fix: keyboard round 3 — question walk clamps, Tab focus toggle, Alt+arrow isolation, search Esc

Owner live-test rounds on waves A/B:
- Alt+arrows no longer ALSO walk the question rows (dock ignores
  alt/meta/ctrl combos; session cycling keeps them exclusively)
- question walk clamps at the ends — no wrap (faster to navigate)
- plain Tab toggles focus between the thinking field and the answer
  rows (walked row by default); focus follows the walk while in the
  rows; Shift+Tab stays the global thinking-level cycle
- Esc in the sessions search blurs back to normal (claims the key so
  the window Esc chain does not fire)
- cheat sheet gains the Tab-in-question display entry
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amosblomqvist
2026-09-18 08:34:46 +03:00
parent 8b158972db
commit ab5d5da9fb
4 changed files with 79 additions and 22 deletions
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@@ -294,20 +294,25 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
// answer and the reasoning behind it, side by side.
const selectOther = () => setSel(toggleOther(selectMode, sel));
/* ── The keyboard machine (shortcut wave B, 2026-09-17) ──
/* ── The keyboard machine (shortcut wave B, owner rounds 2026-09-17) ──
↑/↓ walk EVERY answerable row in order — options first, then the
quiz's "I don't know" or the ask's "Other…" (whichever exists).
Space acts on the walked row exactly like a click (multi toggles,
single displaces; Other also focuses its input for typing), Enter
submits once an answer exists. Two guards keep native behavior
quiz's "I don't know" or the ask's "Other…" (whichever exists) —
CLAMPED at the ends, no wrap (owner: faster to navigate when the
walk stops at the last row). Space acts on the walked row exactly
like a click (multi toggles, single displaces; Other also focuses
its input for typing), Enter submits once an answer exists.
Tab toggles FOCUS between the thinking field and the answer rows
(owner round 3) — nothing else; Shift+Tab is NOT ours (the global
thinking-level cycle owns it). Two guards keep native behavior
intact: keys from a TYPING SURFACE keep their meaning (arrows move
the caret, space types), and keys from INSIDE the dock keep the
DOM's semantics (Enter on a focused row/button clicks it). The
listener is document-level and lives only while the dock is
the caret, space types), and modifier combos are never ours
(Alt+arrows cycle sessions — they must not ALSO walk the rows).
The listener is document-level and lives only while the dock is
expanded — collapsed, the bar's native Enter expands it. */
const [kbdIdx, setKbdIdx] = useState<number | null>(null);
const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
const otherInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
const thinkingRef = useRef<HTMLTextAreaElement>(null);
// One row past the options is the trailing row: quiz → don't-know,
// ask → Other (a question never has both).
const optionCount = qd.mode === "text" ? 0 : qd.options.length;
@@ -323,20 +328,52 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
}
};
// Focus the walked row's focusable element — the Other row is a div,
// so its inline input is the focus target there.
const focusRow = (idx: number) => {
const row = rootRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-kbdrow="${idx}"]`) as HTMLElement | null;
if (!row) return;
const el = (row.querySelector("input") as HTMLElement | null) ?? row;
el.focus();
};
useEffect(() => {
if (!active || rowCount === 0) return;
const onKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
const t = e.target as HTMLElement | null;
if (t && (t.tagName === "INPUT" || t.tagName === "TEXTAREA" || t.isContentEditable)) return;
// Keys from inside the dock keep DOM semantics (Enter clicks a
// focused row; Space presses a focused button).
if (t && rootRef.current?.contains(t)) return;
const typing = !!t && (t.tagName === "INPUT" || t.tagName === "TEXTAREA" || t.isContentEditable);
// Alt/Cmd/Ctrl combos are never ours (Alt+arrows cycle sessions
// globally — they must not ALSO walk the question rows).
const modded = e.altKey || e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey;
// Plain Tab toggles focus: rows → thinking, anything else → the
// walked (or first) row. Shift+Tab falls through (the global
// thinking-level cycle owns it), so the shift check matters.
if (e.key === "Tab" && !e.shiftKey && !modded) {
e.preventDefault();
e.stopPropagation();
if (t?.closest?.("[data-kbdrow]")) thinkingRef.current?.focus();
else {
const idx = kbdIdx ?? 0;
setKbdIdx(idx);
focusRow(idx);
}
return;
}
// Keys from a typing surface keep their meaning (arrows move
// the caret, space types).
if (typing || modded) return;
if (e.key === "ArrowDown") {
e.preventDefault();
setKbdIdx((i) => (i === null ? 0 : (i + 1) % rowCount));
const next = Math.min((kbdIdx ?? -1) + 1, rowCount - 1);
setKbdIdx(next);
// Focus follows the walk while the user is IN the rows (Tab
// put them there) so focused and walked never diverge.
