fix: watcher avatars, dependency TDS styling, asset versions, nav dropdown light theme

- watch_ticket.php GET now returns watcher list (up to 6 users) for avatar group
- TicketView: watcher avatar group rendered next to WATCH button, refreshes on toggle
- Rewrite renderDependencies/renderDependents to use TDS lt-kv-grid/lt-badge/lt-btn classes
- renderDependencies: show lt-alert--warning blocker banner when blocked_by has open tickets
- Fix ALL hardcoded ?v=20260327 asset version strings in CreateTicketView + all admin views
- base.css: fix .lt-nav-dropdown-menu hardcoded background → var(--bg-overlay)
- base.css: add light-theme overrides for nav dropdown menu (background, links, hover)
- ticket.css: add .lt-avatar-group and .lt-avatar--overflow styles for watcher display

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

api/watch_ticket.php

@@ -84,16 +84,28 @@ $watchingStmt->execute();
 $watching = (bool)$watchingStmt->get_result()->fetch_assoc()['cnt'];
 $watchingStmt->close();
 
-$countStmt = $conn->prepare(
+// Fetch watcher list (up to 6) with display names for avatar group
-    "SELECT COUNT(*) as cnt FROM ticket_watchers WHERE ticket_id = ?"
+$watchersStmt = $conn->prepare(
+    "SELECT u.user_id, COALESCE(u.display_name, u.username) AS display_name
+       FROM ticket_watchers tw
+       JOIN users u ON tw.user_id = u.user_id
+      WHERE tw.ticket_id = ?
+      ORDER BY tw.created_at ASC
+      LIMIT 6"
 );
-$countStmt->bind_param("i", $ticketId);
+$watchersStmt->bind_param("i", $ticketId);
-$countStmt->execute();
+$watchersStmt->execute();
-$count = (int)$countStmt->get_result()->fetch_assoc()['cnt'];
+$watchersResult = $watchersStmt->get_result();
-$countStmt->close();
+$watchers = [];
+while ($row = $watchersResult->fetch_assoc()) {
+    $watchers[] = ['user_id' => (int)$row['user_id'], 'display_name' => $row['display_name']];
+}
+$watchersStmt->close();
+$count = count($watchers);
 
 echo json_encode([
     'success'       => true,
     'watching'      => $watching,
     'watcher_count' => $count,
+    'watchers'      => $watchers,
 ]);

assets/css/base.css

@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ hr {
   top: calc(100% + 4px);
   left: 0;
   min-width: 180px;
-  background: rgba(6,12,20,0.98);
+  background: var(--bg-overlay, rgba(6,12,20,0.98));
   border: 1px solid var(--accent-cyan-border);
   box-shadow: var(--box-glow-cyan), 0 16px 40px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
   z-index: var(--z-dropdown);
@@ -3781,6 +3781,23 @@ html[data-theme="light"] .lt-drawer-right-header  { background: var(--bg-seconda
 html[data-theme="light"] .lt-drawer-right-footer  { background: var(--bg-secondary); border-top-color: var(--border-color); }
 html[data-theme="light"] .lt-drawer-right-overlay { background: rgba(30,40,70,0.35); }
 
+/* — Nav dropdown menu — */
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-nav-dropdown-menu {
+  background: var(--bg-card);
+  border-color: var(--border-color);
+  box-shadow: 0 6px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);
+}
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-nav-dropdown-menu::before { display: none; }
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-nav-dropdown-menu li a {
+  color: var(--text-secondary);
+  border-bottom-color: var(--border-dim);
+}
+html[data-theme="light"] .lt-nav-dropdown-menu li a:hover {
+  color: var(--accent-orange);
+  background: var(--accent-orange-dim);
+  text-shadow: none;
+}
+
 /* — Dropdowns & notification panel — */
 html[data-theme="light"] .lt-dropdown-panel {
   background: var(--bg-card);

