From 4fb7e6675941e6ccfa615b7123a487a375830132 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: digital-garbage <133010426+digital-garbage@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:48:51 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Movie Editor: remove 'Convert to video/scene' buttons from
 the UI
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

The convert verbs don't fit the revamped plan/result direction and need a
rethink (see deferred notes). Remove the toolbar buttons now and the two
inspector hints that pointed at them, so nothing references a control that's
gone. The convertToVideo/convertToScene store functions are left intact and
callable — only the UI entry points are removed; the rework comes later.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js |  4 ++--
 movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js  | 37 ------------------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js b/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js
index adf137c9..3fc86544 100644
--- a/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js
+++ b/movie_editor/frontend/inspector.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
   function renderVideoClip(st, scene) {
     title.textContent = "Video clip";
-    body.append(el("div", "insp-hint", "Imported or converted video — plays as-is. Not included in Generate or the global prompt montage. Use Convert to scene on the timeline toolbar to unlock editing."));
+    body.append(el("div", "insp-hint", "Imported or converted video — plays as-is. Not included in Generate or the global prompt montage."));
     const ref = scene.source?.media_ref;
     const asset = ref ? (st.mediaBin || []).find((m) => m.id === ref) : null;
     body.append(field("Source", el("span", null, asset?.name || ref || "From last render")));
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
       (lenDrift
         ? `Rendered ≈ ${shownDur.toFixed(2)}s · plan ${planDur.toFixed(2)}s — Regenerate to apply`
         : `Duration ≈ ${planDur.toFixed(2)}s`)
-      + ` · trim on timeline · Convert to video on the timeline toolbar · generation splits: global prompt or Outgoing seam below`));
+      + ` · trim on timeline · generation splits: global prompt or Outgoing seam below`));
 
     renderOutgoingSeam(st, scene);
 
diff --git a/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js b/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js
index fcb10f92..9e43108d 100644
--- a/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js
+++ b/movie_editor/frontend/timeline.js
@@ -342,30 +342,6 @@
     });
   }
 
-  function toolbarConvertButton(st) {
-    const id = st.selectedSceneId;
-    if (!id) return null;
-    const sc = S.scene(id);
-    if (!sc) return null;
-    if (S.isVideoClip(sc)) {
-      const btn = el("button", "btn ghost tiny", "Convert to scene");
-      btn.dataset.convertClip = "1";
-      btn.title = sc.scene_archive
-        ? "Restore prompt, source, guides, and settings from before this was locked as video"
-        : "Make this a generative v2v scene (prompt + Generate)";
-      btn.onclick = () => S.convertToScene(sc.id);
-      return btn;
-    }
-    if (S.isGenerativeScene(sc)) {
-      const btn = el("button", "btn ghost tiny", "Convert to video");
-      btn.dataset.convertClip = "1";
-      btn.title = "Lock as a plain video clip — skipped by Generate; settings saved for Convert back to scene";
-      btn.onclick = () => S.convertToVideo(sc.id);
-      return btn;
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
   function exportSaveTitles(hasSel, saveable, saveableN, selN) {
     const multi = selN > 1;
     const exportTitle = !hasSel
@@ -440,17 +416,6 @@
       const sepTrack = sc && S.separatedTrackForScene ? S.separatedTrackForScene(sc.id) : null;
       rmSep.disabled = !sepTrack;
     }
-    const oldConv = bar.querySelector("[data-convert-clip]");
-    const freshConv = toolbarConvertButton(st);
-    if (oldConv) {
-      if (freshConv) oldConv.replaceWith(freshConv);
-      else oldConv.remove();
-    } else if (freshConv) {
-      const anchor = bar.querySelector("[data-separate-audio]") || bar.querySelector("[data-remove-sep-audio]") || bar.querySelector("[data-save-mediabin]") || bar.querySelector("[data-export-scene]");
-      if (anchor?.nextSibling) bar.insertBefore(freshConv, anchor.nextSibling);
-      else if (anchor) anchor.after(freshConv);
-      else bar.append(freshConv);
-    }
     const oldRating = bar.querySelector(".tl-rating-block");
     const freshRating = toolbarRatingBlock(st, st.project);
     if (oldRating) oldRating.replaceWith(freshRating);
@@ -1772,8 +1737,6 @@
     rmSepAud.disabled = !sepTrack;
     rmSepAud.onclick = () => { if (sepTrack) S.removeAudioTrack(sepTrack.id); };
     bar.append(split); bar.append(del); bar.append(selBadge); bar.append(exp); bar.append(saveBin); bar.append(sepAud); bar.append(rmSepAud);
-    const conv = toolbarConvertButton(st);
-    if (conv) bar.append(conv);
     bar.append(toolbarRatingBlock(st, p));
 
     const spacer = el("div", "tl-spacer"); bar.append(spacer);