Add basic debug logger.

build.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ fn main() {
         "qml/ClideProjectView.qml",
         "qml/ClideEditor.qml",
         "qml/ClideMenuBar.qml",
+        "qml/ClideLogger.qml",
+        "qml/Logger/Logger.qml",
     ]))
     // Link Qt's Network library
     // - Qt Core is always linked

qml/ClideEditor.qml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import QtQuick.Controls
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 
 import clide.module 1.0
+import Logger 1.0
 
 SplitView {
     id: root
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ SplitView {
                             text: parent.index + 1
                             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
                             width: parent.width - indicator.width
+                            background: Rectangle {
+                                color: RustColors.terminal_background
+                            }
                         }
                         // Draw edge along the right side of the line number.
                         Rectangle {
@@ -149,20 +153,8 @@ SplitView {
             }
         }
     }
-    TextArea {
+    ClideLogger {
         id: areaConsole
-
-        height: 100
-        width: parent.width
-        placeholderText: qsTr("shaun@pc:~/Code/clide$ ")
-        placeholderTextColor: "white"
-        readOnly: true
-        wrapMode: TextArea.Wrap
-        background: Rectangle {
-            color: RustColors.terminal_background
-            implicitHeight: 100
-            // border.color: control.enabled ? RustColors.active : RustColors.inactive
-        }
     }
 
     // We use an inline component to customize the horizontal and vertical
@@ -208,4 +200,11 @@ SplitView {
             }
         }
     }
+
+
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        // Show logging is working.
+        Logger.debug("Debug console ready")
+        Logger.warn("Warnings show up too")
+    }
 }

qml/ClideLogger.qml

@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026, Shaun Reed <shaunrd0@gmail.com>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
+
+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Controls
+
+import clide.module 1.0
+import Logger 1.0
+
+Item {
+    ListModel { id: model }
+
+    Rectangle {
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        color: "#111"
+    }
+
+    ListView {
+        id: listView
+        anchors.fill: parent
+        model: model
+        clip: true
+
+        function getLogColor(level) {
+            switch (level) {
+                case "INFO":
+                    return RustColors.info_log
+                    break;
+                case "DEBUG":
+                    return RustColors.debug_log
+                    break;
+                case "WARN":
+                    return RustColors.warn_log
+                    break;
+                case "ERROR":
+                    return RustColors.error_log
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    return RustColors.info_log
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        delegate: Text {
+            text: `[${level}] ${message}`
+            font.family: "monospace"
+            color: listView.getLogColor(level)
+        }
+    }
+
+    Connections {
+        target: Logger
+        function onLogged(level, message) {
+            model.append({ level, message })
+        }
+    }
+}

qml/ClideProjectView.qml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import QtQuick.Controls
 import QtQuick.Layouts
 
 import clide.module 1.0
+import Logger 1.0
 
 SplitView {
     id: root
@@ -62,9 +63,7 @@ SplitView {
 
                 TapHandler {
                     acceptedButtons: Qt.RightButton
-                    onSingleTapped: (eventPoint, button) => {
-                        contextMenu.popup()
-                    }
+                    onSingleTapped: (eventPoint, button) => contextMenu.popup()
                 }
 
                 Menu {
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ SplitView {
                     Action {
                         text: qsTr("Reset root index")
                         onTriggered: {
-                            console.log("Resetting root directory: " + clideTreeView.originalRootDirectory)
+                            Logger.log("Resetting root directory: " + clideTreeView.originalRootDirectory)
                             clideTreeView.rootDirectory = clideTreeView.originalRootDirectory
                         }
                     }
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ SplitView {
                 originalRootDirectory: root.projectDir
                 rootDirectory: root.projectDir
                 onRootDirectoryChanged: {
-                    console.log(clideTreeView.rootDirectory)
+                    Logger.log(clideTreeView.rootDirectory)
                     breadCrumb.text = clideTreeView.rootDirectory
                 }
             }

qml/ClideTreeView.qml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import QtQuick.Effects
 import QtQuick.Controls
 