assets/css/ticket.css

@@ -270,6 +270,26 @@ kbd {
   .thread-depth-3 { margin-left: 2.25rem; }
 }
 
+/* ── Watcher avatar group in toolbar ────────────────────────── */
+.lt-avatar-group {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+.lt-avatar-group .lt-avatar {
+  margin-left: -0.4rem;
+  border: 1px solid var(--bg-primary, #030508);
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+.lt-avatar-group .lt-avatar:first-child { margin-left: 0; }
+.lt-avatar--overflow {
+  background: var(--bg-tertiary, #1a1f2e);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border-dim, rgba(0,255,65,0.2)) !important;
+  font-size: 0.55rem;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  cursor: default;
+}
+
 /* ── Description read view ───────────────────────────────────── */
 /* Shown in read mode instead of a disabled (faded) textarea.     */
 /* Uses lt-markdown typography for full contrast on dark/OLED.    */

assets/js/ticket.js

@@ -552,6 +552,12 @@ function showDependencyError(message) {
     }
 }
 
+function _depStatusBadge(status) {
+    const slug = (status || '').toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
+    const cls  = status === 'Closed' ? 'lt-badge-closed' : status === 'Open' ? 'lt-badge-open' : 'lt-badge-sm';
+    return `<span class="lt-badge ${cls} lt-text-xs">${lt.escHtml(status)}</span>`;
+}
+
 function renderDependencies(dependencies) {
     const container = document.getElementById('dependenciesList');
     if (!container) return;
@@ -563,64 +569,75 @@ function renderDependencies(dependencies) {
         'duplicates': 'Duplicates'
     };
 
+    // Check for open "blocked_by" dependencies — show alert
+    const blockers = (dependencies['blocked_by'] || []).filter(d => d.status !== 'Closed');
+    const blockerAlert = document.getElementById('blockerAlert');
+    if (blockers.length > 0) {
+        const alertHtml = `<div class="lt-alert lt-alert--warning" id="blockerAlert" role="alert" style="margin-bottom:0.75rem">
+            <span class="lt-alert-icon" aria-hidden="true">[!]</span>
+            <div class="lt-alert-body">
+                <div class="lt-alert-title">Blocked</div>
+                <div class="lt-alert-msg">This ticket is blocked by ${blockers.length} open ticket${blockers.length > 1 ? 's' : ''}:
+                    ${blockers.map(b => `<a href="/ticket/${lt.escHtml(b.depends_on_id)}" class="lt-text-cyan">#${lt.escHtml(b.depends_on_id)}</a>`).join(', ')}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>`;
+        // Insert blocker alert above the frame if not already there
+        const panel = document.getElementById('dependencies-panel');
+        if (panel && !panel.querySelector('#blockerAlert')) {
+            panel.insertAdjacentHTML('afterbegin', alertHtml);
+        }
+    }
+
     let html = '';
     let hasAny = false;
 
     for (const [type, items] of Object.entries(dependencies)) {
-        if (items.length > 0) {
+        if (!items.length) continue;
         hasAny = true;
-            html += `<div class="dependency-group">
+        const label = typeLabels[type] || type;
-                <h4>${typeLabels[type]}</h4>`;
+        html += `<div class="lt-kv-row" style="flex-direction:column;align-items:flex-start;gap:0.3rem">
-
+            <span class="lt-kv-label lt-text-xs">${lt.escHtml(label)}</span>`;
         items.forEach(dep => {
-                const statusClass = 'status-' + dep.status.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
+            html += `<div class="lt-flex lt-flex-gap-sm lt-flex-align-center" style="width:100%;padding:0.25rem 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,255,65,0.08)">
-                html += `<div class="dependency-item">
+                <a href="/ticket/${lt.escHtml(dep.depends_on_id)}" class="lt-text-cyan lt-text-xs">
-                    <div>
-                        <a href="/ticket/${lt.escHtml(dep.depends_on_id)}">
                     #${lt.escHtml(dep.depends_on_id)}
                 </a>
-                        <span class="dependency-title">${lt.escHtml(dep.title)}</span>
+                <span class="lt-text-sm" style="flex:1;min-width:0;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"
-                        <span class="status-badge ${statusClass}">${lt.escHtml(dep.status)}</span>
+                      title="${lt.escHtml(dep.title)}">${lt.escHtml(dep.title)}</span>
-                    </div>
+                ${_depStatusBadge(dep.status)}
-                    <button data-action="remove-dependency" data-dependency-id="${lt.escHtml(String(dep.dependency_id))}" class="lt-btn lt-btn-sm">REMOVE</button>
+                <button data-action="remove-dependency"
+                        data-dependency-id="${lt.escHtml(String(dep.dependency_id))}"
+                        class="lt-btn lt-btn-ghost lt-btn-sm" aria-label="Remove dependency">&#x2715;</button>
             </div>`;
         });
-
         html += '</div>';
     }
-    }
 
