[theotarr]

Summary

Fixes the broken cursor behavior in the plan question flow, where editing an answer could force the cursor back to the end on every keystroke and make left/right arrow navigation or click-to-reposition feel broken.

Also adds keyboard shortcuts for moving between questions without reaching for the mouse.

Root cause

The composer reset effect in ChatView.tsx was keyed on the entire pending progress object.

Because activePendingProgress.customAnswer changes on every keystroke, the effect re-ran while typing and called:

• setComposerCursor(activePendingProgress.customAnswer.length)
• setComposerTrigger(...)

That continuously shoved the cursor to the end of the answer in question mode.

Fix

apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx

• Narrowed the composer reset effect so it only runs when the active pending question changes
• Stopped resetting the cursor on every answer update
• Preserved normal left/right arrow movement and click-to-place cursor while editing question answers
• Kept the earlier keyboard navigation improvement:
  • Alt+↑ → previous question
  • Alt+↓ → next question
• Added button tooltips showing the shortcuts

Result

In question-answer mode:

• normal cursor movement works again
• clicking earlier in the input to edit works again
• users can still navigate between questions with the mouse or Alt+↑ / Alt+↓
• Enter continues to advance/submit as before

Testing

• npx vitest run apps/web/src/pendingUserInput.test.ts apps/web/src/session-logic.test.ts
• Manual verification of cursor behavior in question mode

Fixes #528

Note

Preserve cursor position while answering plan questions in ChatView and add Alt+↑/Alt+↓ navigation shortcuts in ChatView.tsx

Limit the composer reset useEffect dependencies to activePendingProgress?.activeQuestion?.id, activePendingQuestionIndex, and activePendingUserInput?.requestId, and handle Alt+ArrowUp/Alt+ArrowDown in the composer key handler; add shortcut tooltips to pending-question buttons in ChatView.tsx.

📍Where to Start

Start with the composer reset useEffect and onComposerKeyDown handler in ChatView.tsx.

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[maria-rcks]

closing this for now because it does not follow our contribution guidelines:
https://github.com/pingdotgg/t3code/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

for ui changes, please include clear before/after screenshots, and a short video if the change depends on motion or interaction details.

feel free to update the pr with that context and reopen it.