if (t?.closest?.("[data-kbdrow]")) focusRow(next);
} else if (e.key === "ArrowUp") {
e.preventDefault();
setKbdIdx((i) => (i === null ? rowCount - 1 : (i - 1 + rowCount) % rowCount));
const next = Math.max((kbdIdx ?? rowCount) - 1, 0);
setKbdIdx(next);
if (t?.closest?.("[data-kbdrow]")) focusRow(next);
} else if (e.key === " ") {
if (kbdIdx === null) return; // plain Space keeps scrolling the page
e.preventDefault();
@@ -542,6 +579,7 @@ function QuestionDockForm({
/>
) : (
<textarea
ref={thinkingRef}
value={thinking}
onChange={(e) => setThinking(e.target.value)}
onKeyDown={(e) => {
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@@ -436,6 +436,15 @@ function SessionsSidebar() {
data-testid="session-search"
value={query}
onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
// Esc leaves the search (owner, keyboard wave): blur back
// to normal, and claim the key so the window Esc chain
// (dictation / abort) doesn't also fire.
onKeyDown={(e) => {
if (e.key === "Escape") {
e.stopPropagation();
e.currentTarget.blur();
}
}}
placeholder="Search..."
aria-label="Search sessions"
className="h-6 rounded-sm border-border bg-background pl-6 text-xs placeholder:text-muted-foreground/60"
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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ second pillar of input).
round) → abort turn (local stream only — a server-side wake turn has
no client request to abort). Every element/document-level Esc handler
that acts calls `e.stopPropagation()` so the window chain never
double-fires.
double-fires. The session search claims Esc to blur back to normal.
- **Focus ring**: browser Tab-focus is gone, so `:focus-visible` stays
unstyled (an earlier experimental outline was live-rejected — inputs
showed a red ring on plain click-focus).
@@ -55,21 +55,29 @@ second pillar of input).
| Cheat sheet | ? | keyboard-shortcuts.tsx |
| Find (graph: node search) | ⌘F | `lh:kbd-find` (graph-view.tsx; chat transcript search rides the same event when that feature lands) |
## Question dock row machine (Wave B)
## Question dock row machine (Wave B, owner rounds 2026-09-17)
While a question is expanded, the dock owns ↑/↓/Space/Enter:
While a question is expanded, the dock owns ↑/↓/Space/Enter/Tab:
- **↑/↓** walk every answerable row in order — options first, then the
quiz's "I don't know" / the ask's "Other…" (never both). Wraps. The
walked row gets a subtle ring (`bg-accent/40`) and scrollIntoView.
quiz's "I don't know" / the ask's "Other…" (never both) — **clamped at
the ends, no wrap** (owner: faster to navigate when the walk stops).
The walked row gets a subtle ring (`bg-accent/40`) and scrollIntoView.
- **Space** acts on the walked row exactly like a click: multi toggles,
single displaces; Other also focuses its inline input for typing.
- **Enter** submits once an answer exists (`canSubmit`).
- **Tab (plain)** toggles focus between the thinking field and the
answer rows — nothing else (owner round 3). From the thinking side it
focuses the walked (or first) row; from the rows it returns to the
thinking field. Focus follows the walk while the user is in the rows,
so focused and walked never diverge. Shift+Tab is NOT the dock's —
the global thinking-level cycle owns it everywhere.
- Guards: keys from a typing surface keep their native meaning (arrows
move the caret, space types — the thinking field is never hijacked),
and keys from inside the dock keep DOM semantics (Enter on a focused
button clicks it). The listener lives only while the dock is expanded
— collapsed, the bar's native Enter expands it.
and modifier combos are never the dock's — Alt+arrows cycle sessions
without ALSO walking the question rows (owner round 3). The listener
lives only while the dock is expanded — collapsed, the bar's native
Enter expands it.
## Status
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@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export type KeyAction =
| "rename-session"
| "cheat-sheet"
| "find"
| "question-focus"
| "question-next-row"
| "question-prev-row"
| "question-pick-row"
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export const KEYBOARD_ACTIONS: readonly KeyActionDef[] = [
// The question dock's row machine (wave B) — displayOnly: the dock owns
// the keys while a question is expanded; the registry never dispatches
// them, so bare arrows stay free everywhere else.
{ id: "question-focus", label: "Question · focus thinking ↔ rows", scope: "chat", binding: "tab", displayOnly: true },
{ id: "question-next-row", label: "Question · next row", scope: "chat", binding: "arrowdown", displayOnly: true },
{ id: "question-prev-row", label: "Question · previous row", scope: "chat", binding: "arrowup", displayOnly: true },
{ id: "question-pick-row", label: "Question · pick row", scope: "chat", binding: "space", displayOnly: true },