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+import { app } from "../../scripts/app.js";
+import { api } from "../../scripts/api.js";
+
+// Text Gate (Manual Pass) — pauses a running prompt, shows the incoming text in
+// an editable textarea, and on Pass emits the (edited) text. The Python node
+// blocks in run() on GateBus.wait_payload(); this extension renders the editor
+// the server pushes via the "datasete-textgate-show" socket event and POSTs the
+// edited text back. Outputs are static (text, signal) — no dynamic slots.
+
+const NODE = "TextGate";
+const R = "/datasete_text_gate";
+
+const EDITOR_H = 160;   // textarea area height
+const BTN_ROW_H = 36;   // Pass button row
+const MARGIN = 10;      // ComfyUI DOM-widget inset, matches the other gate nodes
+
+// ---- server call ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+async function postPass(node, text) {
+  const fd = new FormData();
+  fd.append("id", String(node.id));
+  fd.append("text", text);
+  await api.fetchApi(`${R}/pass`, { method: "POST", body: fd });
+}
+
+// ---- preview DOM widget -----------------------------------------------------
+
+function previewHeight(node) {
+  return node._tgActive ? 2 * MARGIN + EDITOR_H + BTN_ROW_H : 0;
+}
+
+function resizePreview(node) {
+  // Fully remove the editor from layout when idle so it never paints below the
+  // node frame (collapsing height to 0 alone wouldn't clip the textarea).
+  if (node._tg) node._tg.wrap.style.display = node._tgActive ? "flex" : "none";
+  const w = node.size?.[0] || 240;
+  node.setSize([w, node.computeSize()[1]]);
+  node.setDirtyCanvas(true, true);
+}
+
+function showEditor(node, text) {
+  node._tgActive = true;
+  node._tg.area.value = text || "";
+  resizePreview(node);
+  try { node._tg.area.focus(); } catch (e) { /* ignore */ }
+}
+
+function hideEditor(node) {
+  node._tgActive = false;
+  if (node._tg) node._tg.area.value = "";
+  resizePreview(node);
+}
+
+// ---- styles + node setup ----------------------------------------------------
+
+function injectStyles() {
+  if (document.getElementById("tgate-styles")) return;
+  const css = `
+  .tgate-wrap { display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:6px; box-sizing:border-box;
+                height:100%; min-height:0; }
+  .tgate-area { flex:1 1 auto; min-height:0; width:100%; box-sizing:border-box; resize:none;
+                font-size:12px; line-height:1.4; padding:6px; border-radius:4px;
+                border:1px solid #555; background:rgba(0,0,0,0.25); color:#fff;
+                font-family:ui-monospace, monospace; overflow:auto; }
+  .tgate-btns { display:flex; gap:6px; align-items:center; flex:0 0 auto; }
+  .tgate-btns button { font-size:12px; padding:3px 14px; cursor:pointer; border-radius:3px;
+                       border:1px solid #555; color:#fff; }
+  .tgate-pass { background:rgba(40,130,70,0.95); }
+  .tgate-pass:hover { background:rgba(55,160,90,0.98); }
+  `;
+  const style = document.createElement("style");
+  style.id = "tgate-styles";
+  style.textContent = css;
+  document.head.appendChild(style);
+}
+
+function setupTextGateNode(node) {
+  injectStyles();
+
+  const wrap = document.createElement("div");
+  wrap.className = "tgate-wrap";
+
+  const area = document.createElement("textarea");
+  area.className = "tgate-area";
+  area.placeholder = "waiting for a run…";
+  // don't let typing/space toggle node selection or graph shortcuts
+  area.onkeydown = (e) => e.stopPropagation();
+
+  const btns = document.createElement("div");
+  btns.className = "tgate-btns";
+  const pass = document.createElement("button");
+  pass.className = "tgate-pass";
+  pass.textContent = "▶ Pass";
+  pass.onclick = async () => {
+    await postPass(node, area.value);
+    hideEditor(node);
+  };
+  btns.appendChild(pass);
+
+  wrap.appendChild(area);
+  wrap.appendChild(btns);
+  node._tg = { wrap, area, btns };
+
+  node._previewWidget = node.addDOMWidget("textgate_editor", "div", wrap, {
+    serialize: false,
+    getMinHeight: () => previewHeight(node),
+  });
+
+  node._tgActive = false;
+  resizePreview(node);
+}
+
+app.registerExtension({
+  name: "datasete.gates.textgate",
+
+  // one global socket listener: route the server's pause event to the node
+  setup() {
+    api.addEventListener("datasete-textgate-show", (e) => {
+      const d = e.detail || {};
+      const node = app.graph?.getNodeById?.(parseInt(d.id, 10));
+      if (!node || node.type !== NODE) return;
+      showEditor(node, d.text);
+    });
+  },
+
+  async beforeRegisterNodeDef(nodeType, nodeData) {
+    if (nodeData.name !== NODE) return;
+
+    const onNodeCreated = nodeType.prototype.onNodeCreated;
+    nodeType.prototype.onNodeCreated = function () {
+      const r = onNodeCreated?.apply(this, arguments);
+      setupTextGateNode(this);
+      return r;
+    };
+  },
+});