fixing platform switcher bugs

components/parts/PartsBrowseClient.tsx

@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import Pagination from "@/components/parts/Pagination";
 import PlatformSwitcher from "@/components/parts/PlatformSwitcher";
 
 import type { CategoryId } from "@/types/gunbuilder";
-import { PART_ROLE_TO_CATEGORY, normalizePartRole } from "@/lib/catalogMappings";
+import {
+  PART_ROLE_TO_CATEGORY,
+  normalizePartRole,
+} from "@/lib/catalogMappings";
 
 type ViewMode = "card" | "list";
 type SortOption = "relevance" | "price-asc" | "price-desc" | "brand-asc";
@@ -196,7 +199,8 @@ export default function PartsBrowseClient(props: {
   );
 
   const priceBounds = useMemo(() => {
-    if (!parts.length) return { min: null as number | null, max: null as number | null };
+    if (!parts.length)
+      return { min: null as number | null, max: null as number | null };
     return {
       min: Math.min(...parts.map((p) => p.price)),
       max: Math.max(...parts.map((p) => p.price)),
@@ -208,11 +212,13 @@ export default function PartsBrowseClient(props: {
     const minBound = priceBounds.min;
     const maxBound = priceBounds.max;
     if (minBound == null || maxBound == null) return;
-  
+
     setPriceRange((prev) => {
-      const nextMin = prev.min == null ? minBound : Math.max(minBound, prev.min);
+      const nextMin =
-      const nextMax = prev.max == null ? maxBound : Math.min(maxBound, prev.max);
+        prev.min == null ? minBound : Math.max(minBound, prev.min);
-  
+      const nextMax =
+        prev.max == null ? maxBound : Math.min(maxBound, prev.max);
+
       // Ensure min never exceeds max (in case user typed weird values)
       return {
         min: Math.min(nextMin, nextMax),
@@ -232,15 +238,13 @@ export default function PartsBrowseClient(props: {
     if (brandFilter.length)
       result = result.filter((p) => brandFilter.includes(p.brand));
 
-    if (inStockOnly)
+    if (inStockOnly) result = result.filter((p) => p.inStock ?? true);
-      result = result.filter((p) => p.inStock ?? true);
 
     const q = searchQuery.toLowerCase().trim();
     if (q)
       result = result.filter(
         (p) =>
-          p.name.toLowerCase().includes(q) ||
+          p.name.toLowerCase().includes(q) || p.brand.toLowerCase().includes(q)
-          p.brand.toLowerCase().includes(q)
       );
 
     switch (sortBy) {
@@ -318,12 +322,22 @@ export default function PartsBrowseClient(props: {
             </p>
 
             {!isBuilderMode && (
-              <div className="mt-3">
+              <div className="mt-4 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3">
                 <PlatformSwitcher
                   currentPlatform={effectivePlatform}
                   partRole={partRole}
                   preserveQuery
+                  mode="browse"
                 />
+
+                <Link
+                  href={`/builder?platform=${encodeURIComponent(
+                    effectivePlatform
+                  )}`}
+                  className="inline-flex items-center rounded-md bg-amber-400 px-3 py-2 text-xs font-semibold text-black hover:bg-amber-300 transition-colors"
+                >
+                  Start New Build →
+                </Link>
               </div>
             )}
           </div>
@@ -331,7 +345,9 @@ export default function PartsBrowseClient(props: {
           {isBuilderMode && (
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
               <Link
-                href={`/builder?platform=${encodeURIComponent(effectivePlatform)}`}
+                href={`/builder?platform=${encodeURIComponent(
+                  effectivePlatform
+                )}`}
                 className="rounded-md border border-zinc-700 bg-zinc-900/70 px-3 py-2 text-xs font-semibold hover:bg-zinc-800"
               >
                 ← Back to Build
@@ -399,7 +415,9 @@ export default function PartsBrowseClient(props: {
               )}
 
