Add infinite canvas artwork explorer with pan/zoom and clusters#1
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…ail panel - Install react-zoom-pan-pinch for pan/zoom functionality - Add InfiniteCanvas component with zoom controls (+/-/reset) - Add API functions for AIC aggregations and cluster artwork fetching - Add cluster layout engine for positioning clusters on canvas - Replace flat card grid with positioned clusters grouped by classification - Implement lazy-loading of artwork images as clusters enter viewport - Add slide-in detail panel for artwork metadata - Add grouping selector dropdown (classification/department/style) - Add search-to-viewport animation that zooms to matching clusters Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What problems was I solving
The existing Art Institute of Chicago browser displayed artworks as a flat, paginated list limited to 20 items on page 1. Users couldn't explore relationships between artworks or navigate the collection spatially. The experience felt like scrolling a database rather than wandering through a museum.
This PR transforms the app into an infinite canvas where users can:
What user-facing changes did I ship
How I implemented it
New Dependencies
react-zoom-pan-pinch— Lightweight pan/zoom library using CSS transformsNew Components
src/components/InfiniteCanvas.jsx— Wraps content in TransformWrapper/TransformComponent, exposeszoomToBounds()andresetView()methods via ref, tracks viewport bounds on transform changessrc/components/Cluster.jsx— Renders a cluster with label and artwork grid, handles artwork positioning within cluster boundssrc/components/DetailPanel.jsx— Slide-in panel with artwork metadata, closes on backdrop click or Escape keysrc/components/GroupingSelector.jsx— Dropdown for switching grouping dimensionNew API Functions
src/api/fetchAggregations.js— Fetches cluster counts using AIC API's Elasticsearch aggregations with.keywordsuffix andlimit=0src/api/fetchClusterArtworks.js— Fetches artworks for a specific cluster using bool query filtersNew Utilities
src/utils/clusterLayout.js— Grid layout calculator that positions clusters based on doc_count, calculates artwork positions within clustersApp.jsx Changes
clusterMeta,groupByField,viewport,loadedClusters,loadingClusters,artworkData,selectedArtworkDeviations from the plan
Implemented as planned
Deviations/surprises
Additions not in plan
Items planned but not implemented
How to verify it
Manual Testing
Automated Tests
Description for the changelog
Add infinite canvas artwork explorer with pan/zoom, clustered artwork display by classification/department/style, lazy-loading, detail panel, and search-to-viewport navigation.