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+import { Box, Button, IconButton, Stack, Typography } from "@mui/material";
+import { PauseCircle, PlayCircle, StopCircle } from "@mui/icons-material";
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { interpretCurrentRecording, stopCurrentInterpretation } from "../../api/recording";
+import { useSocketStore } from "../../context/socket";
+import { useGlobalInfoStore } from "../../context/globalInfo";
+import { GenericModal } from "../atoms/GenericModal";
+import { WhereWhatPair } from "@wbr-project/wbr-interpret";
+import HelpIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Help';
+
+interface InterpretationButtonsProps {
+  enableStepping: (isPaused: boolean) => void;
+}
+
+interface InterpretationInfo {
+  running: boolean;
+  isPaused: boolean;
+}
+
+const interpretationInfo: InterpretationInfo = {
+  running: false,
+  isPaused: false,
+}
+
+export const InterpretationButtons = ({ enableStepping }: InterpretationButtonsProps) => {
+  const [info, setInfo] = React.useState<InterpretationInfo>(interpretationInfo);
+  const [decisionModal, setDecisionModal] = useState<{
+    pair: WhereWhatPair | null,
+    actionType: string,
+    selector: string,
+    action: string,
+    open:boolean
+  }>({ pair: null, actionType: '', selector: '', action: '', open: false} );
+
+  const { socket } = useSocketStore();
+  const { notify } = useGlobalInfoStore();
+
+  const finishedHandler = useCallback(() => {
+    setInfo({...info, isPaused: false});
+    enableStepping(false);
+  }, [info, enableStepping]);
+
+  const breakpointHitHandler = useCallback(() => {
+    setInfo({running: false, isPaused: true});
+    notify('warning', 'Please restart the interpretation, after updating the recording');
+    enableStepping(true);
+  }, [info, enableStepping]);
+
+  const decisionHandler = useCallback(
+    ({pair, actionType, lastData}
+       : {pair: WhereWhatPair | null, actionType: string, lastData: { selector: string, action: string }}) => {
+      const {selector, action} = lastData;
+    setDecisionModal((prevState) => {
+      return {
+        pair,
+        actionType,
+        selector,
+        action,
+        open: true,
+      }
+    })
+  }, [decisionModal]);
+
+  const handleDecision = (decision: boolean) => {
+    const {pair, actionType} = decisionModal;
+    socket?.emit('decision', {pair, actionType, decision});
+    setDecisionModal({pair: null, actionType: '', selector: '', action: '', open: false});
+  }
+
+  const handleDescription = () => {
+    switch (decisionModal.actionType){
+      case 'customAction':
+        return (
+          <React.Fragment>
+          <Typography>
+          Do you want to use the previously recorded selector
+          as a where condition for matching the action?
+        </Typography>
+        <Box style={{marginTop: '4px'}}>
+          [previous action: <b>{decisionModal.action}</b>]
+          <pre>{decisionModal.selector}</pre>
+        </Box>
+          </React.Fragment>);
+      default: return null;}
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (socket) {
+      socket.on('finished', finishedHandler);
+      socket.on('breakpointHit', breakpointHitHandler);
+      socket.on('decision', decisionHandler);
+    }
+    return () => {
+      socket?.off('finished', finishedHandler);
+      socket?.off('breakpointHit', breakpointHitHandler);
+      socket?.off('decision', decisionHandler);
+    }
+  }, [socket, finishedHandler, breakpointHitHandler]);
+
+  const handlePlay = async () => {
+    if (info.isPaused) {
+      socket?.emit("resume");
+      setInfo({running: true, isPaused: false});
+      enableStepping(false);
+    } else {
+      setInfo({...info, running: true});
+      const finished = await interpretCurrentRecording();
+      setInfo({...info, running: false});
+      if (finished) {
+        notify('info', 'Interpretation finished');
+      } else {
+        notify('error', 'Interpretation failed to start');
+      }
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleStop = async () => {
+    setInfo({ running: false, isPaused: false });
+    enableStepping(false);
+    await stopCurrentInterpretation();
+  };
+
+  const handlePause = async () => {
+    if (info.running) {
+      socket?.emit("pause");
+      setInfo({ running: false, isPaused: true });
+      notify('warning', 'Please restart the interpretation, after updating the recording');
+      enableStepping(true);
+    }
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <Stack direction="row" spacing={3}
+    sx={{ marginTop: '10px', marginBottom: '5px', justifyContent: 'space-evenly',}} >
+      <IconButton disabled={!info.running} sx={{display:'grid', '&:hover': { color: '#1976d2', backgroundColor: 'transparent' }}}
+                  aria-label="pause" size="small" title="Pause" onClick={handlePause}>
+        <PauseCircle sx={{ fontSize: 30, justifySelf:'center' }}/>
+        Pause
+      </IconButton>
+      <IconButton disabled={info.running} sx={{display:'grid', '&:hover': { color: '#1976d2', backgroundColor: 'transparent' }}}
+                  aria-label="play" size="small" title="Play" onClick={handlePlay}>
+        <PlayCircle sx={{ fontSize: 30, justifySelf:'center' }}/>
+        {info.isPaused ? 'Resume' : 'Start'}
+      </IconButton>
+      <IconButton disabled={!info.running && !info.isPaused} sx={{display:'grid', '&:hover': { color: '#1976d2', backgroundColor: 'transparent' }}}
+        aria-label="stop" size="small" title="Stop" onClick={handleStop}>
+        <StopCircle sx={{ fontSize: 30, justifySelf:'center' }}/>
+        Stop
+      </IconButton>
+      <GenericModal onClose={() => {}} isOpen={decisionModal.open} canBeClosed={false}
+      modalStyle={{
+        position: 'absolute',
+        top: '50%',
+        left: '50%',
+        transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%)',
+        width: 500,
+        background: 'white',
+        border: '2px solid #000',
+        boxShadow: '24',
+        height:'fit-content',
+        display:'block',
+        overflow:'scroll',
+        padding: '5px 25px 10px 25px',
+      }}>
+        <div style={{padding: '15px'}}>
+          <HelpIcon/>
+          {
+            handleDescription()
+          }
+          <div style={{float: 'right'}}>
+          <Button onClick={() => handleDecision(true)} color='success'>yes</Button>
+          <Button onClick={() => handleDecision(false)} color='error'>no</Button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </GenericModal>
+    </Stack>
+  );
+};