Improve service selection UI and help text

- Fix service icons to use background color when selected for better visibility against blue selection background
- Combine start/stop service help text entries into single "s/S: Start/Stop Service"
- Change help text keys to lowercase (r: Rebuild Host, q: Quit)
- Bump version to v0.1.34

CLAUDE.md

@@ -18,22 +18,24 @@ All system panel features successfully implemented:
 - ✅ **Tmpfs Monitoring**: Added /tmp usage to RAM section
 - ✅ **Agent Deployment**: NixOS collector working in production
 
-**Keyboard Navigation and Service Management - COMPLETED** ✅
+**Simplified Navigation and Service Management - COMPLETED** ✅
 
-All keyboard navigation and service selection features successfully implemented:
-- ✅ **Panel Navigation**: Shift+Tab cycles through visible panels only (System → Services → Backup)
-- ✅ **Service Selection**: Up/Down arrows navigate through parent services with visual cursor
-- ✅ **Focus Management**: Selection highlighting only visible when Services panel focused
-- ✅ **Status Preservation**: Service health colors maintained during selection (green/red icons)
-- ✅ **Smart Panel Switching**: Only cycles through panels with data (backup panel conditional)
-- ✅ **Scroll Support**: All panels support content scrolling with proper overflow indicators
+All navigation and service management features successfully implemented:
+- ✅ **Direct Service Control**: Up/Down (or j/k) arrows directly control service selection
+- ✅ **Always Visible Selection**: Service selection highlighting always visible (no panel focus needed)
+- ✅ **Complete Service Discovery**: All configured services visible regardless of state
+- ✅ **Transitional Visual Feedback**: Service operations show directional arrows (↑ ↓ ↻)
+- ✅ **Simplified Interface**: Removed panel switching complexity, uniform appearance
+- ✅ **Vi-style Navigation**: Added j/k keys for vim users alongside arrow keys
 
-**Current Status - October 27, 2025:**
-- All keyboard navigation features working correctly ✅
-- Service selection cursor implemented with focus-aware highlighting ✅
-- Panel scrolling fixed for System, Services, and Backup panels ✅
+**Current Status - October 28, 2025:**
+- All service discovery and display features working correctly ✅
+- Simplified navigation system implemented ✅
+- Service selection always visible with direct control ✅
+- Complete service visibility (all configured services show regardless of state) ✅
+- Transitional service icons working with proper color handling ✅
 - Build display working: "Build: 25.05.20251004.3bcc93c" ✅
-- Agent version display working: "Agent: v0.1.17" ✅
+- Agent version display working: "Agent: v0.1.33" ✅
 - Cross-host version comparison implemented ✅
 - Automated binary release system working ✅
 - SMART data consolidated into disk collector ✅
@@ -76,36 +78,35 @@ Storage:
 **Backup panel visibility fixed - only shows when meaningful data exists ✅**
 **SSH-based rebuild system fully implemented and working ✅**
 
-### Current Keyboard Navigation Implementation
+### Current Simplified Navigation Implementation
 
 **Navigation Controls:**
 - **Tab**: Switch between hosts (cmbox, srv01, srv02, steambox, etc.)
-- **Shift+Tab**: Cycle through visible panels (System → Services → Backup → System)
-- **Up/Down (System/Backup)**: Scroll through panel content
-- **Up/Down (Services)**: Move service selection cursor between parent services
+- **↑↓ or j/k**: Move service selection cursor (always works)
 - **q**: Quit dashboard
 
-**Panel-Specific Features:**
-- **System Panel**: Scrollable content with CPU, RAM, Storage details
-- **Services Panel**: Service selection cursor for parent services only (docker, nginx, postgresql, etc.)
-- **Backup Panel**: Scrollable repository list with proper overflow handling
+**Service Control:**
+- **s**: Start selected service
+- **S**: Stop selected service  
+- **R**: Rebuild current host (works from any context)
 
