From b15ed40e93f52ac34e8d5f9224ff72c5ef1c2a94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Randall Havens <mark.r.havens@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 19:03:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] update

---
 public/app.js     |  9 ++++++++-
 public/styles.css | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/app.js b/public/app.js
index b89a022..40b0869 100755
--- a/public/app.js
+++ b/public/app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /**
- * app.js – v3.3.1 PREVIEW + PORTAL
+ * app.js – v3.3.2 PRECISION LAYOUT
  * High-coherence, readable, maintainable.
  * No hacks. No surgery. Only truth.
+ * Now with preview spacing precision.
  */
 
 const els = {
@@ -248,6 +249,12 @@ async function generatePreview(rel) {
       .replace(/\s+(on\w+)=["'][^"']*["']/gi, "")
       .replace(/\s+style=["'][^"']*["']/gi, "");
 
+    // Normalize whitespace and strip blank nodes
+    content = content.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '').replace(/(\n\s*){2,}/g, '\n');
+
+    // Remove stray <br> or empty paragraph tags that create phantom space
+    content = content.replace(/<p>\s*<\/p>/gi, '').replace(/<br\s*\/?>/gi, '');
+
     const div = document.createElement("div");
     div.innerHTML = content;
     trimPreview(div, 3, 3000); // depth, char limit
diff --git a/public/styles.css b/public/styles.css
index c60e900..4a03e55 100755
--- a/public/styles.css
+++ b/public/styles.css
@@ -269,3 +269,35 @@ body.sidebar-open #sidebar { transform: translateX(0); }
 .preview-content a:hover {
   text-shadow: 0 0 6px var(--accent);
 }
+
+/* === PREVIEW SPACING FIX === */
+
+/* Remove top margin from the first visible child */
+.preview-content > *:first-child {
+  margin-top: 0 !important;
+  padding-top: 0 !important;
+}
+
+/* Consistent bottom rhythm for the last visible element */
+.preview-content > *:last-child {
+  margin-bottom: 3rem;
+}
+
+/* Responsive typography scaling for mobile preview */
+@media (max-width: 768px) {
+  .preview-content {
+    padding: 2rem 6vw;
+    line-height: 1.65;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Ellipsis alignment fix */
+.preview-content p:empty::before {
+  content: "...";
+  color: var(--accent);
+  opacity: 0.6;
+  display: block;
+  text-align: center;
+  margin: 1.5rem 0;
+  letter-spacing: 0.2em;
+}