OpenCut-app / OpenCut-app/OpenCut
[FEATURE] Track locking to prevent accidental edits
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Description
Description
There is no ability to lock tracks to prevent accidental edits. This is a standard feature in professional video editors.
Expected Behavior
- Lock icon button per track (next to mute/visibility toggles)
- Locked tracks prevent: element deletion, moving, resizing, splitting
- Locked tracks still allow playback
- Visual indicator (dimmed or lock overlay) when track is locked
Files
- `apps/web/src/components/editor/panels/timeline/index.tsx`
- `apps/web/src/types/timeline.ts` (add `locked` field to Track type)
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Research direction
Start with apps/web/src/components/editor/panels/timeline/index.tsx and apps/web/src/types/timeline.ts, then trace the timeline paths responsible for deleting, moving, resizing, and splitting elements. Add the track lock state and UI behavior so locked tracks remain playable but reject those edits and show a visual indicator. Done means each listed edit is blocked while playback still works.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100