feat(web): opt-in setting to start new threads in background#23915
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apps/web/src/components/chat/useComposerCommandKey.ts · Earlier revision 03f9c889 · right 211
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@@ -200,7 +204,11 @@ export function useComposerCommandKey(input: {
composerMenuOpenRef.current = false;
return true;
}
- if (menuIsActive && (submissionIntent === null || submissionIntent === "foreground")) {
+ const plainSendIntent = composerDefaultSendIntent({
+ isDraftThread: routeKind === "draft",
+ startNewThreadsInBackground,
+ });
+ if (menuIsActive && (submissionIntent === null || submissionIntent === plainSendIntent)) {
C🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Keep the modifier-required send chord out of menu selection.
When startNewThreadsInBackground is on and sendShortcut is mod-enter, Ctrl+Enter resolves to "background". If a suggestion menu is open, that intent equals plainSendIntent. Line 211 then selects the highlighted suggestion instead of sending the draft. The previous foreground-only condition let this send chord through. Restrict default-intent menu selection to an unmodified Enter or Tab so the configured send chord still submits.
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| 6 | Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/useComposerCommandKey.ts at line |
| 7 | 211: |
| 8 | Update the menu-selection condition in the handler around menuIsActive and |
| 9 | submissionIntent so highlighted suggestions are selected only for unmodified |
| 10 | Enter or Tab, while the configured mod-enter chord continues to submit the draft |
| 11 | even when the menu is open. |
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SNot changing this. With the setting on, the user's send chord in a new thread is now the plain send. The open menu takes the plain send on every route, so this matches existing threads on main.
On an existing thread with the mod-enter shortcut, Ctrl+Enter matches no binding. composer.sendAlternate only applies while a turn runs, and shortcutForContext moves its chord to Mod+Shift+Enter when the shortcut requires a modifier (apps/web/src/keybindings.ts:114). So it falls through to return defaultIntent (apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts:111), and the menu check at useComposerCommandKey.ts:211 selects the item. Plain Enter with mod-enter also selects the item, because it resolves to null.
Only selecting on unmodified Enter or Tab would also change how existing threads behave, which is outside this PR. With the setting on, Mod+Alt+Enter still bypasses the menu and opens the thread.
C@StivenKN You're right. I incorrectly assumed that the configured send chord must bypass an open menu.
The menu takes precedence for the default send intent, regardless of whether that chord requires a modifier. Using plainSendIntent preserves that behavior when the setting changes the default to "background". My proposed restriction would also change existing-thread behavior.
I withdraw the finding. No change is needed here.
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docs/user/keybindings.md · Earlier revision 03f9c889 · right 21–24
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@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ does the same. Change these shortcuts in **Settings → Keybindings** under or **Composer: Send and Start New Thread**. These bindings take priority over the send shortcut. Click the send button to use the configured follow-up behavior. +Turn on **Settings → General → Start new threads in background** to make sending +from a new thread start it in the background. `mod+Enter` or `mod+Alt+Enter` then +opens the thread instead. When your send shortcut requires `mod+Enter`, use +`mod+Alt+Enter`.
docs/user/keybindings.md · right 21–24
C🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
🔎 Supported by static analysis
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| 1 | set -eu |
| 2 | printf '%s\n' '--- relevant references ---' |
| 3 | rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'startNewThreadsInBackground' -e 'mod-enter-multiline' -e 'sendShortcut' apps/web/src | head -120 |
| 4 | printf '%s\n' '--- focused test block ---' |
| 5 | nl -ba apps/web/src/composer-logic.test.ts | sed -n '190,250p' |
| 6 | printf '%s\n' '--- documentation and settings guidance ---' |
| 7 | nl -ba docs/user/keybindings.md | sed -n '1,35p' |
| 8 | nl -ba apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx | sed -n '1548,1575p' |
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| 2 | printf '%s\n' '--- composer logic ---' |
| 3 | nl -ba apps/web/src/composer-logic.ts | sed -n '40,110p' |
| 4 | printf '%s\n' '--- command-key hook: relevant logic ---' |
| 5 | nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/useComposerCommandKey.ts | sed -n '70,225p' |
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Document the prompt-specific shortcut behavior.
With mod-enter-multiline enabled, mod+Enter can send a multiline prompt in the background instead of opening the thread. Document mod+Alt+Enter as the shortcut that opens the thread for multiline prompts, while mod+Enter opens it for single-line prompts.
Suggested fix
| 1 | --- "a/docs/user/keybindings.md" |
| 2 | +++ "b/docs/user/keybindings.md" |
| 3 | @@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ |
| 4 | or **Composer: Send and Start New Thread**. These bindings take priority over the |
| 5 | send shortcut. Click the send button to use the configured follow-up behavior. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | Turn on **Settings → General → Start new threads in background** to make sending |
| 8 | -from a new thread start it in the background. `mod+Enter` or `mod+Alt+Enter` then |
| 9 | -opens the thread instead. When your send shortcut requires `mod+Enter`, use |
| 10 | -`mod+Alt+Enter`. |
| 11 | +from a new thread start it in the background. With `mod-enter-multiline`, |
| 12 | +`mod+Enter` opens the thread for single-line prompts. For multiline prompts, |
| 13 | +`mod+Enter` sends in the background; use `mod+Alt+Enter` to open the thread. |
| 14 | +When your send shortcut requires `mod+Enter`, use `mod+Alt+Enter`. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | When an active turn has queued messages, `mod+Shift+Enter` sends the first as a |
| 17 | steer. Change it under **Queue: Send First Queued Message as Steer** in Keybindings. |
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| 1 | Turn on **Settings → General → Start new threads in background** to make sending |
| 2 | from a new thread start it in the background. With `mod-enter-multiline`, |
| 3 | `mod+Enter` opens the thread for single-line prompts. For multiline prompts, |
| 4 | `mod+Enter` sends in the background; use `mod+Alt+Enter` to open the thread. |
| 5 | When your send shortcut requires `mod+Enter`, use `mod+Alt+Enter`. |
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| 2 | instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix |
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| 4 | minimal, and validate. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Review comment at @docs/user/keybindings.md around lines 21 - 24: |
| 7 | Update the background-thread shortcut guidance in the keybindings documentation |
| 8 | to describe the prompt-specific behavior when mod-enter-multiline is enabled: |
| 9 | mod+Enter opens the thread for single-line prompts, while for multiline prompts |
| 10 | it sends in the background and mod+Alt+Enter opens the thread. Preserve the |
| 11 | existing guidance for cases where the send shortcut requires mod+Enter. |
| 12 | |
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✅ Confirmed as addressed by @StivenKN
SClarified in 64ffce49f3. The paragraph now says that when the send shortcut requires mod+Enter, including for a multiline prompt, mod+Enter starts the thread in the background, so use mod+Alt+Enter. The single-line case is covered by the sentence before it.
C@StivenKN The updated paragraph addresses the finding. It states the multiline exception and directs users to mod+Alt+Enter to open the thread. The preceding sentence covers the single-line case. No further change is needed.
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