Inner sidebar content was pinned to a fixed openWidth (derived from store state) so it kept its full size during open/close animation. But store state only updates on pointer-release during a drag, which meant inner content didn't reflow while the user was actively dragging — only after they let go.
Keep openWidth as the inner width when the sidebar is idle (so slide-out animation still shows full-width content under the clipping aside), but during an active resize bind the inner content to a CSS variable that applyLiveWidth updates on every pointermove. The aside continues to use direct px width for transition reliability; the variable is just a side channel for the inner element.
Sidebars now slide open/closed with a 200ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) transition on width. Inline transitionProperty/Duration/TimingFunction are used directly on the aside so the change is browser-driven rather than relying on Tailwind arbitrary classes that didn't reliably trigger the width transition.
Inner sidebar content is pinned to the open width with shrink-0 so it stays full-size while the outer aside collapses around it, eliminating the vertical jitter that came from content reflowing when its container shrank. The chat-frame keeps a constant 1px border and 10px radius on all four sides — only the left/right border color toggles between border/50 and transparent — so no layout reflow happens when sidebars open. Mask-corner overlays are always mounted and animate their left/right offset and opacity in lockstep with the sidebars instead of mounting/unmounting.
* fix: exclude file content from reverted prompt text
Revert and fork now restore only the user's original prompt, not server-injected file content
Uses existing isSyntheticPart helper for type-safe filtering
* fix: keep scrollbar visible when hovering over thumb
* fix: prevent ESC abort from triggering when terminal is focused
* fix: pass directory to permission/question reply calls so approvals actually resolve
* fix: default model selection not responding after Base UI migration
* fix: prevent modal content from shifting and clipping footer buttons
* fix: improve session switching performance and add sub-agent export with prompt collapse
Defer viewport anchor saving to eliminate ~800ms UI freeze when switching sessions
Add export dialog to include sub-agent tasks recursively in markdown export
Add collapse chevron button for expanded user prompts in sticky header
* fix: resolve sidebar scroll and TDZ crash in session sidebar
* perf: reduce CPU overhead and re-renders across chat, layout, and settings
* fix: position collapse button at top of message and prevent ESC abort in terminal
* fix: position collapse button at top and add padding only when expanded
* refactor: extract shared PATH utilities and mobile keyboard hook
* refactor: import shared path-utils in electron, use module-level style constants
- Electron now imports pathLooksUserConfigured/mergePathValues from
shared path-utils.js instead of inline duplication
- ToolPart collapsedCustomStyle moved from useMemo([]) to module const
* fix: resolve remaining merge conflicts and type errors
- Remove duplicate variable declarations in SessionNodeItem
- Remove orphaned export callback body from conflict resolution
- Fix HelpDialog description -> descriptionKey (i18n rename)
* fix: resolve type-check and lint errors in session-actions.test.ts
- Added missing bun:test type declarations (beforeEach, mock, mock.module)
- Removed unused State import
- Replaced 'as any' casts with proper OpencodeClient and ChildStoreManager types
- Added eslint-disable for unused _ parameter in mock function
* fix PR 1028 export and PATH edge cases
* fix startup retry exhaustion state
* remove opencode package lock change
* fix sub-session rename cancellation
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Select toggle in header enters selection mode. Click toggles, shift-click
ranges, parent auto-includes subtasks, Cmd/Ctrl+A selects visible, Esc
exits, Cmd/Ctrl+Backspace deletes. Bulk bar: move to folder (existing or
new inline), archive/delete via existing confirm + "Never ask" pref.
Cross-scope forbidden — new scope clears previous.
Also: web sidebar header folds toggle into action row (no separate chrome
row, same position on toggle); sidebar min width bumped 250→280 so icons
fit; minimal-mode hover reveal padding trimmed.
- Cut broad render fanout across the app by replacing shared-store whole-object subscriptions with leaf selectors, memoizing hot chrome boundaries, and isolating disabled global providers from live session/message state. This keeps header controls, composer toolbars, side panels, and other non-hot UI surfaces from repainting on every assistant update or keystroke.
- Rework sidebar session ordering so recent, project groups, and worktree groups derive from one ordering source while avoiding streaming-time thrash. The sidebar now uses a stabilized session snapshot, preserves structural identity for unchanged rows, reads live row status/details per session, and applies a one-shot sort bump on idle->busy instead of continuously resorting during activity.
- Fix chat/input scroll instability by separating viewport-resize handling from message-growth handling, disabling conflicting native scroll anchoring, and stopping textarea autosize from collapsing on every growth keystroke. This removes the multiline typing jiggle during streaming and reduces unnecessary composer rerenders.
- Also gate voice context wiring behind voice-mode enablement and codify the learned render/scroll/order anti-patterns in AGENTS.md so future changes avoid the same classes of regressions.
* feat: add chat option for user message rendering mode
* feat: add chat option to toggle sticky user header
* feat(ui): overhaul context panel with reusable tabs and embedded session chat
Enable parallel context workflows with persistent tabbed views and isolated session chat while reducing resize and background runtime overhead.