 import clide.module 1.0
+import Logger 1.0
 
 TreeView {
     id: fileSystemTreeView
@@ -133,14 +134,14 @@ TreeView {
                 text: qsTr("Set as root index")
                 enabled: treeDelegate.hasChildren
                 onTriggered: {
-                    console.log("Setting new root directory: " + treeDelegate.filePath)
+                    Logger.debug("Setting new root directory: " + treeDelegate.filePath)
                     fileSystemTreeView.rootDirectory = treeDelegate.filePath
                 }
             }
             Action {
                 text: qsTr("Reset root index")
                 onTriggered: {
-                    console.log("Resetting root directory: " + fileSystemTreeView.originalRootDirectory)
+                    Logger.log("Resetting root directory: " + fileSystemTreeView.originalRootDirectory)
                     fileSystemTreeView.rootDirectory = fileSystemTreeView.originalRootDirectory
                 }
             }

qml/Logger/Logger.qml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026, Shaun Reed <shaunrd0@gmail.com>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
+
+pragma Singleton
+import QtQuick
+
+QtObject {
+    signal logged(string level, string message)
+
+    function log(msg) {
+        console.log(msg)
+        logged("INFO", msg)
+    }
+
+    function debug(msg) {
+        console.log(msg)
+        logged("DEBUG", msg)
+    }
+
+    function warn(msg) {
+        console.warn(msg)
+        logged("WARN", msg)
+    }
+
+    function error(msg) {
+        console.error(msg)
+        logged("ERROR", msg)
+    }
+}

qml/Logger/qmldir

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+singleton Logger 1.0 Logger.qml

qml/main.qml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
         title: qsTr("Error")
     }
     ClideProjectView {
+        id: clideProjectView
         projectDir: appWindow.appContextPath
     }
 }

src/gui/colors.rs

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ pub mod qobject {
         #[qproperty(QColor, explorer_folder)]
         #[qproperty(QColor, explorer_folder_open)]
         #[qproperty(QColor, terminal_background)]
+        #[qproperty(QColor, info_log)]
+        #[qproperty(QColor, debug_log)]
+        #[qproperty(QColor, warn_log)]
+        #[qproperty(QColor, error_log)]
         type RustColors = super::RustColorsImpl;
     }
 }
@@ -67,6 +71,10 @@ pub struct RustColorsImpl {
     explorer_folder: QColor,
     explorer_folder_open: QColor,
     terminal_background: QColor,
+    info_log: QColor,
+    debug_log: QColor,
+    warn_log: QColor,
+    error_log: QColor,
 }
 
 impl Default for RustColorsImpl {
@@ -83,7 +91,7 @@ impl Default for RustColorsImpl {
             linenumber: QColor::try_from("#94989b").unwrap(),
             active: QColor::try_from("#a9acb0").unwrap(),
             inactive: QColor::try_from("#FFF").unwrap(),
-            editor_background: QColor::try_from("#2b2b2b").unwrap(),
+            editor_background: QColor::try_from("#111111").unwrap(),
             editor_text: QColor::try_from("#acaea3").unwrap(),
             editor_highlighted_text: QColor::try_from("#ccced3").unwrap(),
             editor_highlight: QColor::try_from("#ccced3").unwrap(),
@@ -94,7 +102,11 @@ impl Default for RustColorsImpl {
             explorer_background: QColor::try_from("#1E1F22").unwrap(),
             explorer_folder: QColor::try_from("#54585b").unwrap(),
             explorer_folder_open: QColor::try_from("#2b2b2b").unwrap(),
-            terminal_background: QColor::try_from("#2C2E32").unwrap(),
+            terminal_background: QColor::try_from("#111111").unwrap(),
+            info_log: QColor::try_from("#C4FFFF").unwrap(),
+            debug_log: QColor::try_from("#55ff99").unwrap(),
+            warn_log: QColor::try_from("#ffaa00").unwrap(),
+            error_log: QColor::try_from("#ff5555").unwrap(),
         }
     }
 }