fix(chat): improve autocomplete popups

packages/ui/src/components/chat/CommandAutocomplete.tsx

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { useUIStore } from '@/stores/useUIStore';
 import { isVSCodeRuntime } from '@/lib/desktop';
 import { useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight } from './useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight';
 import { commandMatchesSearch, mergeCommandAutocompleteItems } from './commandAutocompleteItems';
+import { AutocompleteRowTooltip } from './composer/ui/AutocompleteRowTooltip';
 
 type CommandSource = 'openchamber' | 'opencode' | 'skill';
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ export const CommandAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<CommandAutocompleteHandle, C
   const keyboardNavigationRef = React.useRef(false);
   const itemRefs = React.useRef<(HTMLDivElement | null)[]>([]);
   const containerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
-  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, isMobile);
+  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, true);
   const ignoreClickRef = React.useRef(false);
   const pointerStartRef = React.useRef<{ x: number; y: number } | null>(null);
   const pointerMovedRef = React.useRef(false);
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ export const CommandAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<CommandAutocompleteHandle, C
               const isSystem = command.isBuiltIn;
               const isOpenChamberBadge = command.isOpenChamber;
               return (
+                <AutocompleteRowTooltip description={command.description} active={index === selectedIndex}>
                 <div
                   key={command.id}
                   ref={(el) => { itemRefs.current[index] = el; }}
@@ -471,13 +473,9 @@ export const CommandAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<CommandAutocompleteHandle, C
                         </span>
                       )}
                     </div>
-                    {command.description && !isMobile && (
-                      <div className="typography-meta text-muted-foreground mt-0.5 truncate">
-                        {command.description}
-                      </div>
-                    )}
                   </div>
                 </div>
+                </AutocompleteRowTooltip>
               );
             })}
             {commands.length === 0 && (

packages/ui/src/components/chat/FileMentionAutocomplete.tsx

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { useFilesViewShowGitignored } from '@/lib/filesViewShowGitignored';
 import { useI18n } from '@/lib/i18n';
 import { useUIStore } from '@/stores/useUIStore';
 import { useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight } from './useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight';
+import { AutocompleteRowTooltip } from './composer/ui/AutocompleteRowTooltip';
 
 type FileInfo = ProjectFileSearchHit;
 type AgentInfo = {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export const FileMentionAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<FileMentionHandle, FileM
   const measureRefs = React.useRef<(HTMLSpanElement | null)[]>([]);
   const containerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const isMobile = useUIStore((state) => state.isMobile);
-  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, isMobile);
+  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, true);
   const normalizedSearchQuery = (searchQuery ?? '').trim();
   const recentFiles = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!projectRoot || !projectTabs) {
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ export const FileMentionAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<FileMentionHandle, FileM
             {visibleAgents.map((agent, index) => {
               const isSelected = selectedIndex === index;
               return (
+                <AutocompleteRowTooltip description={agent.description} active={isSelected}>
                 <div
                   key={`agent-${agent.name}`}
                   ref={(el) => { itemRefs.current[index] = el; }}
@@ -470,11 +472,9 @@ export const FileMentionAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<FileMentionHandle, FileM
                 >
                   <div className="min-w-0 flex-1">
                     <div className="font-semibold truncate">@{agent.name}</div>
-                    {agent.description && !isMobile ? (
-                      <div className="typography-meta text-muted-foreground truncate">{agent.description}</div>
-                    ) : null}
                   </div>
                 </div>
+                </AutocompleteRowTooltip>
               );
             })}
             {visibleAgents.length === 2 && normalizedSearchQuery.length === 0 && agents.length > 2 && (

packages/ui/src/components/chat/SkillAutocomplete.tsx

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useSkillsStore } from '@/stores/useSkillsStore';
 import { useUIStore } from '@/stores/useUIStore';
 import { ScrollableOverlay } from '@/components/ui/ScrollableOverlay';
 import { useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight } from './useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight';
+import { AutocompleteRowTooltip } from './composer/ui/AutocompleteRowTooltip';
 
 interface SkillInfo {
   name: string;
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ export const SkillAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<SkillAutocompleteHandle, Skill
 }, ref) => {
   const containerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const isMobile = useUIStore((state) => state.isMobile);
-  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, isMobile);
+  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, true, 240);
   const [selectedIndex, setSelectedIndex] = React.useState(0);
   const selectedIndexRef = React.useRef(0);
   const keyboardNavigationRef = React.useRef(false);
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ export const SkillAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<SkillAutocompleteHandle, Skill
     const isProject = skill.scope === 'project';
     const source = skill.source || 'opencode';
     return (
+      <AutocompleteRowTooltip description={skill.description} active={index === selectedIndex}>
       <div
         key={`${skill.name}-${skill.scope}`}
         ref={(el) => {
@@ -157,13 +159,9 @@ export const SkillAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<SkillAutocompleteHandle, Skill
               {source}
             </span>
           </div>
-          {skill.description && !isMobile && (
-            <div className="typography-meta text-muted-foreground mt-0.5 truncate">
-              {skill.description}
-            </div>
-          )}
         </div>
       </div>
+      </AutocompleteRowTooltip>
     );
   };
 