-**Visual Feedback:**
-- **Focused Panel**: Blue border and title highlighting
-- **Service Selection**: Blue background with preserved status icon colors (green ● for active, red ● for failed)
-- **Focus-Aware Selection**: Selection highlighting only visible when Services panel focused
-- **Dynamic Statusbar**: Context-aware shortcuts based on focused panel
+**Visual Features:**
+- **Service Selection**: Always visible blue background highlighting current service
+- **Status Icons**: Green ● (active), Yellow ◐ (inactive), Red ◯ (failed), ? (unknown)
+- **Transitional Icons**: Blue ↑ (starting), ↓ (stopping), ↻ (restarting) when not selected
+- **Transitional Icons**: Dark gray arrows when service is selected (for visibility)
+- **Uniform Interface**: All panels have consistent appearance (no focus borders)
 
-### Remote Command Execution - WORKING ✅
+### Service Discovery and Display - WORKING ✅
 
-**All Issues Resolved (as of 2025-10-24):**
-- ✅ **ZMQ Command Protocol**: Extended with ServiceControl and SystemRebuild variants
-- ✅ **Agent Handlers**: systemctl and nixos-rebuild execution with maintenance mode
-- ✅ **Dashboard Integration**: Keyboard shortcuts execute commands
-- ✅ **Service Control**: Fixed toggle logic - replaced with separate 's' (start) and 'S' (stop)
-- ✅ **System Rebuild**: Fixed permission issues and sandboxing problems
-- ✅ **Git Clone Approach**: Implemented for nixos-rebuild to avoid directory permissions
-- ✅ **Visual Feedback**: Directional arrows for service status (↑ starting, ↓ stopping, ↻ restarting)
+**All Issues Resolved (as of 2025-10-28):**
+- ✅ **Complete Service Discovery**: Uses `systemctl list-unit-files` + `list-units --all` for comprehensive service detection
+- ✅ **All Services Visible**: Shows all configured services regardless of current state (active/inactive)
+- ✅ **Proper Status Display**: Active services show green ●, inactive show yellow ◐, failed show red ◯
+- ✅ **Transitional Icons**: Visual feedback during service operations with proper color handling
+- ✅ **Simplified Navigation**: Removed panel complexity, direct service control always available
+- ✅ **Service Control**: Start (s) and Stop (S) commands work from anywhere
+- ✅ **System Rebuild**: SSH + tmux popup approach for reliable remote rebuilds
 
 ### Terminal Popup for Real-time Output - IMPLEMENTED ✅
 

Cargo.lock

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ checksum = "a1d728cc89cf3aee9ff92b05e62b19ee65a02b5702cff7d5a377e32c6ae29d8d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cm-dashboard"
-version = "0.1.29"
+version = "0.1.33"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cm-dashboard-agent"
-version = "0.1.29"
+version = "0.1.33"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cm-dashboard-shared"
-version = "0.1.29"
+version = "0.1.33"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "serde",

agent/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cm-dashboard-agent"
-version = "0.1.30"
+version = "0.1.34"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]

agent/src/collectors/systemd.rs

@@ -136,8 +136,21 @@ impl SystemdCollector {
     /// Auto-discover interesting services to monitor (internal version that doesn't update state)
     fn discover_services_internal(&self) -> Result<(Vec<String>, std::collections::HashMap<String, ServiceStatusInfo>)> {
         debug!("Starting systemd service discovery with status caching");
-        // Get all services (includes inactive, running, failed - everything)
-        let units_output = Command::new("systemctl")
+        
+        // First: Get all service unit files (includes services that have never been started)
+        let unit_files_output = Command::new("systemctl")
+            .arg("list-unit-files")
+            .arg("--type=service")
+            .arg("--no-pager")
+            .arg("--plain")
+            .output()?;
+
+        if !unit_files_output.status.success() {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("systemctl list-unit-files command failed"));
+        }
+
+        // Second: Get runtime status of all units
+        let units_status_output = Command::new("systemctl")
             .arg("list-units")
             .arg("--type=service")
             .arg("--all")
@@ -145,22 +158,33 @@ impl SystemdCollector {
             .arg("--plain")
             .output()?;
 