* feat: polish context panel and git sidebar tabs
Refined context panel tab behavior and visuals for smoother switching and resizing
Reused the new tabs component in right sidebar and git sidebar with fit layout
Improved git section spacing, selection controls, and bulk revert confirmation flow
* feat: open diff files in editor at changed lines
Add edit actions in diff views to open files at the first changed line
Support per-file open-in-editor from All Files headers and icon-only action in single-file view
Improve file jump UX with load-aware navigation and reduced visual blink during line targeting
* fix: stabilize pill tabs and prevent git commit pathspec failures
Unified sortable tab variants to match animated styling behavior with responsive spacing and cleaner sidebar chrome
Fixed active tab pill measurement so size/position recalculates correctly when dropdowns reopen
Commit API now filters stale file paths before staging to avoid pathspec errors on deleted files
* fix: align user message action row spacing and hover behavior
* fix: persist user message view preferences in settings
Save plain-text and sticky-header toggles to settings.json when changed
Restore both chat display preferences from settings.json on startup
Validate and accept both preference fields in the settings API
* fix: improve git and sidebar tab layout on mobile
* fix: refine mobile user message action row spacing
Show mobile user-message actions in a consistent external row for sticky and non-sticky modes
Tune button row height and vertical position to match both mobile variants
Reduce sticky-header gradient tail and tighten assistant gap after user messages
* fix: improve chat action hover zones and mobile top shadow logic
Expand desktop trigger area so user action buttons reveal across the full row
Add sticky-header phantom hover row so inline actions appear from the whole button lane
Hide chat top scroll shadow on mobile only when sticky user headers are enabled
* fix: remove commit message input scrollbar flicker
Added optional scrollbar class support to shared textarea wrapper.
Disabled overlay scrollbar for Git commit message input.
Kept auto-resize behavior while preventing one-line empty-state micro-scroll.
* feat: make model provider groups collapsible in selector
Add collapsible provider headers in the chat model dropdown
Persist expanded/collapsed provider state across sessions
Refine provider header UX with inline chevrons and no hover highlight
* feat: arrange chat settings into a compact two-column layout
Places User Message Rendering next to Mermaid Rendering.
Places Diff Layout next to Diff View Mode.
Reduces right-column spacing to better match other settings sections.
* fix: show worktree branch edit controls in draft sessions
Detect worktree mode from current directory when session metadata is not yet bound
Enable immediate branch rename UI in Git sidebar without session switching
* feat: add beta badge to side panel menu action
* feat: tabbed right sidebar, context panel, floating diff comments
* fix: auto-close left sidebar when context panel opens
- Increase default context panel width from 520 to 600 pixels
- Increase sidebar minimum width from 200 to 300 pixels
- Replace collapsible component with custom button in diff view
* refactoring: rework sidebars, tabs, and file tree layout
- Rewrite AnimatedTabs as segment-style with sliding indicator
- Upgrade SidebarFilesTree to match FilesView features (context menus,
git status, file icons, CRUD dialogs, fuzzy search ranking)
- Restructure FilesView header: tabs row + actions row, remove breadcrumbs
- Show relative path in context panel header, track active tab
- Allow left sidebar to stay open alongside context panel
- Hide diff/files tabs from header on desktop (mobile-only)
- Move chevron after group name in session sidebar
- Compact tab heights in right sidebar and git view
- Size PreviewToggleButton to match other action buttons
- Remove directory loading spinner from folder icons
* feat: add project icon and color customization
- Enable users to assign custom icons to projects
- Allow users to choose accent colors for projects
- Stabilize repo status UI during project switching
* feat: add scroll fade indicators to editor tabs
* style: reduce spacing and icon sizes in header
* style: adjust tab component padding from uniform to vertical-horizontal
* feat: Add session state indicators to project tabs
* feat: Enhance session status handling and improve UI responsiveness
* fix: preserve upstream tracking on branch rename
* fix: improve initial remote selection for pull requests
- Uses saved remote name from previous session when available
- Selects remote based on tracking branch when possible
- Falls back to origin or first available remote
* perf(diff): faster highlight, stable stacked scroll
- split/unified Pierre worker pools; prefer shiki-wasm
- align diff CSS line-height; disable scroll anchoring; drop WebKit compositing hacks
- harden stacked pin/align (cancel on user scroll/input); prevent overscroll
- make overlay scrollbar MutationObserver optional; disable for diff container
* feat: handle binary files in diff view
* fix: adjust project tabs layout and drag regions
* style: update drag overlay visual styling
* feat: enable number keys to switch projects in the sidebar
* fix: recognize octet-stream as text-based MIME type
* feat: add keyboard navigation to context panel
* feat: add session pinning to sidebar
- Pin important sessions to keep them at the top
- Pinned sessions persist across browser sessions
* refactor: move context usage display from chat input to header
* feat: add unified dropdown with services content in header
* feat: add right Git sidebar with resizable panel
* feat: implement responsive panel auto-toggle and terminal rehydration
- Auto-close the right sidebar when width is below a threshold and auto-open it when space permits
- Auto-close the bottom terminal when height is below a threshold and auto-open it when enough space
- Apply a dedicated rehydrated streaming configuration for terminal sessions to optimize reconnect behavior
* feat: enhance PR view with status caching and annotations
* feat(ui): enable chat dispatch in PullRequestSection
* feat(TerminalView): adjust layout
* feat: refine chat input layout and text selection menu
* fix(ui): show empty state in GitView when no changes
* feat(git): update PR actions styling and create PR button
## What / Why
This PR finishes the desktop refactor: the Tauri app is now a thin shell that launches the web server as a sidecar and loads the UI from `http://127.0.0.1:<port>`. All real backend logic lives in `packages/web/server/index.js`; desktop Rust keeps only native integrations (menu/dialog/notifications/updater/deep-link + window chrome).
