From c5553fe953cc41f47e41c5128bde061f57ea0987 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: iacore <iacore@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:01:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] modify browser history on network error (so refresh would
 retry loading that page)

---
 main.go                  | 4 ++--
 views/js/on-page-load.js | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 77d04e7..36a6f81 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -213,10 +213,10 @@ func main() {
 	if config.GlobalServerConfig.InDevelopment {
 		go func() {
 			cmd := exec.Command("sass", "--watch", "views/css")
-			cmd.Stdout = os.Stderr // heh. (sass quirk)
+			cmd.Stdout = os.Stderr // Sass quirk
 			cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 			cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setpgid: true, Pdeathsig: syscall.SIGHUP}
-			runtime.LockOSThread() // O.O https://github.com/golang/go/issues/27505
+			runtime.LockOSThread() // Go quirk https://github.com/golang/go/issues/27505
 			err := cmd.Run()
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Println(fmt.Errorf("when running sass: %w", err))
diff --git a/views/js/on-page-load.js b/views/js/on-page-load.js
index 83dce34..84e76e1 100644
--- a/views/js/on-page-load.js
+++ b/views/js/on-page-load.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-// make 4xx 5xx responses swap in as well
+// on network error when clicking on a link, navigate to the page anyway
 addEventListener('htmx:sendError', function (event) {
-  document.write("A network error prevented an HTTP request from occurring, which is likely because the server is down. Check your Developer Console's Network tab to know what exactly is wrong.")
+  if (event.target.tagName == "A") {
+    // if the server is down, this will show the browser's default "Unable to connect" page, which is familiar to the user  
+    document.location = event.detail.pathInfo.requestPath
+  }
 });
+
+// make 4xx 5xx responses swap in as well
 addEventListener('htmx:beforeOnLoad', function (event) {
   // console.log("%o", event)
   event.detail.shouldSwap = true;