Navigation

The model governing how a member moves through runtime space. Navigation in Elonn is spatial — movement between surfaces and regions, not traversal of a document or menu hierarchy.

Elonn currently trends toward: spatial stack navigation.

Navigation models:

• stack — linear push/pop
• spatial — positional movement through space
• radial — arc-based arrangement
• hierarchical — tree structure
• linear — single axis

Sub-concepts:

• focus — the currently targeted interactive entity within the runtime
• context shift — movement between conceptually distinct states (e.g., messages → maps, calendar → navigation)

Interaction primitives:

• gesture — continuous user movement input (drag, swipe, pinch, rotate, hold)
• gesture capture — system ownership of input during an active gesture
• commit — finalize a state transition after the snap threshold is met
• settle — animated stabilization after interaction ends
• rebound — return to previous state after a failed threshold crossing

Allowed:

• navigation
• navigation model
• context shift
• gesture

Forbidden:

• routing (implies URL or page model)
• page navigation (surfaces are not pages)
• back / forward (implies browser history model)
• menu navigation (surfaces are not menus)

Notes:

• Navigation describes spatial movement, not document traversal. Do not import browser or filesystem navigation metaphors.
• Gesture interaction is the primary input model; programmatic, voice, gaze, and keyboard transitions are also valid.

Related:

• deck
• surface
• runtime
• region