From c70a31a682577bf57bf963964215299755a0a6e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Coracle-Bot <npub1klq6260@nostr.local>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2026 22:08:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a create post button to the home page and to a profile
 (#660)

---
 e2e/USER_STORIES.md                   |  12 +++
 e2e/specs/people.spec.ts              |  57 +++++++++++-
 src/app/components/HomeNetwork.svelte |  13 +++
 src/app/components/NoteCreate.svelte  | 127 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/app/components/ProfilePage.svelte |  14 ++-
 5 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/app/components/NoteCreate.svelte

diff --git a/e2e/USER_STORIES.md b/e2e/USER_STORIES.md
index 9649d486..5f15a169 100644
--- a/e2e/USER_STORIES.md
+++ b/e2e/USER_STORIES.md
@@ -1281,6 +1281,18 @@ Acceptance:
 - A note alice publishes from her own session appears at the top of bob's open
   view without a reload.
 
+### US-134 — Write a public post
+
+As alice, I want to write a post from my own profile or from my network feed, so
+that the people who follow me and the spaces I favorited both see it.
+
+Acceptance:
+
+- "Create post" on her profile and at the top of home's Network section both
+  open the same composer.
+- Submitting it publishes the post to her own relays and to every space she
+  favorited, and it appears at the top of her profile's notes.
+
 ### US-080 — Preview a profile from anywhere
 
 As alice, I want to click a name or avatar wherever it appears, so that I can
diff --git a/e2e/specs/people.spec.ts b/e2e/specs/people.spec.ts
index 898d8c4f..f0db3244 100644
--- a/e2e/specs/people.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/specs/people.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {createHash} from "node:crypto"
 import type {Locator, Page} from "@playwright/test"
 import {npubEncode} from "nostr-tools/nip19"
-import {HOUR, MINUTE, MONTH} from "@welshman/lib"
+import {HOUR, MINUTE, MONTH, uniq} from "@welshman/lib"
 import {NOTE, STATUS, makeEvent} from "@welshman/util"
 import type {SignedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
 import {FollowList, Note, PinList, Profile} from "@welshman/domain"
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import {
   GIF,
   WEBP,
   expect,
+  getPublished,
   mockBlossom,
+  noteEditor,
   profilePath,
   spacePath,
   test,
@@ -397,6 +399,59 @@ test("US-079 read a person's notes", async ({seed, as}) => {
   await expect(list.filter({hasText: "REPLY"})).toHaveCount(0)
 })
 
+test("US-134 write a public post", async ({seed, as}) => {
+  const post = "the wind has finally turned"
+
+  const scenario = await seed(({relay, user}) => {
+    const space = relay("space")
+    const other = relay("other")
+
+    space.room("general", {name: "General"})
+    space.join(user.alice, "general")
+    space.profile(user.alice, {name: "Alice Anderson"})
+    space.relayList(user.alice)
+
+    // Her second space is in no relay list of hers, so a post reaching it was routed there as a space.
+    other.room("general", {name: "General"})
+    other.join(user.alice, "general")
+  })
+
+  const page = await as(users.alice, profilePath(users.alice.pubkey), {context: DESKTOP})
+
+  await page.getByRole("button", {name: "Create post"}).click()
+
+  const composer = topDialog(page)
+
+  await expect(composer.getByText("Create a Public Post")).toBeVisible()
+
+  await noteEditor(composer).click()
+  await noteEditor(composer).pressSequentially(post)
+  await composer.getByRole("button", {name: "Post"}).click()
+
+  await expect(notes(page).filter({hasText: post})).toBeVisible()
+
+  await expect
+    .poll(() =>
+      uniq(
+        getPublished(page.context())
+          .filter(({event}) => event.content === post)
+          .map(({url}) => url),
+      ).sort(),
+    )
+    .toEqual([scenario.space("other").url, scenario.space("space").url].sort())
+
+  // The same composer is how a post starts from home, out of the feed it posts into.
+  await page.goto("/home")
+
+  const network = page
+    .locator("section")
+    .filter({has: page.getByRole("heading", {name: "Network"})})
+
+  await network.getByRole("button", {name: "Create post"}).click()
+
+  await expect(topDialog(page).getByText("Create a Public Post")).toBeVisible()
+})
+
 test("US-080 preview a profile from anywhere", async ({seed, as}) => {
   const scenario = await seed(({relay, user}) => {
     const space = relay("space")
diff --git a/src/app/components/HomeNetwork.svelte b/src/app/components/HomeNetwork.svelte
index 00295379..6bcde69d 100644
--- a/src/app/components/HomeNetwork.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/HomeNetwork.svelte
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@
   import type {TrustedEvent} from "@welshman/util"
   import {getReplyTags} from "@welshman/domain"
   import Planet from "@assets/icons/planet.svg?dataurl"
+  import PenNewSquare from "@assets/icons/pen-new-square.svg?dataurl"
+  import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
   import Link from "@lib/components/Link.svelte"
+  import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
   import Spinner from "@lib/components/Spinner.svelte"
   import HomeSection from "@app/components/HomeSection.svelte"
   import HomeNetworkItem from "@app/components/HomeNetworkItem.svelte"
+  import NoteCreate from "@app/components/NoteCreate.svelte"
   import {CONTENT_KINDS} from "@app/content"
   import {followLists, relayLists, router, user} from "@app/core"
   import {isFeedLoading, makeFeed, makeFeedContext, makeScrollLoader} from "@app/feeds"
+  import {pushModal} from "@app/modal"
 
