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+/**
+ * Reactive-write regression tests for DomWidgets.updateWidgets.
+ *
+ * `updateWidgets` runs every canvas draw frame (60fps). Each reactive write to
+ * widgetState fields (pos / size / zIndex / readonly / computedDisabled) fires
+ * the downstream watchers in DomWidget.vue, which recompute style and call
+ * setStyle on the DOM element. Before the equality-check optimization, idle
+ * frames produced N writes per widget per frame across 5 fields = ~5N setStyle
+ * calls per frame for free.
+ *
+ * These tests pin down:
+ *   - Idle frames produce zero reactive writes per widget after init.
+ *   - Pan frames force pos reassignment but skip the other 4 fields.
+ *   - Selected-node movement forces pos reassignment on all visible widgets
+ *     (so non-selected widgets refresh their clip-path).
+ */
+import { createTestingPinia } from '@pinia/testing'
+import { fromPartial } from '@total-typescript/shoehorn'
+import { render } from '@testing-library/vue'
+import { setActivePinia } from 'pinia'
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { watch } from 'vue'
+
+import DomWidgets from '@/components/graph/DomWidgets.vue'
+import { Rectangle } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/infrastructure/Rectangle'
+import { LGraph, LGraphNode } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/litegraph'
+import type { LGraphCanvas } from '@/lib/litegraph/src/LGraphCanvas'
+import { useCanvasStore } from '@/renderer/core/canvas/canvasStore'
+import type { BaseDOMWidget } from '@/scripts/domWidget'
+import { useDomWidgetStore } from '@/stores/domWidgetStore'
+
+type TestWidget = BaseDOMWidget<object | string>
+
+function createNode(graph: LGraph, id: number, pos: [number, number]) {
+  const node = new LGraphNode(`n${id}`)
+  node.id = id
+  node.pos = [...pos]
+  node.size = [240, 120]
+  graph.add(node)
+  return node
+}
+
+function createWidget(id: string, node: LGraphNode): TestWidget {
+  return fromPartial<TestWidget>({
+    id,
+    node,
+    name: 'w',
+    type: 'custom',
+    value: '',
+    options: {},
+    y: 12,
+    width: 120,
+    computedHeight: 40,
+    margin: 10,
+    isVisible: () => true
+  })
+}
+
+function createCanvas(graph: LGraph): LGraphCanvas {
+  return fromPartial<LGraphCanvas>({
+    graph,
+    low_quality: false,
+    read_only: false,
+    isNodeVisible: vi.fn(() => true),
+    ds: { offset: [0, 0], scale: 1 },
+    selected_nodes: {}
+  })
+}
+
+function drawFrame(canvas: LGraphCanvas) {
+  canvas.onDrawForeground?.({} as CanvasRenderingContext2D, new Rectangle())
+}
+
+interface WriteCounts {
+  pos: number
+  size: number
+  zIndex: number
+  readonly: number
+  computedDisabled: number
+}
+
+function setupScene(nWidgets: number) {
+  setActivePinia(createTestingPinia({ stubActions: false }))
+  const canvasStore = useCanvasStore()
+  const domWidgetStore = useDomWidgetStore()
+
+  const graph = new LGraph()
+  const widgetIds: string[] = []
+  for (let i = 0; i < nWidgets; i++) {
+    const node = createNode(graph, i, [i * 50, 0])
+    const w = createWidget(`w${i}`, node)
+    domWidgetStore.registerWidget(w)
+    widgetIds.push(w.id)
+  }
+
+  const canvas = createCanvas(graph)
+  canvasStore.canvas = canvas
+
+  render(DomWidgets, { global: { stubs: { DomWidget: true } } })
+
+  const counts: WriteCounts = {
+    pos: 0,
+    size: 0,
+    zIndex: 0,
+    readonly: 0,
+    computedDisabled: 0
+  }
+  for (const id of widgetIds) {
+    const s = domWidgetStore.widgetStates.get(id)!
+    watch(
+      () => s.pos,
+      () => counts.pos++,
+      { flush: 'sync' }
+    )
+    watch(
+      () => s.size,
+      () => counts.size++,
+      { flush: 'sync' }
+    )
+    watch(
+      () => s.zIndex,
+      () => counts.zIndex++,
+      { flush: 'sync' }
+    )
+    watch(
+      () => s.readonly,
+      () => counts.readonly++,
+      { flush: 'sync' }
+    )
+    watch(
+      () => s.computedDisabled,
+      () => counts.computedDisabled++,
+      { flush: 'sync' }
+    )
+  }
+
+  return { canvas, counts, graph, domWidgetStore }
+}
+
+describe('DomWidgets reactive-write budget', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    setActivePinia(createTestingPinia({ stubActions: false }))
+  })
+
+  it('writes nothing on idle frames after the initial frame', () => {
+    const N = 20
+    const { canvas, counts } = setupScene(N)
+
+    drawFrame(canvas) // init frame seeds widgetState
+    counts.pos = 0
+    counts.size = 0
+    counts.zIndex = 0
+    counts.readonly = 0
+    counts.computedDisabled = 0
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) drawFrame(canvas)
+
+    expect(counts.pos).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.size).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.zIndex).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.readonly).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.computedDisabled).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('on viewport pan, forces pos writes only — size/zIndex/readonly stay quiet', () => {
+    const N = 20
+    const { canvas, counts } = setupScene(N)
+
+    drawFrame(canvas)
+    counts.pos = 0
+    counts.size = 0
+    counts.zIndex = 0
+    counts.readonly = 0
+    counts.computedDisabled = 0
+
+    const FRAMES = 60
+    for (let i = 1; i <= FRAMES; i++) {
+      canvas.ds.offset[0] = i * 2
+      drawFrame(canvas)
+    }
+
+    expect(counts.pos).toBe(N * FRAMES)
+    expect(counts.size).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.zIndex).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.readonly).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.computedDisabled).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('on selected-node drag, forces pos writes on all visible widgets — size/zIndex/readonly stay quiet', () => {
+    const N = 20
+    const { canvas, counts, graph } = setupScene(N)
+    const draggedNode = graph.getNodeById(0)!
+    canvas.selected_nodes = { [draggedNode.id]: draggedNode }
+
+    drawFrame(canvas)
+    counts.pos = 0
+    counts.size = 0
+    counts.zIndex = 0
+    counts.readonly = 0
+    counts.computedDisabled = 0
+
+    const FRAMES = 60
+    for (let i = 1; i <= FRAMES; i++) {
+      draggedNode.pos[0] = i * 3
+      drawFrame(canvas)
+    }
+
+    // Selected node moves → all N widgets re-evaluate pos so their clip-path
+    // refreshes against the moved selection bounds.
+    expect(counts.pos).toBe(N * FRAMES)
+    expect(counts.size).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.zIndex).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.readonly).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.computedDisabled).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('on non-selected single-node movement, only the moved widget re-writes pos', () => {
+    const N = 20
+    const { canvas, counts, graph } = setupScene(N)
+
+    drawFrame(canvas)
+    counts.pos = 0
+    counts.size = 0
+    counts.zIndex = 0
+    counts.readonly = 0
+    counts.computedDisabled = 0
+
+    const movedNode = graph.getNodeById(5)!
+    const FRAMES = 60
+    for (let i = 1; i <= FRAMES; i++) {
+      movedNode.pos[0] = 250 + i
+      drawFrame(canvas)
+    }
+
+    expect(counts.pos).toBe(FRAMES) // 1 widget × FRAMES, not N × FRAMES
+    expect(counts.size).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.zIndex).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.readonly).toBe(0)
+    expect(counts.computedDisabled).toBe(0)
+  })
+})