Document the full-set searchable Font Awesome picker (task e2fc2dbc) (#292)

Co-authored-by: dev_agent <dev_agent@cubecraftlabs.com>
Co-committed-by: dev_agent <dev_agent@cubecraftlabs.com>

THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Third-party notices
 
-NestQuest bundles glyph data from the icon sets below. The curated names are listed in
+NestQuest bundles glyph data from the icon sets below. The curated Lucide names and the
-`tools/icons/curated-icons.json`; `tools/icons/generate.mjs` reads each glyph's SVG path
+Font Awesome quick-pick names are listed in `tools/icons/curated-icons.json`;
-data from the locally installed packages and generates it into both bundles
+`tools/icons/generate.mjs` reads each glyph's SVG path data from the locally installed packages and generates it into both bundles
 (`admin/src/icons/registry.generated.ts` and `frontend/src/icons/registry.generated.ts`).
 Nothing is loaded from a CDN or fetched at runtime. The package versions used are recorded
 in the header of each generated file.
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ in the header of each generated file.
   - Icons: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
   - Fonts: [SIL OFL 1.1](https://openfontlicense.org)
   - Code: [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-- Use in NestQuest: a curated subset of the Free **solid** icon set, embedded as SVG path
+- Use in NestQuest: the full Free **solid** icon set, embedded as SVG path data (a curated
-  data. No fonts are bundled.
+  subset doubles as the admin picker's quick picks). No fonts are bundled.
 
 Font Awesome Free by @fontawesome — https://fontawesome.com — icons licensed under CC BY 4.0.
 

admin/src/definitions/DefinitionsTab.test.tsx

@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ describe("DefinitionsTab Font Awesome and emoji icons", () => {
     fireEvent.click(within(s).getByRole("button", { name: "Morning" }));
   }
 
-  it("ships the curated Font Awesome subset, each drawn as a filled glyph", () => {
+  it("ships the curated Font Awesome quick picks, each drawn as a filled glyph", () => {
     expect(FA_DEFINITION_ICONS.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     for (const entry of FA_DEFINITION_ICONS) {
       expect(entry.kind).toBe("fa");

admin/src/definitions/definitionIcons.tsx

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 /**
  * The icons a definition's `icon` may name (ADMIN-SPEC §3.3): the curated
- * Lucide set, the curated Font Awesome Free solid subset, or an emoji. The
+ * Lucide set, any icon in the full Font Awesome Free Solid set, or an emoji.
- * names, labels and path data come from the shared icon registry
+ * The Font Awesome quick picks (`FA_DEFINITION_ICONS`) are only a curated
- * (`src/icons/registry.generated.ts`, generated from
+ * shortcut list; `fa:<name>` resolves against the full set
- * `tools/icons/curated-icons.json`) — no CDN, no runtime fetch. The stored
+ * (`FA_SOLID_ICONS`). The names, labels and path data come from the shared
- * value is namespaced — `lucide:<name>`, `fa:<name>` or `emoji:<grapheme>` —
+ * icon registry (`src/icons/registry.generated.ts`, generated by
- * and a legacy bare `<kebab-name>` still names the same Lucide entry.
+ * `tools/icons/generate.mjs` from `tools/icons/curated-icons.json` and the
+ * installed Free Solid package) — no CDN, no runtime fetch. The stored value
+ * is namespaced — `lucide:<name>`, `fa:<name>` or `emoji:<grapheme>` — and a
+ * legacy bare `<kebab-name>` still names the same Lucide entry.
  */
 import { GlyphSvg } from "../icons/GlyphSvg";
 import {
@@ -105,8 +108,9 @@ export function emojiIconText(value: string | null): string {
 }
 
 /**
- * The curated glyph (Lucide or Font Awesome) an icon value resolves to via
+ * The glyph an icon value resolves to via the shared parser: a curated
- * the shared parser; emoji, unknown and null values give null.
+ * Lucide entry or any Font Awesome Free Solid icon (quick pick or not);
+ * emoji, unknown and null values give null.
  */
 export function findDefinitionIcon(value: string | null): DefinitionIconEntry | null {
   const icon = resolveIcon(value);

admin/src/icons/registry.test.ts

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe("offline bundling", () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it("no bundled source imports an icon package — only the curated generated data ships", () => {
+  it("no bundled source imports an icon package — only the generated registry data ships", () => {
     const sources = [join(REPO_ROOT, "admin", "src"), join(REPO_ROOT, "frontend", "src")]
       .flatMap(filesUnder)
       .filter((path) => /\.(ts|tsx)$/.test(path) && !path.endsWith(".test.ts") && !path.endsWith(".test.tsx"));

design/ADMIN-SPEC.md

@@ -105,14 +105,25 @@ Each definition carries one optional icon, shown on both surfaces. The picker of
 sources:
 
