Track clicked links, not just typed commands - #48
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Clicking a directory link runs a command the visitor never typed, so it was invisible in the stats - the only tracked path was the Enter key. Directory links now send a click event and external ones an outlink event, both under the existing terminal category, so the two ways of exploring stay distinguishable.
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Clicking a directory link replays a
cd+ls -athe visitor never typed, and the only tracked path was the Enter key handler, so those visits looked like they did nothing after landing.Both link kinds now report, under the existing
terminalcategory:commandclickoutlinkKept as separate actions rather than folding clicks into
commandso the stats show which way people actually explore. Matomo'senableLinkTrackingcan't see these — they're terminal cells painted by xterm's link provider, not DOM anchors.Testing
wrangler devlocally with the hostname gate temporarily pointed at localhost: clicking theprojectslink firede_c=terminal e_a=click e_n=projects, accepted 204 by Matomo, alongside the pageview. The external-URL path is the same two-line code path but I could not land a synthetic click on those cells to exercise it end to end.