   type Props = {
     class?: string
@@ -39,6 +44,8 @@
   let started = false
   let stop: Maybe<() => void>
 
+  const createPost = () => pushModal(NoteCreate)
+
   // Kind 1 replies read as half a conversation without their parent.
   const isRoot = (event: TrustedEvent) =>
     event.kind !== NOTE || getReplyTags(event.tags).replies.length === 0
@@ -85,6 +92,12 @@
 </script>
 
 <HomeSection title="Network" icon={Planet} class={className}>
+  {#snippet action()}
+    <Button class="button button-primary button-xs" onclick={createPost}>
+      <Icon icon={PenNewSquare} size={4} />
+      Create post
+    </Button>
+  {/snippet}
   <div class="flex flex-col gap-3 border-t border-line bg-surface-less p-4" bind:this={element}>
     {#if isEmpty}
       <div class="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 pb-4 text-center">
diff --git a/src/app/components/NoteCreate.svelte b/src/app/components/NoteCreate.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42c0d100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/components/NoteCreate.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import {writable} from "svelte/store"
+  import {uniq} from "@welshman/lib"
+  import {Note} from "@welshman/domain"
+  import {isMobile, preventDefault} from "@lib/html"
+  import Paperclip from "@assets/icons/paperclip-2.svg?dataurl"
+  import AltArrowLeft from "@assets/icons/alt-arrow-left.svg?dataurl"
+  import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
+  import Button from "@lib/components/Button.svelte"
+  import Spinner from "@lib/components/Spinner.svelte"
+  import Modal from "@lib/components/Modal.svelte"
+  import ModalBody from "@lib/components/ModalBody.svelte"
+  import ModalHeader from "@lib/components/ModalHeader.svelte"
+  import ModalTitle from "@lib/components/ModalTitle.svelte"
+  import ModalSubtitle from "@lib/components/ModalSubtitle.svelte"
+  import ModalFooter from "@lib/components/ModalFooter.svelte"
+  import EditorContent from "@app/editor/EditorContent.svelte"
+  import {publisher, writer} from "@app/core"
+  import {DraftKey} from "@app/drafts"
+  import {makeEditor} from "@app/editor"
+  import {userSpaceUrls} from "@app/rooms"
+  import {pushToast} from "@app/toast"
+
+  type Values = {
+    content?: string | object
+  }
+
+  const draftKey = new DraftKey<Values>("note")
+  const draft = draftKey.get()
+
+  const uploading = writable(false)
+
+  const back = () => history.back()
+
+  const selectFiles = () => editor.then(ed => ed.commands.selectFiles())
+
+  const submit = async () => {
+    if ($uploading || loading) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const ed = await editor
+    const text = ed.getText({blockSeparator: "\n"}).trim()
+
+    if (!text) {
+      return pushToast({theme: "error", message: "Please write something first."})
+    }
+
+    loading = true
+
+    try {
+      const {event, relays} = await writer(Note)
+        .setContent(text)
+        .addTags(...ed.storage.nostr.getEditorTags())
+        .render()
+
+      const publication = $publisher.publish({
+        event,
+        relays: uniq([...relays, ...$userSpaceUrls]),
+      })
+
+      const error = (await publication.settled()).getError()
+
+      if (error) {
+        return pushToast({theme: "error", message: error})
+      }
+
+      draftKey.clear()
+      history.back()
+    } finally {
+      loading = false
+    }
+  }
+
+  let loading = $state(false)
+  let content = $state(draft?.content ?? "")
+
+  const onChange = (json: object) => {
+    content = json
+  }
+
+  const editor = makeEditor({
+    submit,
+    uploading,
+    onChange,
+    content,
