entity tooltip for active scene characters shouldn't show add detail op

talemate_frontend/src/components/EntityHighlightMixin.js

@@ -126,8 +126,22 @@ export default {
             this.openEntityTooltip(span, entity);
         },
 
+        // True when `name` is a live Scene actor (active or inactive roster).
+        characterIsKnown(name) {
+            return isKnownSceneCharacter(this.scene?.data, name);
+        },
+
         openEntityTooltip(activator, entity) {
-            this.entityTooltip = { open: true, activator, entity };
+            // Stamp whether a character entity is a live Scene actor. Existing
+            // characters have their own detail surfaces (sheet, attributes,
+            // progression), so Add Detail is hidden for them — but background
+            // characters (named in narrative, not actors) have no other
+            // fleshing-out path, so they keep it like items and places do.
+            const enriched =
+                entity?.kind === 'character'
+                    ? { ...entity, isKnownCharacter: this.characterIsKnown(entity.name) }
+                    : entity;
+            this.entityTooltip = { open: true, activator, entity: enriched };
         },
 
         // Flip the menu closed but keep `activator` and `entity` populated —
@@ -180,10 +194,7 @@ export default {
             dispatchLookAtEntity(this.getWebsocket(), {
                 name: entity.name,
                 kind: entity.kind,
-                isKnownCharacter: isKnownSceneCharacter(
-                    this.scene?.data,
-                    entity.name,
-                ),
+                isKnownCharacter: this.characterIsKnown(entity.name),
             });
         },
     },

talemate_frontend/src/components/EntityTooltip.vue

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                         Look at
                     </v-btn>
                     <v-btn
-                        v-if="entity?.snapshot"
+                        v-if="entity?.snapshot && !(entity?.kind === 'character' && entity?.isKnownCharacter)"
                         size="small"
                         variant="tonal"
                         color="primary"

talemate_frontend/src/components/WorldState.vue

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 
                                 </template>
                             </v-tooltip>
-                            <v-tooltip v-if="character.snapshot" :text="'Add detail to '+name">
+                            <v-tooltip v-if="character.snapshot && !characterIsKnown(name)" :text="'Add detail to '+name">
                                 <template v-slot:activator="{ props }">
                                     <v-btn size="x-small" class="mr-1" v-bind="props" variant="tonal" density="comfortable" rounded="sm" @click.stop="examineCharacter(name, character.snapshot)" icon="mdi-plus"></v-btn>
 
@@ -318,10 +318,7 @@ export default {
             dispatchLookAtEntity(this.getWebsocket(), {
                 name,
                 kind: 'character',
-                isKnownCharacter: isKnownSceneCharacter(
-                    this.sceneData?.data,
-                    name,
-                ),
+                isKnownCharacter: this.characterIsKnown(name),
             });
         },
         persistCharacter(name) {
@@ -436,6 +433,13 @@ export default {
             }
             return false;
         },
+        // Exact-match roster check (active + inactive) for the Add Detail gate.
+        // Distinct from characterExists (fuzzy/active-only), which the
+        // persist/manage buttons rely on; the Add Detail gate needs the precise
+        // "is this the same character that already has a sheet" answer.
+        characterIsKnown(name) {
+            return isKnownSceneCharacter(this.sceneData?.data, name);
+        },
         getCharacterData(name) {
             if (!this.sceneData || !this.sceneData.data || !this.sceneData.data.characters) {
                 return null;