 - **Lucide** — a grid of the curated Lucide glyphs, drawn stroked.
-- **Font Awesome** — a grid of a curated subset of the Font Awesome Free *solid* set,
+- **Font Awesome** — a search over the **full** Font Awesome Free *solid* set (every
-  drawn filled.
+  glyph in `@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons`), plus a curated quick-pick grid, all drawn
+  filled. With the search field empty the quick-pick grid shows; typing filters the full
+  set by name or label (an exact name ranks first, then name prefixes, then the rest),
+  shown 40 results per page with *Previous* / *Show more*.
+  **Free-text rule:** an admin may type a Free Solid icon name directly (trimmed,
+  case-insensitive — `Dog` stores `fa:dog`). Text that is not the exact name of a Free
+  Solid icon — a partial search, a misspelling, or a Pro or Brands name — is rejected in
+  the picker with an inline error and cannot be saved until a result is selected or the
+  full name is typed.
 - **Emoji** — a text input; the typed emoji is stored as entered (not trimmed) and must be
   1–8 code points with no whitespace, control characters, `<`, `>` or `&`.
 
-Both curated lists come from `tools/icons/curated-icons.json`; their glyph path data is
+The curated Lucide set and the Font Awesome quick-pick list come from
-generated into the admin and panel bundles by `tools/icons/generate.mjs` (no CDN, no
+`tools/icons/curated-icons.json`; `tools/icons/generate.mjs` generates their glyph path
-runtime fetch). See `THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md` for licences.
+data, together with the full Font Awesome Free Solid set, into the admin and panel bundles
+(no CDN, no runtime fetch). Embedding the full set makes both bundles heavier — the panel
+bundle (`nestquest-cards.js`) is about 1 MB raw / 276 kB gzip. See
+`THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md` for licences.
 
 The stored value is a **namespaced key**:
 

design/DESIGN-HANDOFF.md

@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@ The panel speaks tabletop; the admin speaks plainly. Both sit on the same `quest
   decide before shipping the card.
 - No gamification is in scope. XP, levels, streaks and rarity were explicitly deferred,
   but the append-only event log already supports computing them later.
-- Icon per quest definition is chosen by the parent from curated Lucide and Font Awesome
+- Icon per quest definition is chosen by the parent from the curated Lucide set, the full
-  Free sets or as an emoji, stored as a namespaced key (`lucide:`/`fa:`/`emoji:`) —
+  Font Awesome Free Solid set (searchable, with curated quick picks) or as an emoji, stored as a namespaced key (`lucide:`/`fa:`/`emoji:`) —
   resolved 2026-09-26, see `ADMIN-SPEC.md` §3.3.

design/PANEL-SPEC.md

@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ collapse the column, the three-column rhythm is the layout.
 1. **Icon tile** 64×64, radius 10px, `--nq-p-icon-tile`, glyph 34px white — the
    definition's icon, resolved from its namespaced key (`ADMIN-SPEC.md` §3.3):
    `lucide:<name>` draws the curated Lucide glyph **stroked** (fill none, stroke-width 2,
-   round caps and joins); `fa:<name>` draws the curated Font Awesome glyph **filled**;
+   round caps and joins); `fa:<name>` draws the Font Awesome Free Solid glyph **filled** (any icon in the full
+   set, not only the quick picks);
    `emoji:<grapheme>` renders the emoji **as text**. A legacy bare name resolves as
    `lucide:<name>`. No icon, or any key that does not resolve (unknown namespace or name,
    malformed emoji), falls back to the **star** glyph. Glyph data is bundled from the

frontend/src/icons/render.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * Lit rendering for the shared icon registry (`registry.generated.ts`,
- * generated from tools/icons/curated-icons.json). The glyph path data is
+ * generated by tools/icons/generate.mjs: the curated Lucide set plus the full
- * bundled — no CDN and no runtime fetch.
+ * Font Awesome Free Solid set). The glyph path data is bundled — no CDN and
+ * no runtime fetch.
  */
 import { html, svg, type TemplateResult } from "lit";
 

tools/icons/generate.mjs

@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@
  * Lucide circles, rects and lines are converted to path `d` strings so every
  * glyph is plain `{ viewBox, paths }` data any renderer can draw.
  *
- * Besides the curated sets, the module embeds the complete Font Awesome Free
+ * Besides the curated sets (the Lucide set and the Font Awesome quick picks),
- * Solid set (`FA_SOLID_ICONS`). Its source is the installed
+ * the module embeds the complete Font Awesome Free Solid set (`FA_SOLID_ICONS`),
+ * which is what `fa:<name>` resolves against. Its source is the installed
  * @fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons package itself: every exported icon
  * definition, de-duplicated by canonical `iconName` (the package also exports
  * each legacy alias, e.g. faHome for `house`, as the same definition). The
  * package carries no human labels, so each label is the kebab name in Title
- * Case (`spray-can-sparkles` → "Spray Can Sparkles").
+ * Case (`spray-can-sparkles` → "Spray Can Sparkles"). Embedding the full set
+ * makes both bundles heavier: the panel bundle is about 1 MB raw / 276 kB gzip.
  */
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";