# Reset running session start to now (issue #33)
## Problem
Sometimes a session is started but a sizeable amount of time passes before play
actually begins. The current UX to fix this is: edit the session, press "Set to
now", submit. This is three steps across two pages.
## Goal
Add a one-click button in the session list — next to the existing "Finish
session now", "Edit", and "Delete" buttons — that sets a running session's
`timestamp_start` to the current time. A confirmation dialog protects against
accidental clicks (the original start time is overwritten).
## Scope
- **Visibility:** the button shows only on running sessions (`timestamp_end is
None`), exactly like the green "Finish session now" button.
- **Appearance:** gray button, new "reset" icon.
- **Behavior:** confirm dialog before resetting; on confirm, sets
`timestamp_start = timezone.now()`, saves, and refreshes the list via htmx so
the new start time shows.
Out of scope: changing the existing Finish/Edit/Delete buttons; resetting end
time; bulk operations.
## Design
### 1. New icon — `games/templates/icons/reset.html`
A rotate/counterclockwise-arrow SVG signifying "reset". Styled like sibling
icons (`text-black dark:text-white w-4 h-4`). Icons are auto-loaded by file stem
(`common/icons.py`), so `Icon("reset")` resolves once the file exists — no
registration needed.
### 2. New view — `games/views/session.py`
Mirrors the existing `end_session` view, but the htmx path returns an empty
`204` with an `HX-Refresh: true` header instead of a row fragment:
```python
@login_required
def reset_session_start(request: HttpRequest, session_id: int) -> HttpResponse:
session = get_object_or_404(Session, id=session_id)
session.timestamp_start = timezone.now()
session.save()
if request.htmx:
response = HttpResponse(status=204)
response["HX-Refresh"] = "true"
return response
return redirect("games:list_sessions")
```
**Why `HX-Refresh` and not a row swap:** `_session_row_fragment` (used by
`end_session`) renders a legacy 4-column `
` that no longer matches the live
session-list table (6 columns, built inline by `list_sessions`) and carries no
`id="session-row-{pk}"`. Swapping it into the current table would produce a
malformed row. The list table is rebuilt server-side on every request, so a full
htmx refresh is the simplest correct update — and consistent with the existing
Finish button, which also does a full-page navigation.
### 3. New URL — `games/urls.py`
```python
path(
"session/start/reset-to-now/from-list/",
session.reset_session_start,
name="list_sessions_reset_session_start",
),
```
### 4. Extend `ButtonGroup` — `common/components/primitives.py`
The button-group button dict currently supports `href`, `slot`, `color`,
`title`, `hx_get`, `hx_target`. Add two optional keys threaded through both
`ButtonGroup()` and `_button_group_button()`:
- `hx_confirm` — emitted as `hx-confirm` on the ``; htmx shows a native
`confirm()` dialog before issuing the request.
- `hx_swap` — emitted as `hx-swap` on the ``; needed so the returned row
fragment replaces the row (`outerHTML`) rather than htmx's default.
Both are additive and optional; existing callers are unaffected. Update the
`ButtonGroup` docstring to list the new keys.
### 5. Button in the session list — `games/views/session.py`
Added to the `ButtonGroup` list in `list_sessions`, guarded the same way as the
Finish button:
```python
{
"href": reverse(
"games:list_sessions_reset_session_start", args=[session.pk]
),
"hx_get": reverse(
"games:list_sessions_reset_session_start", args=[session.pk]
),
"hx_confirm": "Reset this session's start time to now?",
"slot": Icon("reset"),
"title": "Reset start to now",
"color": "gray",
}
if session.timestamp_end is None
else {}
```
Placement: directly after the Finish button, before Edit. `href` is a graceful
fallback (the non-htmx view path redirects); `hx_get` + `hx_confirm` drive the
confirm dialog and htmx refresh when JS is active.
## Rationale: htmx confirm
The confirm dialog comes from htmx's built-in `hx-confirm`, which only fires on
htmx-driven requests — so the button must use `hx-get` (not just `href`). No
inline JS is needed, consistent with the project's conventions.
## Testing
### Unit (`tests/`)
- `reset_session_start` sets `timestamp_start` to ~now and saves.
- Returns the row fragment when called via htmx; redirects to `list_sessions`
otherwise.
- Session list renders the reset button only for running sessions
(`timestamp_end is None`), not for finished ones.
### E2E (`e2e/`)
- On the session list with a running session, click the reset button, accept the
confirm dialog (`page.on("dialog", lambda d: d.accept())`), and assert the
row's displayed start time updated to ~now.
## No TypeScript build
`hx-confirm` is built into htmx; no new custom element or `.ts` file, so `make
ts` is not required for this change.