-        if !units_output.status.success() {
-            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("systemctl system command failed"));
+        if !units_status_output.status.success() {
+            return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("systemctl list-units command failed"));
         }
 
-        let units_str = String::from_utf8(units_output.stdout)?;
+        let unit_files_str = String::from_utf8(unit_files_output.stdout)?;
+        let units_status_str = String::from_utf8(units_status_output.stdout)?;
         let mut services = Vec::new();
 
         // Use configuration instead of hardcoded values
         let excluded_services = &self.config.excluded_services;
         let service_name_filters = &self.config.service_name_filters;
 
-        // Parse all services and cache their status information
+        // Parse all service unit files to get complete service list
         let mut all_service_names = std::collections::HashSet::new();
-        let mut status_cache = std::collections::HashMap::new();
         
-        for line in units_str.lines() {
+        for line in unit_files_str.lines() {
+            let fields: Vec<&str> = line.split_whitespace().collect();
+            if fields.len() >= 2 && fields[0].ends_with(".service") {
+                let service_name = fields[0].trim_end_matches(".service");
+                all_service_names.insert(service_name.to_string());
+                debug!("Found service unit file: {}", service_name);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Parse runtime status for all units
+        let mut status_cache = std::collections::HashMap::new();
+        for line in units_status_str.lines() {
             let fields: Vec<&str> = line.split_whitespace().collect();
             if fields.len() >= 4 && fields[0].ends_with(".service") {
                 let service_name = fields[0].trim_end_matches(".service");
@@ -177,8 +201,19 @@ impl SystemdCollector {
                     sub_state: sub_state.clone(),
                 });
 
-                all_service_names.insert(service_name.to_string());
-                debug!("Parsed service: {} (load:{}, active:{}, sub:{})", service_name, load_state, active_state, sub_state);
+                debug!("Got runtime status for service: {} (load:{}, active:{}, sub:{})", service_name, load_state, active_state, sub_state);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // For services found in unit files but not in runtime status, set default inactive status
+        for service_name in &all_service_names {
+            if !status_cache.contains_key(service_name) {
+                status_cache.insert(service_name.to_string(), ServiceStatusInfo {
+                    load_state: "not-loaded".to_string(),
+                    active_state: "inactive".to_string(),
+                    sub_state: "dead".to_string(),
+                });
+                debug!("Service {} found in unit files but not runtime - marked as inactive", service_name);
             }
         }
 

dashboard/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cm-dashboard"
-version = "0.1.30"
+version = "0.1.34"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]

dashboard/src/main.rs

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use app::Dashboard;
 
 /// Get hardcoded version
 fn get_version() -> &'static str {
-    "v0.1.30"
+    "v0.1.33"
 }
 
 /// Check if running inside tmux session

dashboard/src/ui/mod.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
-use crossterm::event::{Event, KeyCode, KeyModifiers};
+use crossterm::event::{Event, KeyCode};
 use ratatui::{
     layout::{Constraint, Direction, Layout, Rect},
     style::Style,
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ pub enum CommandType {
 }
 
 /// Panel types for focus management
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
-pub enum PanelType {
-    System,
-    Services,
-    Backup,
-}
-
-impl PanelType {
-}
 
