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feat(ui): keyboard-first command palette and project list - #608

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Boite can be driven from the keyboard: Ctrl+K groups threads by project and shows which row Enter takes, and a new thread's project is picked with Ctrl+F and a few letters.

Ctrl+K, then on a new thread Ctrl+F, "boite builder", Enter: the draft moves to boite on Builder and the typing lands in the composer

what changed

  • The palette groups threads under their project and machine, each row showing the sidebar's state ("Needs you", "Working for 3m").
  • The row Enter takes carries the accent wash, an edge bar and an Enter glyph; the old fill was invisible in dark.
  • A typed query also lists projects; picking one starts a new thread there with the keyboard in the composer.
  • Each query word may land on its own field, so "boite m2" finds boite on m2 (scoreFields in lib/palette.ts).
  • The draft's project list opens centred like the palette, one line per project, ranked with the same scoring across machines.
  • Ctrl+F on a draft opens that list; a pick, on any machine, or Escape twice gives the keys back to the composer.
  • Enter on a query nothing matches no longer opens the folder dialog; Tab stays in the list and a phone's Back closes it.
  • UI size limits rise to 493,500 and 4,875,000 bytes (docs/ci.md).

to question

Ctrl+F means find in a thread and pick the project on a draft, where there is nothing to find. Ctrl+T as a second New thread chord is not added: the keyboard table holds one chord per command, and Settings > Keyboard can move it.

bundle size

Against main 18aa29cf in CI: +1,183 entry bytes and +5,772 UI bytes, nothing in the core. The entry grows with the per-field ranking the project list shares with the palette (scoreFields), the folder shortening (homePath), the list's modal keys and the find chord's request (projectChoiceRequest). The rest of the UI grows with the palette's project headings, project rows and per-row thread states.

verified

  • bun run check: 0 errors.
  • vitest run in packages/ui: 321 files, 2180 tests pass.
  • e2e on Linux: drafts-overlays 5, recent-attention 4, project-views 5, readability 9 pass.
  • The new recent-attention steps (Ctrl+F at phone width focuses the search, Back closes it) fail on the previous head.
  • GPT-6.1 Sol (high) found Back, phone focus and Tab escaping the list; all three fixed and covered.
  • not verified: the Windows app, a real phone, a real core with many projects.

captures

Before: a query mixed commands and threads under repeated headings.

before, dark, query "t"

After: threads under their project and machine, states on the right.

after, nothing typed

After: "boite builder" reaches boite's threads on Builder and offers a new thread there.

after, query "boite builder"

Before: the project list opened upward with room for three rows.

before, project list

After: the list opens like the palette, grouped by machine.

after, project list

After: one word on the name, one on the machine.

after, project list, "boite builder"

Phone, light: palette query and project list.

phone palette

phone project list

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The command palette now searches projects alongside threads and commands. The draft project picker can open through the Find shortcut and supports cross-machine search, keyboard interaction, and phone-specific behavior.

Changes: Project Search and Draft Picker

Layer / File(s) Summary
Project search and palette results
packages/ui/src/components/CommandPalette.svelte, packages/ui/src/components/CommandPalette.test.ts, packages/ui/src/lib/palette*, packages/ui/src/lib/format.ts, packages/ui/src/lib/commands.svelte.ts, packages/ui/src/lib/strings.*.ts, docs/ci.md, scripts/ci/budgets.json
The palette ranks and groups project, thread, and command results. Selecting a project starts a draft on its machine. Search helpers, translations, tests, and recorded UI bundle budgets are updated.
Keyboard-triggered draft project picker
packages/ui/src/components/ProjectChoice.svelte, packages/ui/src/components/ChatView.svelte, packages/ui/src/lib/store/..., packages/ui/src/lib/command-table.ts, packages/ui/src/app/drafts.test.ts, tests/e2e/drafts-overlays.test.ts, tests/e2e/recent-attention.test.ts
The Find shortcut can open the draft project picker. The picker searches across machines, supports phone and desktop layouts, handles keyboard focus, and returns focus to the composer after selection.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant commandTable
  participant Layout
  participant ProjectChoice
  participant Composer
  User->>commandTable: Press Find while a draft is open
  commandTable->>Layout: Increment projectChoiceRequest
  Layout->>ProjectChoice: Signal the picker request
  ProjectChoice-->>User: Open picker and focus search
  User->>ProjectChoice: Search and select a project or draft
  ProjectChoice->>Composer: Focus composer after selection
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Suggested reviewers: chrisplayer

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3831b

Confirming text with an input method on macOS can unexpectedly activate a palette result. The remote-project focus concern was ruled out; the remaining issue is bounded but worth fixing.

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#614 split strings.en.ts and strings.fr.ts into one file per part. When git merge origin/main stops on them, run bun scripts/migrate/split-catalogues.ts: it replays this branch's catalogue edits onto main's parts and stages them. A part both sides changed on the same lines keeps conflict markers.

# Conflicts:
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#	packages/ui/src/lib/strings.fr.ts
#	scripts/ci/budgets.json
# Conflicts:
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#	scripts/ci/budgets.json
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