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
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Iuliia Ivashko
parent 359879153a
commit 321cc7252a
222 changed files with 8575 additions and 5456 deletions
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
RiInformationLine,
RiPlayLine,
} from '@remixicon/react';
import { ButtonSmall } from '@/components/ui/button-small';
import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
import { Checkbox } from '@/components/ui/checkbox';
import {
Collapsible,
@@ -198,10 +198,10 @@ export const ProjectActionsSection: React.FC<ProjectActionsSectionProps> = ({ pr
<h3 className="typography-ui-header font-medium text-foreground">Actions</h3>
<p className="typography-meta text-muted-foreground">Per-project commands shown in header next to project name.</p>
</div>
<ButtonSmall type="button" variant="outline" size="xs" className="!font-normal" onClick={handleAddAction}>
<Button type="button" variant="outline" size="xs" className="!font-normal" onClick={handleAddAction}>
<RiAddLine className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
Add action
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
</div>
<section className="pb-2 pt-0 space-y-2">
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export const ProjectActionsSection: React.FC<ProjectActionsSectionProps> = ({ pr
</div>
</CollapsibleTrigger>
<ButtonSmall
<Button
type="button"
variant="ghost"
size="xs"
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ export const ProjectActionsSection: React.FC<ProjectActionsSectionProps> = ({ pr
onClick={() => handleRemoveAction(action.id)}
>
<RiDeleteBinLine className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
</div>
<CollapsibleContent className="pt-1.5">
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ export const ProjectActionsSection: React.FC<ProjectActionsSectionProps> = ({ pr
{validationError ? (
<p className="typography-meta mb-2 text-[var(--status-warning)]">{validationError}</p>
) : null}
<ButtonSmall
<Button
type="button"
size="xs"
className="!font-normal"
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ export const ProjectActionsSection: React.FC<ProjectActionsSectionProps> = ({ pr
disabled={!canSave}
>
{isSaving ? 'Saving...' : 'Save Actions'}
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
</div>
</section>
</div>
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
import React from 'react';
import { Input } from '@/components/ui/input';
import { ButtonSmall } from '@/components/ui/button-small';
import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button';
import { ScrollableOverlay } from '@/components/ui/ScrollableOverlay';
import { toast } from '@/components/ui';
import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ export const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
placeholder="#000000"
className="h-7 w-[8rem]"
/>
<ButtonSmall
<Button
type="button"
size="xs"
variant="outline"
@@ -410,21 +410,21 @@ export const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
disabled={!iconBackground}
>
<RiCloseLine className="h-3.5 w-3.5" />
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
</div>
)}
<div className="mt-2 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-2">
{!hasCustomIcon && (
<>
<ButtonSmall
<Button
size="xs"
className="h-6 !font-normal"
onClick={() => fileInputRef.current?.click()}
disabled={isUploadingIcon}
>
{isUploadingIcon ? 'Uploading...' : 'Upload Icon'}
</ButtonSmall>
<ButtonSmall
</Button>
<Button
size="xs"
className="h-6 !font-normal"
variant="outline"
@@ -432,11 +432,11 @@ export const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
disabled={isDiscoveringIcon}
>
{isDiscoveringIcon ? 'Discovering...' : 'Discover Favicon'}
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
</>
)}
{hasRemovableImageIcon && (
<ButtonSmall
<Button
size="xs"
className="!font-normal"
variant="outline"
@@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ export const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
disabled={isRemovingCustomIcon}
>
{isRemovingCustomIcon ? 'Removing...' : 'Remove Project Icon'}
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
)}
{pendingRemoveImageIcon && (
<ButtonSmall
<Button
size="xs"
className="!font-normal"
variant="outline"
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
disabled={isRemovingCustomIcon}
>
Undo Remove
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
)}
</div>
</div>
@@ -463,14 +463,14 @@ export const ProjectsPage: React.FC = () => {
</section>
<div className="mt-0.5 px-2 py-1">
<ButtonSmall
<Button
onClick={handleSave}
disabled={!hasChanges || name.trim().length === 0 || isUploadingIcon || isRemovingCustomIcon}
size="xs"
className="!font-normal"
>
Save Changes
</ButtonSmall>
</Button>
</div>
</div>