 /// Widget states for a specific host
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -92,8 +83,6 @@ pub struct TuiApp {
     available_hosts: Vec<String>,
     /// Host index for navigation
     host_index: usize,
-    /// Currently focused panel
-    focused_panel: PanelType,
     /// Should quit application
     should_quit: bool,
     /// Track if user manually navigated away from localhost
@@ -109,7 +98,6 @@ impl TuiApp {
             current_host: None,
             available_hosts: Vec::new(),
             host_index: 0,
-            focused_panel: PanelType::System, // Start with System panel focused
             should_quit: false,
             user_navigated_away: false,
             config,
@@ -271,54 +259,49 @@ impl TuiApp {
                     }
                 }
                 KeyCode::Char('s') => {
-                    if self.focused_panel == PanelType::Services {
-                        // Service start command
-                        if let (Some(service_name), Some(hostname)) = (self.get_selected_service(), self.current_host.clone()) {
-                            if self.start_command(&hostname, CommandType::ServiceStart, service_name.clone()) {
-                                return Ok(Some(UiCommand::ServiceStart { hostname, service_name }));
-                            }
+                    // Service start command
+                    if let (Some(service_name), Some(hostname)) = (self.get_selected_service(), self.current_host.clone()) {
+                        if self.start_command(&hostname, CommandType::ServiceStart, service_name.clone()) {
+                            return Ok(Some(UiCommand::ServiceStart { hostname, service_name }));
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 KeyCode::Char('S') => {
-                    if self.focused_panel == PanelType::Services {
-                        // Service stop command
-                        if let (Some(service_name), Some(hostname)) = (self.get_selected_service(), self.current_host.clone()) {
-                            if self.start_command(&hostname, CommandType::ServiceStop, service_name.clone()) {
-                                return Ok(Some(UiCommand::ServiceStop { hostname, service_name }));
-                            }
+                    // Service stop command
+                    if let (Some(service_name), Some(hostname)) = (self.get_selected_service(), self.current_host.clone()) {
+                        if self.start_command(&hostname, CommandType::ServiceStop, service_name.clone()) {
+                            return Ok(Some(UiCommand::ServiceStop { hostname, service_name }));
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 KeyCode::Char('b') => {
-                    if self.focused_panel == PanelType::Backup {
-                        // Trigger backup
-                        if let Some(hostname) = self.current_host.clone() {
-                            self.start_command(&hostname, CommandType::BackupTrigger, hostname.clone());
-                            return Ok(Some(UiCommand::TriggerBackup { hostname }));
-                        }
+                    // Trigger backup
+                    if let Some(hostname) = self.current_host.clone() {
+                        self.start_command(&hostname, CommandType::BackupTrigger, hostname.clone());
+                        return Ok(Some(UiCommand::TriggerBackup { hostname }));
                     }
                 }
                 KeyCode::Tab => {
-                    if key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::SHIFT) {
-                        // Shift+Tab cycles through panels
-                        self.next_panel();
-                    } else {
-                        // Tab cycles to next host
-                        self.navigate_host(1);
+                    // Tab cycles to next host
+                    self.navigate_host(1);
+                }
+                KeyCode::Up | KeyCode::Char('k') => {
+                    // Move service selection up
+                    if let Some(hostname) = self.current_host.clone() {
+                        let host_widgets = self.get_or_create_host_widgets(&hostname);
+                        host_widgets.services_widget.select_previous();
                     }
                 }
-                KeyCode::BackTab => {
-                    // BackTab (Shift+Tab on some terminals) also cycles panels
-                    self.next_panel();
-                }
-                KeyCode::Up => {
-                    // Scroll up in focused panel
-                    self.scroll_focused_panel(-1);
-                }
-                KeyCode::Down => {
-                    // Scroll down in focused panel
-                    self.scroll_focused_panel(1);
+                KeyCode::Down | KeyCode::Char('j') => {
+                    // Move service selection down
+                    if let Some(hostname) = self.current_host.clone() {
+                        let total_services = {
+                            let host_widgets = self.get_or_create_host_widgets(&hostname);
+                            host_widgets.services_widget.get_total_services_count()
+                        };
+                        let host_widgets = self.get_or_create_host_widgets(&hostname);
+                        host_widgets.services_widget.select_next(total_services);
+                    }
                 }
                 _ => {}
             }
@@ -359,25 +342,6 @@ impl TuiApp {
     }
 