-    if (!hasAny) {
+    container.innerHTML = hasAny ? `<div class="lt-kv-grid">${html}</div>` : '<p class="lt-text-muted lt-text-sm">No dependencies configured.</p>';
-        html = '<p class="lt-text-muted">No dependencies configured.</p>';
-    }
-
-    container.innerHTML = html;
 }
 
 function renderDependents(dependents) {
     const container = document.getElementById('dependentsList');
     if (!container) return;
 
-    if (dependents.length === 0) {
+    if (!dependents.length) {
-        container.innerHTML = '<p class="lt-text-muted">No tickets depend on this one.</p>';
+        container.innerHTML = '<p class="lt-text-muted lt-text-sm">No tickets depend on this one.</p>';
         return;
     }
 
+    const relLabels = { 'blocks':'blocks', 'blocked_by':'blocked by', 'relates_to':'relates to', 'duplicates':'duplicates' };
     let html = '';
     dependents.forEach(dep => {
-        const statusClass = 'status-' + dep.status.toLowerCase().replace(/ /g, '-');
+        const relLabel = relLabels[dep.dependency_type] || dep.dependency_type;
-        html += `<div class="dependency-item">
+        html += `<div class="lt-flex lt-flex-gap-sm lt-flex-align-center" style="padding:0.25rem 0;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,255,65,0.08)">
-            <div>
+            <a href="/ticket/${lt.escHtml(dep.ticket_id)}" class="lt-text-cyan lt-text-xs">#${lt.escHtml(dep.ticket_id)}</a>
-                <a href="/ticket/${lt.escHtml(dep.ticket_id)}">
+            <span class="lt-text-xs lt-text-muted">${lt.escHtml(relLabel)}</span>
-                    #${lt.escHtml(dep.ticket_id)}
+            <span class="lt-text-sm" style="flex:1;min-width:0;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"
-                </a>
+                  title="${lt.escHtml(dep.title)}">${lt.escHtml(dep.title)}</span>
-                <span class="dependency-title">${lt.escHtml(dep.title)}</span>
+            ${_depStatusBadge(dep.status)}
-                <span class="status-badge ${statusClass}">${lt.escHtml(dep.status)}</span>
-                <span class="dependency-title lt-text-amber">(${lt.escHtml(dep.dependency_type)})</span>
-            </div>
         </div>`;
     });
-
     container.innerHTML = html;
 }
 

views/CreateTicketView.php

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'New Ticket';
 $activeNav   = 'dashboard';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327', '/assets/css/ticket.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}", "/assets/css/ticket.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = [
-    '/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js?v=20260327',
+    "/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js?v={$_v}",
 ];
 
 include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';

views/TicketView.php

@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ include __DIR__ . '/layout_header.php';
         </option>
       <?php endforeach ?>
     </select>
+    <span id="watcherAvatarGroup" class="lt-avatar-group lt-avatar-group--sm" aria-label="Watchers" style="display:none"></span>
     <button type="button" id="watchButton" class="lt-btn lt-btn-ghost lt-btn-sm"
             title="Watch this ticket to receive Matrix notifications on updates">WATCH</button>
     <button type="button" id="editButton" class="lt-btn lt-btn-primary lt-btn-sm">EDIT</button>
@@ -868,6 +869,32 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
 