This unblocks:
- consistent behavior across web/desktop/vscode (single backend)
- simpler desktop maintenance (no duplicated Rust backend)
- host switching between Local + remote instances in desktop
- reliable cold-start behavior on slow machines (VSCode + desktop)
## Key changes
- Desktop sidecar runtime
- build pipeline to bundle web dist + `openchamber-server` sidecar (`packages/desktop/scripts/build-sidecar.mjs`)
- robust local port selection (prefer saved/default, fallback to random; persisted in `~/.config/openchamber/settings.json`)
- improved PATH handling so the sidecar can locate `opencode` CLI (incl `~/.opencode/bin`, overrides, common bins)
- disable native right-click context menu in production builds (dev keeps it)
- Desktop instance switcher (Tauri-only)
- header button + modal to add/edit/delete remote hosts, set default, probe status/ping, switch back to Local escape hatch
- auth gate includes host switcher so you can recover when a remote host is broken/auth-required
- host list stored desktop-locally (not tied to the currently selected remote server)
- Notifications
- decision logic moved server-side; desktop notifications emitted via sidecar stdout and shown natively by Tauri
- prevent double-notifications on desktop Local origin (UI ignores SSE notification when native path is active)
- restore macOS notification sound
- Updates
- Tauri updater used only when viewing Local instance in desktop shell (avoid “remote web update” triggering desktop restart)
- Settings persistence & UX polish
- persist model favorites/recents via `/api/config/settings` (works for web + desktop; not origin-dependent)
- persist per-project sidebar collapse state in `projects[].sidebarCollapsed` via `/api/config/settings` (with debounce on toggles)
- macOS header sizing/traffic-lights offsets fixed (marketing macOS major injected from desktop; MultiRun header aligned)
- VSCode cold-start: keep retrying provider/agent loads after connection to avoid empty UI on slow machines
- misc lint/type fixes + bun.lock sync
- Desktop bootstrap / resiliency
- show onboarding screen when OpenCode CLI is missing (desktop Local origin), with retry hook to restart OpenCode after install
## Testing notes
- Desktop (macOS): switch Local <-> remote, set default host, verify auth gate recovery, native notifications (with sound), updater gated to Local
- Web: favorites/recents + per-project collapsed state persist across reload/restart
- VSCode: slow startup no longer results in missing providers/agents/models
* feat: added themes system
* feat: smart sidebar auto-hide for files/diff tabs + lower files sidebar threshold
* feat: added Checkbox component and update theming
- Add reusable Checkbox component for toggles across UI
- Replace several inputs with Checkbox in settings and commands panels
- Add DiffIcon and apply surface/border theming to key UI areas
* feat: Add convert-vscode-theme.cjs to convert VS Code themes to OpenChamber format
* refactor: remove unused permission logic from ChatInput
- Remove unused permission rules parsing logic from ChatInput
- Memoize renderTheme in DiffWorkerProvider to avoid unnecessary recalculations
- Remove forceOpaque helper in vscode theme adapter
* fix: guard VSCode theme loading in MarkdownRenderer
* feat: add custom user themes loading and reload
- Load user themes from ~/.config/openchamber/themes at runtime
- Expose /api/config/themes to fetch custom themes
- Allow theme reloading from Settings → Theme → Reload themes in the UI
* fix(ui): remove fixed sessions button and mac titlebar coupling
Remove fixed sessions button from header on desktop Mac
Eliminate Mac titlebar spacer and drag-to-dock logic in sidebar
Update layout to rely on standard header/sidebar without mac-specific tweaks
* feat: improve mobile header with session toggle and back button
Add back button in mobile header to exit session switcher
Show Sessions label when session switcher is open in mobile header
Toggle between opening sessions and back navigation based on session state
Add file management API and UI components
Implement directory listing, search and CRUD operations in desktop backend
Expose new Files API on frontend to list, search, and modify files
Bohdan Triapitsyn