 
-    /// Switch to next panel (Shift+Tab) - only cycles through visible panels
-    pub fn next_panel(&mut self) {
-        let visible_panels = self.get_visible_panels();
-        if visible_panels.len() <= 1 {
-            return; // Can't switch if only one or no panels visible
-        }
-        
-        // Find current panel index in visible panels
-        if let Some(current_index) = visible_panels.iter().position(|&p| p == self.focused_panel) {
-            // Move to next visible panel
-            let next_index = (current_index + 1) % visible_panels.len();
-            self.focused_panel = visible_panels[next_index];
-        } else {
-            // Current panel not visible, switch to first visible panel
-            self.focused_panel = visible_panels[0];
-        }
-        
-        info!("Switched to panel: {:?}", self.focused_panel);
-    }
 
 
 
@@ -478,61 +442,8 @@ impl TuiApp {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Scroll the focused panel up or down
-    pub fn scroll_focused_panel(&mut self, direction: i32) {
-        if let Some(hostname) = self.current_host.clone() {
-            let focused_panel = self.focused_panel; // Get the value before borrowing
-            let host_widgets = self.get_or_create_host_widgets(&hostname);
-            
-            match focused_panel {
-                PanelType::System => {
-                    if direction > 0 {
-                        host_widgets.system_scroll_offset = host_widgets.system_scroll_offset.saturating_add(1);
-                    } else {
-                        host_widgets.system_scroll_offset = host_widgets.system_scroll_offset.saturating_sub(1);
-                    }
-                    info!("System panel scroll offset: {}", host_widgets.system_scroll_offset);
-                }
-                PanelType::Services => {
-                    // For services panel, Up/Down moves selection cursor, not scroll
-                    let total_services = host_widgets.services_widget.get_total_services_count();
-                    
-                    if direction > 0 {
-                        host_widgets.services_widget.select_next(total_services);
-                        info!("Services selection moved down");
-                    } else {
-                        host_widgets.services_widget.select_previous();
-                        info!("Services selection moved up");
-                    }
-                }
-                PanelType::Backup => {
-                    if direction > 0 {
-                        host_widgets.backup_scroll_offset = host_widgets.backup_scroll_offset.saturating_add(1);
-                    } else {
-                        host_widgets.backup_scroll_offset = host_widgets.backup_scroll_offset.saturating_sub(1);
-                    }
-                    info!("Backup panel scroll offset: {}", host_widgets.backup_scroll_offset);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 
 
-    /// Get list of currently visible panels
-    fn get_visible_panels(&self) -> Vec<PanelType> {
-        let mut visible_panels = vec![PanelType::System, PanelType::Services];
-        
-        // Check if backup panel should be shown
-        if let Some(hostname) = &self.current_host {
-            if let Some(host_widgets) = self.host_widgets.get(hostname) {
-                if host_widgets.backup_widget.has_data() {
-                    visible_panels.push(PanelType::Backup);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        
-        visible_panels
-    }
 
     /// Render the dashboard (real btop-style multi-panel layout)
     pub fn render(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame, metric_store: &MetricStore) {
@@ -601,7 +512,7 @@ impl TuiApp {
 
         // Render services widget for current host
         if let Some(hostname) = self.current_host.clone() {
-            let is_focused = self.focused_panel == PanelType::Services;
+            let is_focused = true; // Always show service selection
             let (scroll_offset, pending_transitions) = {
                 let host_widgets = self.get_or_create_host_widgets(&hostname);
                 (host_widgets.services_scroll_offset, host_widgets.pending_service_transitions.clone())
@@ -730,38 +641,18 @@ impl TuiApp {
         
