From 5ed10c407799973032794db18880b883d7932eef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mawkone <mark@getacquired.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:57:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] feat(preview): make address bar interactive for routing
 inside iframe

---
 .../[projectId]/(home)/preview/page.tsx       | 13 +++++++--
 .../preview-toolbar/preview-toolbar-state.ts  |  4 +++
 .../components/project/project-icon-rail.tsx  | 28 +++++++++++++++----
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vibn-frontend/app/[workspace]/project/[projectId]/(home)/preview/page.tsx b/vibn-frontend/app/[workspace]/project/[projectId]/(home)/preview/page.tsx
index d50c9d46..91d8d891 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/app/[workspace]/project/[projectId]/(home)/preview/page.tsx
+++ b/vibn-frontend/app/[workspace]/project/[projectId]/(home)/preview/page.tsx
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ export default function PreviewTab() {
 
   const deviceMode = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.deviceMode);
   const refreshKey = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.refreshKey);
+  const currentPath = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.currentPath);
 
   // When the user clicks the manual refresh button in the toolbar, we don't
   // just want to reload the iframe — we also want to trigger the same ghost/zombie
@@ -166,8 +167,16 @@ export default function PreviewTab() {
   }, [refreshKey]);
 
   useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    setIframeSrc(primaryRunning?.url ?? null);
-  }, [primaryRunning?.url]);
+    if (!primaryRunning?.url) {
+      setIframeSrc(null);
+    } else {
+      const base = primaryRunning.url.replace(/\/$/, "");
+      const path = currentPath.startsWith("/")
+        ? currentPath
+        : `/${currentPath}`;
+      setIframeSrc(`${base}${path}`);
+    }
+  }, [primaryRunning?.url, currentPath]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!bridge || !iframeSrc || !iframeDomRef.current) return;
diff --git a/vibn-frontend/components/project/preview-toolbar/preview-toolbar-state.ts b/vibn-frontend/components/project/preview-toolbar/preview-toolbar-state.ts
index ffa672fe..796a3543 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/components/project/preview-toolbar/preview-toolbar-state.ts
+++ b/vibn-frontend/components/project/preview-toolbar/preview-toolbar-state.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ interface PreviewToolbarState {
   setDeviceMode: (mode: "desktop" | "tablet" | "mobile") => void;
   refreshKey: number;
   triggerRefresh: () => void;
+  currentPath: string;
+  setCurrentPath: (path: string) => void;
 }
 
 export const usePreviewToolbarStore = create<PreviewToolbarState>((set) => ({
@@ -12,4 +14,6 @@ export const usePreviewToolbarStore = create<PreviewToolbarState>((set) => ({
   setDeviceMode: (mode) => set({ deviceMode: mode }),
   refreshKey: 0,
   triggerRefresh: () => set((state) => ({ refreshKey: state.refreshKey + 1 })),
+  currentPath: "/",
+  setCurrentPath: (path) => set({ currentPath: path }),
 }));
diff --git a/vibn-frontend/components/project/project-icon-rail.tsx b/vibn-frontend/components/project/project-icon-rail.tsx
index 94949efc..a3bc4aa4 100644
--- a/vibn-frontend/components/project/project-icon-rail.tsx
+++ b/vibn-frontend/components/project/project-icon-rail.tsx
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ function PreviewDeviceToggles() {
   const deviceMode = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.deviceMode);
   const setDeviceMode = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.setDeviceMode);
   const triggerRefresh = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.triggerRefresh);
+  const currentPath = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.currentPath);
+  const setCurrentPath = usePreviewToolbarStore((s) => s.setCurrentPath);
 
   const params = useParams();
   const projectId = params?.projectId as string;
@@ -157,12 +159,23 @@ function PreviewDeviceToggles() {
         }}
       />
 
-      <span style={{ opacity: 0.6, flexShrink: 0 }}>🌐</span>
+      <span
+        style={{
+          opacity: 0.5,
+          flexShrink: 0,
+          paddingLeft: 4,
+          fontFamily: "var(--font-mono), monospace",
+        }}
+      >
+        /
+      </span>
       <input
         type="text"
-        value={displayUrl}
-        readOnly
-        placeholder="No dev server running..."
+        value={currentPath === "/" ? "" : currentPath.replace(/^\//, "")}
+        onChange={(e) =>
+          setCurrentPath("/" + e.target.value.replace(/^\//, ""))
+        }
+        placeholder="path (e.g. dashboard)"
         style={{
           background: "transparent",
           border: "none",
@@ -172,7 +185,12 @@ function PreviewDeviceToggles() {
           color: "#18181b",
           fontSize: "0.75rem",
           textOverflow: "ellipsis",
-          paddingLeft: 4,
+          fontFamily: "var(--font-mono), monospace",
+        }}
+        onKeyDown={(e) => {
+          if (e.key === "Enter") {
+            triggerRefresh(); // force reload iframe
+          }
         }}
       />