packages/ui/src/components/chat/SnippetAutocomplete.tsx

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const SnippetAutocomplete = React.forwardRef<SnippetAutocompleteHandle, S
   const { t } = useI18n();
   const containerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
   const isMobile = useUIStore((state) => state.isMobile);
-  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, isMobile);
+  const mobileMaxHeight = useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight(containerRef, true, 240);
   const [selectedIndex, setSelectedIndex] = React.useState(0);
   const selectedIndexRef = React.useRef(0);
   const [filteredSnippets, setFilteredSnippets] = React.useState<Snippet[]>([]);

packages/ui/src/components/chat/composer/ui/AutocompleteRowTooltip.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from '@/components/ui/tooltip';
+
+interface AutocompleteRowTooltipProps {
+  description?: string;
+  active: boolean;
+  children: React.ReactElement;
+}
+
+export function AutocompleteRowTooltip({ description, active, children }: AutocompleteRowTooltipProps) {
+  const [delayedActive, setDelayedActive] = React.useState(false);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!active || !description) {
+      setDelayedActive(false);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const timeout = window.setTimeout(() => setDelayedActive(true), 200);
+    return () => window.clearTimeout(timeout);
+  }, [active, description]);
+
+  if (!description) return children;
+
+  return (
+    <Tooltip delayDuration={0} open={active && delayedActive} onOpenChange={() => {}}>
+      <TooltipTrigger asChild>{children}</TooltipTrigger>
+      {active && delayedActive ? (
+        <TooltipContent
+          side="right"
+          sideOffset={8}
+          className="max-w-xs text-left transition-none data-[starting-style]:opacity-100 data-[starting-style]:scale-100 data-[ending-style]:opacity-100 data-[ending-style]:scale-100"
+        >
+          <p className="typography-meta whitespace-pre-wrap">{description}</p>
+        </TooltipContent>
+      ) : null}
+    </Tooltip>
+  );
+}

packages/ui/src/components/chat/useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight.ts

@@ -1,22 +1,21 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
 /**
- * Mobile: clamp an autocomplete popup (anchored above the composer via
+ * Clamp an autocomplete popup (anchored above the composer via `bottom-full`)
- * `bottom-full`) so it never rises past the top of the chat area. The chat
+ * so it never rises past the top of the chat area. The chat `<main>` starts
- * `<main>` starts below the app header in both the Capacitor shell and the
+ * below the app header, so its top edge is the correct boundary.
- * mobile browser, so its top edge is the correct boundary for both.
  *
  * Re-measures on window resizes and when the native keyboard choreography
  * settles (the composer — and therefore the popup's anchor — moves with it).
  *
- * Returns an inline max-height in px, or undefined when disabled. NOTE: the
+ * Returns an inline max-height only when the available space is smaller than
- * inline value REPLACES any `max-h-*` class (it does not combine) — on mobile
+ * the popup's normal CSS height cap. This keeps the desktop cap intact while
- * the popup is allowed to grow all the way to the boundary, unlike the
+ * still protecting the header on tall draft composers.
- * desktop design cap.
  */
 export const useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight = (
     containerRef: React.RefObject<HTMLElement | null>,
     enabled: boolean,
+    normalMaxHeight = 256,
 ): number | undefined => {
     const [maxHeight, setMaxHeight] = React.useState<number | undefined>(undefined);
 
@@ -28,16 +27,15 @@ export const useMobileAutocompleteMaxHeight = (
             const main = el.closest('main');
             if (!main) return;
             // Mobile browsers pan the page up to reveal the focused field, so
-            // <main>'s top can sit ABOVE the visible screen (negative client
+            // <main>'s top can sit above the visible screen. The binding
-            // coordinates). The binding boundary is whichever is lower: the
+            // boundary is whichever is lower: the chat area's top or the
-            // chat area's top or the visual viewport's top (its offsetTop is
+            // visual viewport's top.
-            // expressed in the same layout-viewport client coordinates).
             const visualTop = window.visualViewport?.offsetTop ?? 0;
             const boundaryTop = Math.max(main.getBoundingClientRect().top, visualTop);
             // The popup's bottom edge is its anchor (composer top) and does not
             // depend on its current height.
-            const available = el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom - boundaryTop - 8;
+            const available = Math.max(0, Math.floor(el.getBoundingClientRect().bottom - boundaryTop - 8));
-            const next = Math.max(120, Math.floor(available));
+            const next = available < normalMaxHeight ? available : undefined;
             setMaxHeight((prev) => (prev === next ? prev : next));
         };
         measure();