From b3d5eb01dc60a315e075f451121dc93452e80158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kolaente <k@knt.li>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:26:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix(templates):=20address=20review=20feedback?=
 =?UTF-8?q?=20=E2=80=94=20templates=20page,=20proper=20service,=20fetch=20?=
 =?UTF-8?q?together=20with=20archived?=
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---
 frontend/src/components/home/Navigation.vue   | 25 ++++------
 .../project/ProjectSettingsDropdown.vue       |  7 ++-
 frontend/src/i18n/lang/en.json                |  5 +-
 frontend/src/router/index.ts                  |  5 ++
 .../src/services/projectTemplateService.ts    |  9 ++++
 frontend/src/stores/projects.ts               | 10 +---
 frontend/src/views/project/ListTemplates.vue  | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
 pkg/models/project.go                         |  4 +-
 8 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/services/projectTemplateService.ts
 create mode 100644 frontend/src/views/project/ListTemplates.vue

diff --git a/frontend/src/components/home/Navigation.vue b/frontend/src/components/home/Navigation.vue
index 649e25007..fa7bb818f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/home/Navigation.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/home/Navigation.vue
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
 						{{ $t('project.projects') }}
 					</RouterLink>
 				</li>
+				<li>
+					<RouterLink
+						:to="{ name: 'templates.index'}"
+					>
+						<span class="menu-item-icon icon">
+							<Icon icon="copy" />
+						</span>
+						{{ $t('project.template.title') }}
+					</RouterLink>
+				</li>
 				<li>
 					<RouterLink
 						v-shortcut="'KeyG KeyA'"
@@ -108,20 +118,6 @@
 					:can-collapse="true"
 				/>
 			</nav>
-
-			<nav
-				v-if="templateProjects.length"
-				class="menu"
-			>
-				<span class="menu-label">
-					{{ $t('project.template.title') }}
-				</span>
-				<ProjectsNavigation
-					:model-value="templateProjects"
-					:can-edit-order="false"
-					:can-collapse="true"
-				/>
-			</nav>
 		</template>
 
 		<PoweredByLink
@@ -160,7 +156,6 @@ const {sidebarWidth, isResizing, startResize, isMobile} = useSidebarResize()
 const projects = computed(() => projectStore.notArchivedRootProjects as IProject[])
 const favoriteProjects = computed(() => projectStore.favoriteProjects as IProject[])
 const savedFilterProjects = computed(() => projectStore.savedFilterProjects as IProject[])
-const templateProjects = computed(() => projectStore.templateProjects as IProject[])
 </script>
 
 <style lang="scss" scoped>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/project/ProjectSettingsDropdown.vue b/frontend/src/components/project/ProjectSettingsDropdown.vue
index 1b66125bc..387a66bca 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/project/ProjectSettingsDropdown.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/project/ProjectSettingsDropdown.vue
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 				{{ $t('menu.duplicate') }}
 			</DropdownItem>
 			<DropdownItem
+				v-if="!project.isTemplate"
 				icon="copy"
 				@click="saveAsTemplate"
 			>
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ import {useConfigStore} from '@/stores/config'
 import {useProjectStore} from '@/stores/projects'
 import {useAuthStore} from '@/stores/auth'
 import {PERMISSIONS} from '@/constants/permissions'
-import AbstractService from '@/services/abstractService'
+import ProjectTemplateService from '@/services/projectTemplateService'
 import {success} from '@/message'
 import {useI18n} from 'vue-i18n'
 
@@ -181,9 +182,7 @@ const isDefaultProject = computed(() => props.project?.id === authStore.settings
 const {t} = useI18n({useScope: 'global'})
 
