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What

Two switches in the 2D preview toolbar, both remembered in the browser:

• Grid (every 2D view): block lines once blocks are at least 6 CSS px apart, chunk lines (16-block sections up a side view) further out, region lines (512) further still. The finest step shown is faint, coarser ones stronger. The top-left label says which steps are showing (grid: blocks, chunks, regions).
• Per block (density views): each pixel is sampled at the block it falls in (x, y, z floored), as the game samples, instead of at the pixel centre between blocks. Zoomed in, a block is one flat cell and the hover readout is the game's value at that block, interpolated() cells included. Pixels in the same block reuse one sample, so zooming in doesn't cost more.

Judgement calls

• The grid is an SVG overlay rather than lines drawn into the render canvas. The render canvas is 2–4 CSS px per pixel, so lines drawn there would be fat. SVG rather than a second <canvas> so the existing tests' locator('canvas') stays unambiguous.
• The grid follows the view each image was rendered at (recorded per request), so it stays aligned with a slow terrain render while the camera moves.
• Per block defaults off, so the existing smooth look is unchanged unless asked for.
• Region lines are columns only: a side view draws no region lines up y.

Not in this PR: Deepslate 0.27.2's Slice.compute ignores coordinate and always zeroes x, which makes slice previews differ from the game. That could be patched in the worker the same way fastDensity.ts replaces nodes.

Testing

• npm run check in packages/preview: 0 errors.
• New smoke test: the grid shows chunks at the default zoom and adds blocks when zoomed in. With Per block on, the readout for a Gradient(y, 0..512) equals y/512 exactly. Both switches survive a reload.
• Full web smoke suite: 51/51 pass.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added optional grid overlays to non-3D previews, showing block, chunk, and region boundaries as zoom level allows.
  • Added a per-block option for density views, displaying values sampled at whole-block coordinates.
  • Both controls are off by default and remain set after reloading.

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Walkthrough

The preview adds persistent Grid and Per block controls for non-isometric views. Density rendering can sample at whole-block coordinates. The preview draws grid overlays aligned with the view used to produce the displayed image.

Changes

Preview rendering

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Block sampling contract and worker packages/preview/src/preview/protocol.ts, packages/preview/src/preview/preview.worker.ts	PreviewView adds the optional blocks flag. The worker floors coordinates and reuses values for matching blocks in noise, density-function, and final-density rendering when block sampling is enabled.
Render controls and grid overlay packages/preview/src/preview/Preview.svelte, web/tests/smoke.spec.ts	The preview stores Grid and Per block settings, sends the captured view with render requests, and draws grid paths aligned with the displayed image. The smoke test checks grid levels, per-block values, and persistence after reload.

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Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PreviewSvelte
  participant LocalStorage
  participant PreviewWorker
  PreviewSvelte->>LocalStorage: Read and store Grid and Per block settings
  PreviewSvelte->>PreviewWorker: Send render request with captured view
  PreviewWorker-->>PreviewSvelte: Return rendered image
  PreviewSvelte->>PreviewSvelte: Match image to its view and draw grid overlay

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• MinecraftMetascript/mms#118: Updates the PreviewView coordinate contract and worker coordinate selection used by this change.

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The title "Preview: grid overlay and per-block density values" matches the main changes in the changeset. The raw summary shows a persistent Grid toggle that draws block, chunk, and region lines in Preview.svelte, and a Per block toggle that enables block-based density sampling through a new sampler in preview.worker.ts and a new blocks flag in protocol.ts. The title names both features and is concise, with no file lists or vague terms.

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_{A rabbit peers at blocks in rows,
And watches where the bright line goes.
The grid appears, then values align,
A saved switch keeps settings fine.
The burrow hums: “Render again!”}

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Minor · Report the block sampled at the rendered-pixel centre. · Preview.svelte:920

packages/preview/src/preview/Preview.svelte:920
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Report the block sampled at the rendered-pixel centre.

With Per block enabled, this coordinate can identify a different block from the value on Line 919. The worker samples the pixel centre, but toWorld receives the exact pointer position.

For example, with height 100, view.y = 64.1, scale 0.25, and pointer py = 50.1, the readout reports block y 64. The worker samples row 50 at y 63.975, floors it to 63, and returns that block's value. A Gradient(y, 0..512) therefore reports y 64 · 0.1230, not the value for block 64.

For block-sampled readouts, calculate the coordinate from (ix + 0.5, iy + 0.5) using the displayed render's view.

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Review comment at @packages/preview/src/preview/Preview.svelte at line 920:
Update the coordinate calculation for Per block readouts so `toWorld` receives the rendered-pixel centre `(ix + 0.5, iy + 0.5)` using the displayed render’s view, rather than the exact pointer position. Preserve the existing pointer-position calculation for readouts that are not block-sampled.

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Review comments at @packages/preview/src/preview/Preview.svelte:
- Line 686: Update both grid loops in drawGrid so coordinate iteration is
bounded and stops when adding step.size leaves the coordinate unchanged.
Preserve the existing range checks and grid output while ensuring large finite
camera coordinates cannot trap the main thread.
- Line 654: Update the grid-level calculation around perBlock so gridShown uses
the reactive snapshot of the view currently displayed by drawGrid, including the
displayed image-to-container ratio, rather than the changing camera view. Keep
level selection and line positioning based on the same displayed render so block
spacing preserves the six-pixel minimum while a replacement render is pending or
fails.

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Review comments at @packages/preview/src/preview/Preview.svelte:
- Line 920: Update the coordinate calculation for Per block readouts so
`toWorld` receives the rendered-pixel centre `(ix + 0.5, iy + 0.5)` using the
displayed render’s view, rather than the exact pointer position. Preserve the
existing pointer-position calculation for readouts that are not block-sampled.

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