets/_dashboard.less, unreleased_changes/10040.md
Adds searchable filter chips, tag and radio filters, and metadata rows. Dashboard styling and the small add-button style are updated. The release note describes the dashboard and command-palette changes.
Dataset filters, sorting, and table layout
frontend/javascripts/dashboard/dataset/queries.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/advanced_dataset/dataset_table.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/dataset_view.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/dataset_folder_view.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/dataset/dataset_collection_context.tsx, frontend/javascripts/libs/utils.ts, frontend/stylesheets/_dashboard.less
Dataset browsing adds filter and sort controls, search relevance ordering, annotation-count metadata, and table-side empty states. Folder selection resets when the active folder changes or the selected folder disappears.
Annotation filters and detail sidebar
frontend/javascripts/dashboard/explorative_annotations_view.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/annotation_*.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/sidebar_section.tsx, frontend/javascripts/components/formatted_date.tsx, frontend/javascripts/components/text_with_description.tsx, frontend/javascripts/viewer/model/accessors/*, frontend/javascripts/viewer/constants.ts, frontend/javascripts/viewer/view/right_border_tabs/info_tab/*, frontend/stylesheets/trace_view/_right_menu.less, frontend/stylesheets/_dashboard.less
Annotation browsing adds tag, owner, team, status, and sort filters. Selecting a row shows annotation details and available actions in a sidebar. Rows and details display creation metadata, status labels, tags, and nonzero statistics.
Dataset deletion and folder actions
frontend/javascripts/dashboard/advanced_dataset/dataset_action_view.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/advanced_dataset/delete_datasets_modal.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/dataset/dataset_settings_delete_tab.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/folders/details_sidebar.tsx, frontend/javascripts/dashboard/folders/folder_tree.tsx, frontend/javascripts/messages.tsx, frontend/stylesheets/_dashboard.less
Dataset deletion is handled by a shared modal with progress and cache updates. Dataset and folder sidebars display actions based on editability and folder-root status. Folder-tree selection falls back to a remaining ancestor when the active folder disappears.

Viewer and text interactions

Layer / File(s) Summary
Viewer shortcuts, labels, and tooltips
frontend/javascripts/viewer/view/components/command_palette.tsx, frontend/javascripts/viewer/view/components/editable_text_label.tsx, frontend/javascripts/viewer/view/components/categorization_label.tsx, frontend/javascripts/components/link_button.tsx
Ctrl/Cmd+P opens the command palette when focus is in an editable element. Editable text can render as a route link, and unchanged values no longer trigger its change callback. Categorization labels use FastTooltip; LinkButton preserves a supplied class name.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8b97d

Keyboard users cannot reach the reload, delete and edit actions in the dashboard details sidebar. Switching them to button-style controls is a small fix that can follow the merge or be made before it.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8b97d

Server-side access checks remain in place, and no introduced authorization bypass was established. An existing annotation response field is renamed, however, and compatibility with older clients remains unresolved. Concurrent deletion and recovery after partial failure were not fully established.

Retained concerns

  • Low · architecture · inferred: Compact annotation JSON replaces dataSetId with datasetId rather than retaining the old key. Consumers relying on the previous field may lose their dataset reference; compatibility handling for existing clients was not established.
Security review details

Security Blast Radius

  • observed — The destructive flow reaches the configured datastore using a backend service token. The application first loads the selected dataset and checks caller editability; physical deletion uses stored dataset paths and checks for other datasets referencing the directory. The inspected frontend does not supply an arbitrary filesystem path.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — Dataset deletion does not trust the modal's eligibility predicate as authorization. The secured server action independently checks feature enablement and identity-based editability before invoking the destructive service.
  • observed — Annotation lock changes require the issuing user to own an explorational annotation. Rename requires server-side update permission. Archive delegates to finish restrictions, whose defaults check ownership or management authority and reject locked annotations; completed annotations have an explicit repeatable-finish path.
  • observed — The full-info endpoint used by annotation details checks allowAccess before serialization. Identifier-only detail requests therefore still pass through a server-side visibility decision rather than relying solely on dashboard selection.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Disk removal precedes database deletion and storage-accounting refresh. The unchanged trash helper treats an already-absent source path as success, supporting some repeated requests. End-to-end recovery after later failures and concurrency around shared-path checks were not established; this backend transition predates the PR rather than constituting a demonstrated new defect.
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### Summary
- Include bounding box count in the stats object in update actions,
which is propagated to postgres and back to the annotation dashboard.
 - For old annotations it will remain null (dashboard skips it)
- For new or newly updated annotations it should be shown (even if it is
zero, consistent with segments/trees for now, may change with #10040)

<img width="1913" height="1062" alt="image"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/60b3e7b4-f9c8-438a-b27d-ad0b33bcca1e"
/>


### Steps to test:
- Annotate some, see dashboard
- add bboxes, see dashboard again


### Issues:
- fixes #7815

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- [x] Removed dev-only changes like prints and application.conf edits
- [x] Considered [common edge
cases](../blob/master/.github/common_edge_cases.md)
- [x] Needs datastore update after deployment
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thank you for working on this 👍 tbh, my eyes started glazing over the code after some time. it's a lot to ingest and I think that the time is spent better on actually testing the dashboard. I kicked off a final (?) code rabbit review. let's see what's left afterwards :)

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on master this was used for scrollContainerToTop(this.props.scrollContainerRef?.current). this isn't necessary anymore?