 async function saveAsTemplate() {
-	const templateService = new AbstractService({
-		create: '/projects/{projectId}/template',
-	})
+	const templateService = new ProjectTemplateService()
 	const response = await templateService.create({projectId: props.project.id})
 	if (response.project) {
 		projectStore.setProject(response.project)
diff --git a/frontend/src/i18n/lang/en.json b/frontend/src/i18n/lang/en.json
index e10f53a44..72352f5ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/i18n/lang/en.json
+++ b/frontend/src/i18n/lang/en.json
@@ -399,8 +399,9 @@
       "saveAsTemplate": "Save as Template",
       "saveAsTemplateSuccess": "Project saved as template successfully.",
       "useTemplate": "Use a template",
-      "selectTemplate": "Select a template...",
-      "createFromTemplate": "Creating project from template..."
+      "selectTemplate": "Select a template\u2026",
+      "createFromTemplate": "Creating project from template\u2026",
+      "none": "You don't have any templates yet. Save a project as a template to get started."
     },
     "edit": {
       "header": "Edit This Project",
diff --git a/frontend/src/router/index.ts b/frontend/src/router/index.ts
index 69cb0cc36..bf1aaa394 100644
--- a/frontend/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/router/index.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ const router = createRouter({
 			name: 'projects.index',
 			component: () => import('@/views/project/ListProjects.vue'),
 		},
+		{
+			path: '/templates',
+			name: 'templates.index',
+			component: () => import('@/views/project/ListTemplates.vue'),
+		},
 		{
 			path: '/projects/new',
 			name: 'project.create',
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/projectTemplateService.ts b/frontend/src/services/projectTemplateService.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a61c8b887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/services/projectTemplateService.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import AbstractService from './abstractService'
+
+export default class ProjectTemplateService extends AbstractService {
+	constructor() {
+		super({
+			create: '/projects/{projectId}/template',
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/projects.ts b/frontend/src/stores/projects.ts
index 878a19549..5c4f15480 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores/projects.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/projects.ts
@@ -264,19 +264,11 @@ export const useProjectStore = defineStore('project', () => {
 		let page = 1
 		try {
 			do {
-				const newProjects = await projectService.getAll({}, {is_archived: true, expand: 'permissions'}, page) as IProject[]
+				const newProjects = await projectService.getAll({}, {is_archived: true, is_template: true, expand: 'permissions'}, page) as IProject[]
 				loadedProjects.push(...newProjects)
 				page++
 			} while (page <= projectService.totalPages)
 
-			// Fetch templates separately
-			let templatePage = 1
-			do {
-				const newTemplates = await projectService.getAll({}, {is_template: true, expand: 'permissions'}, templatePage) as IProject[]
-				loadedProjects.push(...newTemplates)
-				templatePage++
-			} while (templatePage <= projectService.totalPages)
-
 		} finally {
 			cancel()
 		}
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/project/ListTemplates.vue b/frontend/src/views/project/ListTemplates.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f051c7b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/views/project/ListTemplates.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<template>
+	<div
+		class="content loader-container"
+		:class="{'is-loading': loading}"
+	>
+		<header class="project-header">
+			<h3>{{ $t('project.template.title') }}</h3>
+		</header>
+
+		<p v-if="!loading && templates.length === 0">
+			{{ $t('project.template.none') }}
+		</p>
+
+		<ProjectCardGrid
+			v-else
+			:projects="templates"
+			:show-archived="false"
+		/>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import {computed} from 'vue'
+import {useI18n} from 'vue-i18n'
+
+import ProjectCardGrid from '@/components/project/partials/ProjectCardGrid.vue'
+import {useTitle} from '@/composables/useTitle'
+import {useProjectStore} from '@/stores/projects'
+import type {IProject} from '@/modelTypes/IProject'
+
+const {t} = useI18n()
+const projectStore = useProjectStore()
+
+useTitle(() => t('project.template.title'))
+
+const loading = computed(() => projectStore.isLoading)
+const templates = computed(() => projectStore.templateProjects as IProject[])
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+.project-header {
+	display: flex;
+	justify-content: space-between;
+	align-items: center;
+	gap: 1rem;
+	margin-block-end: 1rem;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/pkg/models/project.go b/pkg/models/project.go
index a8e3f9a34..463381142 100644
--- a/pkg/models/project.go
+++ b/pkg/models/project.go
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ func getUserProjectsStatement(userID int64, search string) *builder.Builder {
 	}
 
 	return builder.
-		Select("l.id, l.title, l.description, l.identifier, l.hex_color, l.owner_id, l.parent_project_id, l.is_archived, l.background_file_id, l.background_blur_hash, l.position, l.created, l.updated").
+		Select("l.id, l.title, l.description, l.identifier, l.hex_color, l.owner_id, l.parent_project_id, l.is_archived, l.is_template, l.background_file_id, l.background_blur_hash, l.position, l.created, l.updated").
 		From("projects", "l").
 		Join("LEFT", "team_projects tl", "tl.project_id = l.id").
 		Join("LEFT", "team_members tm2", "tm2.team_id = tl.team_id").
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ func getAllProjectsForUser(s *xorm.Session, userID int64, opts *projectOptions)
 
 	baseQuery := querySQLString + `
 UNION ALL
-SELECT p.id, p.title, p.description, p.identifier, p.hex_color, p.owner_id, p.parent_project_id, (ap.is_archived OR p.is_archived) AS is_archived, p.background_file_id, p.background_blur_hash, p.position, p.created, p.updated FROM projects p
+SELECT p.id, p.title, p.description, p.identifier, p.hex_color, p.owner_id, p.parent_project_id, (ap.is_archived OR p.is_archived) AS is_archived, p.is_template, p.background_file_id, p.background_blur_hash, p.position, p.created, p.updated FROM projects p
 INNER JOIN all_projects ap ON p.parent_project_id = ap.id`
 
 	columnStr := strings.Join([]string{