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
@@ -299,9 +299,8 @@ export const PullRequestSection: React.FC<{
trackingBranch?: string;
remotes?: GitRemote[];
remoteBranches?: string[];
variant?: 'framed' | 'plain';
onGeneratedDescription?: () => void;
}> = ({ directory, branch, baseBranch, trackingBranch, remotes = [], remoteBranches = [], variant = 'framed', onGeneratedDescription }) => {
}> = ({ directory, branch, baseBranch, trackingBranch, remotes = [], remoteBranches = [], onGeneratedDescription }) => {
const { github } = useRuntimeAPIs();
const githubAuthStatus = useGitHubAuthStore((state) => state.status);
const githubAuthChecked = useGitHubAuthStore((state) => state.hasChecked);
@@ -1334,15 +1333,9 @@ export const PullRequestSection: React.FC<{
? RiGitClosePullRequestLine
: RiGitPullRequestLine;
const containerClassName =
variant === 'framed'
? 'rounded-xl border border-border/60 bg-transparent overflow-hidden'
: 'border-0 bg-transparent rounded-none';
const headerClassName =
variant === 'framed'
? 'px-3 py-2 border-b border-border/40 flex flex-col gap-1'
: 'px-0 py-3 border-b border-border/40 flex flex-col gap-1';
const bodyClassName = variant === 'framed' ? 'flex flex-col gap-3 p-3' : 'flex flex-col gap-3 py-3';
const containerClassName = 'border-0 bg-transparent rounded-none';
const headerClassName = 'px-0 py-3 border-b border-border/40 flex flex-col gap-1';
const bodyClassName = 'flex flex-col gap-3 py-3';
return (
<section className={containerClassName}>
@@ -1382,7 +1375,7 @@ export const PullRequestSection: React.FC<{
{hasMultipleRemotes ? (
<DropdownMenu>
<DropdownMenuTrigger asChild>
<Button variant="ghost" size="sm" className="h-6 px-2 gap-1">
<Button variant="ghost" size="xs" className="gap-1">
<span className="typography-micro">{selectedRemote?.name}</span>
<RiArrowDownSLine className="size-3" />
</Button>
@@ -1693,7 +1686,7 @@ export const PullRequestSection: React.FC<{
</div>
</div>
{repoUrl ? (
<Button variant="outline" size="sm" className="h-7 px-2 py-0" asChild>
<Button variant="outline" size="sm" asChild>
<a href={repoUrl} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">
<RiExternalLinkLine className="size-4" />
Repo
@@ -1863,7 +1856,6 @@ export const PullRequestSection: React.FC<{
<Button
variant="outline"
size="sm"
className="h-7 px-2 py-0"
onClick={generateDescription}
disabled={isGenerating || isCreating}
>
@@ -1873,7 +1865,7 @@ export const PullRequestSection: React.FC<{
<div className="flex-1" />
<Button
size="sm"
className="h-7 min-w-[7.5rem] justify-center gap-2 px-2 py-0"
className="min-w-[7.5rem] justify-center gap-2"
onClick={createPr}
disabled={isCreating || !isConnected || !targetBaseBranch.trim() || targetBaseBranch.trim() === branch}
>