Major UI refresh: sidebar redesign, theme expansion, and chat performance optimizations (#706)

## Summary
Complete sidebar redesign and comprehensive UI polish pass with performance optimizations, theme system refinements, and desktop integration improvements.

## Key Changes

**Sidebar & Navigation Redesign**
- Redesigned sessions sidebar layout with unified button primitives
- Added activity sections with project grouping and improved session organization
- Refined sidebar corners, spacing, and visual hierarchy
- Removed NavRail component in favor of streamlined sidebar
- Stabilized sessions bar toggle position in fullscreen mode

**Performance Optimizations**
- Reduced chat streaming CPU usage and storage churn
- Optimized task tool polling and live timers with debouncing
- Prevented chat state races and reduced background request load
- Debounced draft writes and coalesced session reloads
- Optimized message store updates and turn tracking

**Theme & Visual System**
- Added theme-aware window corners (desktop) and border radius tokens
- Introduced glassmorphism effects on desktop sidebar
- Added backdrop blur to UI elements

**Chat Experience**
- Added session-based permission auto-accept toggle in chat input
- Polished permission shield UX with improved icon sizing and spacing
- Fixed chat scroll-to-bottom behavior and timeline tracking
- Enhanced tool output display with better path label detection
- Removed duplicate draft context details in chat header
- Added text selection menu to chat messages

**Git Improvements**
- Refreshed git history visual design with cleaner dividers
- Added remote removal action in sync selector
- Stabilized git polling to prevent excessive requests
- Improved tool output rendering for git operations

**Settings & Panels**
- Fixed mobile scrolling on settings pages
- Made outside-click settings close instantly
- Reduced settings load churn and CPU spikes
- Improved services dropdown layout and spacing
- Softened panel resize handles

**Desktop Integration**
- Synced macOS window theme with app theme
- Restored window dragging in sidebar header zones
- Fixed system window corners on macOS
- Improved header session metadata and action controls

**Button & Component Standardization**
- Unified button primitives across all components
- Standardized destructive action patterns
- Removed unused button variants (button-large, button-small)
- Aligned context tab close hit areas

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Co-authored-by: Iuliia Ivashko <yulia.ivashko@gmail.com>
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Bohdan Triapitsyn
2026-03-20 01:01:03 +02:00
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@@ -33,6 +33,43 @@ OpenChamber uses a JSON-based theme system. Themes are defined in `packages/ui/s
- Status colors = **ONLY for actual feedback** (errors, warnings, success)
- Input footers = `bg-transparent` on elevated background
## Button Rules (MANDATORY)
Use only the shared `Button` component from `packages/ui/src/components/ui/button.tsx`.
- Do not create wrapper button components (for example `ButtonLarge`, `ButtonSmall`).
- Do not hardcode button height/padding classes when a `size` variant exists.
- Use semantic button variants consistently; avoid ad-hoc one-off button styling.
### Allowed Button Variants
| Variant | Use for | Token direction |
|-------|-------|-------|
| `default` | Primary action in a local section/dialog | `primary.*` |
| `outline` | Secondary visible action | `surface.elevated` + `interactive.*` |
| `secondary` | Soft secondary action | `interactive.hover` / `interactive.active` |
| `ghost` | Low-emphasis row/toolbar action | transparent + `interactive.hover` |
| `destructive` | Destructive actions (`Delete`, `Revert all`) | `status.error*` |
| `link` | Rare inline text action only | text-link style |
### Allowed Button Sizes
| Size | Use for |
|------|---------|
| `xs` | Dense controls in rows/lists |
| `sm` | Default compact action buttons |
| `default` | Standard form/page actions |
| `lg` | Prominent large actions |
| `icon` | Icon-only square button |
### Button Selection Quick Guide
1. Main CTA in section/dialog -> `default`
2. Side action next to CTA -> `outline`
3. Quiet auxiliary action -> `ghost`
4. Dangerous action -> `destructive`
5. Tiny row action -> keep same variant, set `size="xs"`
### Never Use
- Hardcoded hex colors (`#FF0000`)