         // Global shortcuts
         shortcuts.push("Tab: Switch Host".to_string());
-        shortcuts.push("Shift+Tab: Switch Panel".to_string());
-        
-        // Scroll shortcuts (always available)
-        shortcuts.push("↑↓: Scroll".to_string());
-        
-        // Global rebuild shortcut (works on any panel)
-        shortcuts.push("R: Rebuild Host".to_string());
-        
-        // Panel-specific shortcuts
-        match self.focused_panel {
-            PanelType::Services => {
-                shortcuts.push("S: Start".to_string());
-                shortcuts.push("Shift+S: Stop".to_string());
-            }
-            PanelType::Backup => {
-                shortcuts.push("B: Trigger Backup".to_string());
-            }
-            _ => {}
-        }
+        shortcuts.push("↑↓/jk: Select Service".to_string());
+        shortcuts.push("r: Rebuild Host".to_string());
+        shortcuts.push("s/S: Start/Stop Service".to_string());
         
         // Always show quit
-        shortcuts.push("Q: Quit".to_string());
+        shortcuts.push("q: Quit".to_string());
         
         shortcuts
     }
 
     fn render_system_panel(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame, area: Rect, _metric_store: &MetricStore) {
-        let system_block = if self.focused_panel == PanelType::System {
-            Components::focused_widget_block("system")
-        } else {
-            Components::widget_block("system")
-        };
+        let system_block = Components::widget_block("system");
         let inner_area = system_block.inner(area);
         frame.render_widget(system_block, area);
         // Get current host widgets, create if none exist
@@ -776,11 +667,7 @@ impl TuiApp {
     }
 
     fn render_backup_panel(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame, area: Rect) {
-        let backup_block = if self.focused_panel == PanelType::Backup {
-            Components::focused_widget_block("backup")
-        } else {
-            Components::widget_block("backup")
-        };
+        let backup_block = Components::widget_block("backup");
         let inner_area = backup_block.inner(area);
         frame.render_widget(backup_block, area);
 

dashboard/src/ui/theme.rs

@@ -289,18 +289,6 @@ impl Components {
             )
     }
 
-    /// Widget block with focus indicator (blue border)
-    pub fn focused_widget_block(title: &str) -> Block<'_> {
-        Block::default()
-            .title(title)
-            .borders(Borders::ALL)
-            .style(Style::default().fg(Theme::highlight()).bg(Theme::background())) // Blue border for focus
-            .title_style(
-                Style::default()
-                    .fg(Theme::highlight()) // Blue title for focus
-                    .bg(Theme::background()),
-            )
-    }
 }
 
 impl Typography {

dashboard/src/ui/widgets/services.rs

@@ -443,11 +443,7 @@ impl ServicesWidget {
 
     /// Render with focus, scroll, and pending transitions for visual feedback
     pub fn render_with_transitions(&mut self, frame: &mut Frame, area: Rect, is_focused: bool, scroll_offset: usize, pending_transitions: &HashMap<String, (CommandType, String, std::time::Instant)>) {
-        let services_block = if is_focused {
-            Components::focused_widget_block("services")
-        } else {
-            Components::widget_block("services")
-        };
+        let services_block = Components::widget_block("services");
         let inner_area = services_block.inner(area);
         frame.render_widget(services_block, area);
 
@@ -583,14 +579,16 @@ impl ServicesWidget {
                     }
                 };
                 
-                // Apply selection highlighting to parent services only, preserving status icon color
+                // Apply selection highlighting to parent services only, making icons background color when selected
                 // Only show selection when Services panel is focused
                 // Show selection highlighting even when transitional icons are present
                 if is_selected && !*is_sub && is_focused {
                     for (i, span) in spans.iter_mut().enumerate() {
                         if i == 0 {
-                            // First span is the status icon - preserve its color
-                            span.style = span.style.bg(Theme::highlight());
+                            // First span is the status icon - use background color for visibility against blue selection
+                            span.style = span.style
+                                .bg(Theme::highlight())
+                                .fg(Theme::background());
                         } else {
                             // Other spans (text) get full selection highlighting
                             span.style = span.style

shared/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cm-dashboard-shared"
-version = "0.1.30"
+version = "0.1.34"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]