+    placeholder: "What's on your mind?",
+  })
+
+  $effect(() => {
+    draftKey.update({content})
+  })
+</script>
+
+<Modal tag="form" onsubmit={preventDefault(submit)}>
+  <ModalBody>
+    <ModalHeader>
+      <ModalTitle>Create a Public Post</ModalTitle>
+      <ModalSubtitle>Published to your outbox and all favorited spaces.</ModalSubtitle>
+    </ModalHeader>
+    <div class="relative">
+      <div class="note-editor grow overflow-hidden">
+        <EditorContent autofocus={!isMobile} {editor} />
+      </div>
+      <Button
+        data-tip="Add an image"
+        class="tip tip-left absolute bottom-1 right-2"
+        onclick={selectFiles}
+        disabled={loading}>
+        {#if $uploading}
+          <Spinner size="xs" />
+        {:else}
+          <Icon icon={Paperclip} size={3} />
+        {/if}
+      </Button>
+    </div>
+  </ModalBody>
+  <ModalFooter>
+    <Button class="button button-link" onclick={back} disabled={loading}>
+      <Icon icon={AltArrowLeft} />
+      Go back
+    </Button>
+    <Button type="submit" class="button button-primary" disabled={$uploading || loading}>
+      <Spinner {loading}>Post</Spinner>
+    </Button>
+  </ModalFooter>
+</Modal>
diff --git a/src/app/components/ProfilePage.svelte b/src/app/components/ProfilePage.svelte
index 88ef8968..ee89f5be 100644
--- a/src/app/components/ProfilePage.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/ProfilePage.svelte
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   import LinkRound from "@assets/icons/link-round.svg?dataurl"
   import Letter from "@assets/icons/letter-opened.svg?dataurl"
   import UserPlus from "@assets/icons/user-plus.svg?dataurl"
+  import Pen2 from "@assets/icons/pen-2.svg?dataurl"
   import PenNewSquare from "@assets/icons/pen-new-square.svg?dataurl"
   import GallerySend from "@assets/icons/gallery-send.svg?dataurl"
   import Icon from "@lib/components/Icon.svelte"
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
   import ProfilePageNotes from "@app/components/ProfilePageNotes.svelte"
   import ProfileEdit from "@app/components/ProfileEdit.svelte"
   import ProfileMenu from "@app/components/ProfileMenu.svelte"
+  import NoteCreate from "@app/components/NoteCreate.svelte"
   import WotScore from "@app/components/WotScore.svelte"
   import {compressFileForUpload, uploadFile} from "@app/uploads"
   import {pushModal} from "@app/modal"
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@
 
   const startEdit = () => pushModal(ProfileEdit)
 
+  const createPost = () => pushModal(NoteCreate)
+
   const openChat = () => goToChat([target])
 
   const toggleFollow = async () => {
@@ -154,11 +158,17 @@
                   <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
                     {#if isSelf}
                       <Button
-                        class="button button-primary flex-1 sm:button-sm sm:flex-none"
+                        class="button button-neutral flex-1 sm:button-sm sm:flex-none"
                         onclick={startEdit}>
-                        <Icon icon={PenNewSquare} size={4} />
+                        <Icon icon={Pen2} size={4} />
                         Edit profile
                       </Button>
+                      <Button
+                        class="button button-primary flex-1 sm:button-sm sm:flex-none"
+                        onclick={createPost}>
+                        <Icon icon={PenNewSquare} size={4} />
+                        Create post
+                      </Button>
                     {:else}
                       <Button
                         class="button button-neutral flex-1 sm:button-sm sm:flex-none"