               {loading ? (
-                <p className="py-8 text-center text-sm text-zinc-500">Loading…</p>
+                <p className="py-8 text-center text-sm text-zinc-500">
+                  Loading…
+                </p>
               ) : error ? (
                 <p className="py-8 text-center text-sm text-red-400">{error}</p>
               ) : filteredParts.length === 0 ? (
@@ -434,4 +452,4 @@ export default function PartsBrowseClient(props: {
       </div>
     </main>
   );
-}
+}

components/parts/PlatformSwitcher.tsx

@@ -1,52 +1,75 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useMemo } from "react";
+import Link from "next/link";
-import { usePathname, useRouter, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
+import { usePathname, useSearchParams } from "next/navigation";
+
+const PLATFORMS = ["AR-15", "AR-10", "AR-9"] as const;
+
+type Platform = (typeof PLATFORMS)[number];
 
 export default function PlatformSwitcher(props: {
   currentPlatform: string;
   partRole: string;
-  preserveQuery?: boolean; // keep sort/page/etc (but NOT platform)
+  /**
+   * If true, preserve *all* existing query params (except platform will be overwritten).
+   * Useful when you want to keep things like ?from=builder or future filters.
+   */
+  preserveQuery?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Force route behavior.
+   * - "browse": /parts/[role]?platform=...
+   * - "detail": /parts/p/[platform]/[role]
+   * Default: auto based on current pathname
+   */
+  mode?: "browse" | "detail";
 }) {
-  const { currentPlatform, partRole, preserveQuery = true } = props;
-
-  const router = useRouter();
   const pathname = usePathname();
   const searchParams = useSearchParams();
 
-  const queryString = useMemo(() => {
+  const inferredMode: "browse" | "detail" = pathname.startsWith("/parts/p/")
-    if (!preserveQuery) return "";
+    ? "detail"
+    : "browse";
 
-    // Copy params and DROP legacy platform param so it can’t conflict with the path
+  const mode = props.mode ?? inferredMode;
-    const sp = new URLSearchParams(searchParams?.toString());
-    sp.delete("platform");
 
-    const q = sp.toString();
+  const buildHref = (nextPlatform: Platform) => {
-    return q ? `?${q}` : "";
+    if (mode === "detail") {
-  }, [searchParams, preserveQuery]);
+      return `/parts/p/${encodeURIComponent(nextPlatform)}/${encodeURIComponent(
+        props.partRole
+      )}`;
+    }
 
-  function go(platform: string) {
+    // browse mode => keep on /parts/[role] and just change the query param
-    router.replace(
+    const qp = props.preserveQuery
-      `/parts/p/${encodeURIComponent(platform)}/${encodeURIComponent(partRole)}${queryString}`
+      ? new URLSearchParams(searchParams.toString())
-    );
+      : new URLSearchParams();
-  }
+
+    qp.set("platform", nextPlatform);
+
+    return {
+      pathname: `/parts/${encodeURIComponent(props.partRole)}`,
+      query: Object.fromEntries(qp.entries()),
+    } as const;
+  };
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+    <div className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded-md border border-zinc-800 bg-zinc-950/60 p-1">
-      <span className="text-xs uppercase tracking-[0.14em] text-zinc-500">Platform</span>
+      {PLATFORMS.map((p) => {
-      <select
+        const active = p === props.currentPlatform;
-        value={currentPlatform}
+        return (
-        onChange={(e) => go(e.target.value)}
+          <Link
-        className="rounded-md border border-zinc-700 bg-zinc-950/80 px-2 py-1 text-xs text-zinc-100 outline-none focus:border-amber-400"
+            key={p}
-      >
+            href={buildHref(p)}
-        <option value="AR-15">AR-15</option>
+            className={`px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium rounded transition-colors ${
-        <option value="AR-10">AR-10</option>
+              active
-        <option value="AR-9">AR-9</option>
+                ? "bg-zinc-800 text-zinc-50"
-        <option value="AK-47">AK-47</option>
+                : "text-zinc-400 hover:text-zinc-200 hover:bg-zinc-900/60"
-      </select>
+            }`}
-
+          >
-      {/* debug only */}
+            {p}
-      <span className="ml-2 text-[0.7rem] text-zinc-500">{pathname}</span>
+          </Link>
+        );
+      })}
     </div>
   );
 }