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Yes, the parent structure has changed and we can now just scroll window where this was previously used.

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frontend/javascripts/dashboard/folders/details_sidebar.tsx (1)

229-229: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Use semantic controls for these actions.

Lines 229, 238, 361, and 370 use <a onClick> without href for in-page actions (reload, delete, edit, delete folder). These anchors are not keyboard focusable. They have no button role, so Enter and Space do not operate them. Use Button type="link" or a <button> element.

Proposed fix for the Reload action (apply the same pattern to the other three)
-          <a onClick={() => !isReloading && reloadDataset(selectedDataset.id)}>
+          <Button
+            type="link"
+            disabled={isReloading}
+            onClick={() => reloadDataset(selectedDataset.id)}
+          >

Based on learnings: use a Button for in-page actions, and use non-semantic tags as controls only with semantic elements.

Also applies to: 238-238, 361-363, 370-370

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Review comment at @frontend/javascripts/dashboard/folders/details_sidebar.tsx at
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Replace the non-focusable `<a onClick>` action controls in the reload, delete,
edit, and delete-folder flows with semantic buttons, using the existing `Button`
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since code rabbit didn't find anything major, I'd be ok with merging this 👍

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Feedback:

  • new Folders are still added to end of the (multi-page) list (and not discoverable)

  • the (hidden) annotation stats (number of skeletons, segments, ...) now make it even harder to distinguish between my annotation. i am not using a good name or tags, then I am lost

  • I am still uncomfortable with the annotation list. Please have a look at the design critique by Claude. I think he is right about the tags being too loud. I find it hard to pin point the exact fixes. Suggestion 2a looks a bit cleaner. 2c also is interesting with respect to grouping by dataset.
    https://claude.ai/design/p/e6b5f70d-7c76-4dbd-a465-08cc7064fafc?file=Annotation+Dashboard+Critique.dc.html

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@hotzenklotz Thank you for your feedback!

  • Yes, the folders still come last, I did not touch this in this PR. I think it was designed like this originally because the folders are mostly used in the left sidebar, and they are just added to the dataset list so that it does not look weird when there are no datasets but there are subfolders. Otherwise that state would look wrongly “empty”. What ordering would you prefer? Should they always come first? Or be sorted into the list, depending on the selected sorting? There is no last-used timestamp for folders, so that would just fall back to creation date.

  • I am fine with showing zeros for the stats, it’s a simple change. @philippotto suggested hiding the zeros, so you’ll have to converge on a preference.

  • I think claude makes some valid points in the design critique on the annotation list.

    • The fact that the dataset is displayed as a tag was not touched in this PR, but I agree that a next iteration can definitely improve on that. Also, this currently works by dataset name, so if you have two datasets with the same name, there is no way to distinguish it. That can be improved. However, since that wasn’t introduced here, I think it’s fair to keep that separate.
    • I also agree that the tags are pretty loud. This could probably be improved with a nicer color scheme already, which is especially needed for dark mode, and maybe make them not editable inline but only in the sidebar. That would also remove the “Add Tag” button everywhere. What do you think?
  • While the critique points are valid, I’m afraid that the design suggestions claude made are all missing important details, each in their own way. They might still be a basis for improvements :)

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  • While the critique points are valid, I’m afraid that the design suggestions claude made are all missing important details, each in their own way. They might still be a basis for improvements :)

You have edit rights on this Claude Design thread. Feel free to iterate this further.

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I also agree that the tags are pretty loud. This could probably be improved with a nicer color scheme already, which is especially needed for dark mode, and maybe make them not editable inline but only in the sidebar. That would also remove the “Add Tag” button everywhere. What do you think?

sounds good 👍 it would also avoid the x-icons in the tags (which take up space and also make it easier to remove one by accident). another color scheme sounds good, too. antd itself also provides some variants in the docs, I think.
a bold annotation (/dataset) name also sounds like a good idea.

  • I am fine with showing zeros for the stats, it’s a simple change. @philippotto suggested hiding the zeros, so you’ll have to converge on a preference.

I wrote my opinion about that here: https://scm.slack.com/archives/C5AKLAV0B/p1790666707253749?thread_ts=1790277242.807429&cid=C5AKLAV0B
I'm still a proponent of having some sort of columns. but I don't insist on my opinion, so we can also change it to always-show.


in general, I think that this iteration on the dashboard won't/shouldn't be the last. especially, on large screens, it's not ideal. however, this PR got quite big already and I also think that we have bigger fish to fry. so hopefully, making the counts always visible & the tags quiter results in an acceptable increment to ship.

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