     // Watch / Unwatch button
     var watchBtn = document.getElementById('watchButton');
+    var watcherGroup = document.getElementById('watcherAvatarGroup');
+
+    function _renderWatcherAvatars(watchers) {
+        if (!watcherGroup) return;
+        if (!watchers || !watchers.length) { watcherGroup.style.display = 'none'; return; }
+        var avatarColors = ['lt-avatar--orange', 'lt-avatar--green', 'lt-avatar--purple', ''];
+        var html = '';
+        var shown = watchers.slice(0, 4);
+        shown.forEach(function (w) {
+            var words = (w.display_name || '').trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean);
+            var initials = words.slice(0, 2).map(function (x) { return x[0].toUpperCase(); }).join('');
+            var hash = 0;
+            for (var i = 0; i < (w.display_name || '').length; i++) hash = ((hash << 5) - hash + (w.display_name || '').charCodeAt(i)) | 0;
+            var color = avatarColors[Math.abs(hash) % 4];
+            html += '<div class="lt-avatar lt-avatar--xs ' + color + '" title="' + lt.escHtml(w.display_name) + '" aria-label="' + lt.escHtml(w.display_name) + '">' +
+                    '<img src="/api/user_avatar.php?user_id=' + w.user_id + '" alt="" class="lt-avatar-img" onerror="this.style.display=\'none\'">' +
+                    '<span class="lt-avatar-initials">' + lt.escHtml(initials) + '</span>' +
+                    '</div>';
+        });
+        if (watchers.length > 4) {
+            html += '<div class="lt-avatar lt-avatar--xs lt-avatar--overflow" title="' + (watchers.length - 4) + ' more watchers">+' + (watchers.length - 4) + '</div>';
+        }
+        watcherGroup.innerHTML = html;
+        watcherGroup.style.display = 'flex';
+    }
+
     if (watchBtn) {
         var _watching = false;
         // Fetch initial state
@@ -880,6 +907,7 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
                         ? 'You are watching this ticket. Click to stop.'
                         : 'Watch this ticket for Matrix notifications on updates.';
                     if (_watching) watchBtn.classList.add('lt-btn-active');
+                    _renderWatcherAvatars(d.watchers || []);
                 }
             })
             .catch(function () {});
@@ -897,6 +925,10 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
                             : 'Watch this ticket for Matrix notifications on updates.';
                         watchBtn.classList.toggle('lt-btn-active', _watching);
                         lt.toast.success(_watching ? 'Watching ticket' : 'Stopped watching ticket');
+                        // Refresh watcher avatars from server
+                        lt.api.get('/api/watch_ticket.php?ticket_id=' + window.ticketData.ticket_id)
+                            .then(function (d2) { if (d2.success) _renderWatcherAvatars(d2.watchers || []); })
+                            .catch(function () {});
                     } else {
                         lt.toast.error('Failed: ' + (d.error || 'Unknown error'));
                     }

views/admin/ApiKeysView.php

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'API Keys';
 $activeNav   = 'admin-api-keys';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = ['/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js'];
 include __DIR__ . '/../../views/layout_header.php';
 ?>

views/admin/AuditLogView.php

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'Audit Log';
 $activeNav   = 'admin-audit-log';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = ['/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js'];
 include __DIR__ . '/../../views/layout_header.php';
 ?>

views/admin/CustomFieldsView.php

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'Custom Fields';
 $activeNav   = 'admin-custom-fields';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = ['/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js'];
 include __DIR__ . '/../../views/layout_header.php';
 ?>

views/admin/RecurringTicketsView.php

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'Recurring Tickets';
 $activeNav   = 'admin-recurring';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = ['/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js'];
 include __DIR__ . '/../../views/layout_header.php';
 ?>

views/admin/TemplatesView.php

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'Templates';
 $activeNav   = 'admin-templates';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = ['/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js'];
 include __DIR__ . '/../../views/layout_header.php';
 ?>

views/admin/UserActivityView.php

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'User Activity';
 $activeNav   = 'admin-user-activity';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = ['/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js'];
 include __DIR__ . '/../../views/layout_header.php';
 ?>

views/admin/WorkflowDesignerView.php

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../middleware/CsrfMiddleware.php';
 $nonce       = SecurityHeadersMiddleware::getNonce();
 $pageTitle   = 'Workflow Designer';
 $activeNav   = 'admin-workflow';
-$pageStyles  = ['/assets/css/dashboard.css?v=20260327'];
+$_v = $GLOBALS['config']['ASSET_VERSION'] ?? '1';
+$pageStyles  = ["/assets/css/dashboard.css?v={$_v}"];
 $pageScripts = ['/assets/js/keyboard-shortcuts.js'];
 include __DIR__ . '/../../views/layout_header.php';
 ?>