This builds on #26981 by @chekdotdev. When a column's rail items don't fit above the workspace tab bar on an iPhone Duo, it folds them into a "More" menu. Their five commits are included unchanged and keep their authorship. The commits on top extend the fit check to the folded Duo:
The fit check now counts the system Back button wherever UIKit draws it in the rail:
fitColumnVerticalBarItems now assembles the whole fit check (Back, leading and trailing items, compose, keyboard), and V5StackHeader calls it. It counts a group for Back when compact || !detailRoot. ColumnScreen passes detailRoot for the detail column's first route. A route that is animating out keeps its position, so its rail doesn't flip to More as it leaves. The first detail screen of an expanded split still counts nothing, so the open-Duo case from #26981 is unchanged.
V5StackHeader.ios.test.tsx mocks useEnabledNavigationTabs. #26981's import of it pulls in Expo modules, so the newer header test failed at collection with __DEV__ is not defined once rebased on main.
Fixes #27042.
#26981 was verified on the open Duo in landscape, where the thread column shows Compose. The folded Duo shows Back instead, and the fit check counted Compose but never Back. With a Live Activity the folded Duo's right-edge occlusion grows from 174pt to 264pt. The check then measured 264 + 164 = 428, under the tab bar's top at 442, and decided the thread actions fit. The real rail needs another 60pt for Back, so Files slid under the Chats tab, as reported in #27042 and in the screenshot below from a physical folded iPhone Duo.
Counting what the rail actually draws is the smallest change that keeps #26981's approach. @chekdotdev, if you'd rather fold these commits into #26981, that works just as well; this PR can then close.
Thanks to 1kuna for the report and to jlipworth for pinning it to the Live Activity and the Back, Terminal, Git and Files rail.
Folded iPhone Duo with a Live Activity running, inside a thread:
| Device, before | Simulator, #26981 alone | Simulator, this PR |
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| Physical folded Duo: the Chats tab covers the Files button | Simulator with #26981 only: Files under the Chats tab | Simulator with this PR: Back and More clear of the tab bar |
The More menu lists Files, Git ▸ and Terminal ▸, and each works as before. Without a Live Activity the rail is unchanged.
Simulator: iPhone Duo, iOS 27.1, folded (466×678pt, compact, bar on the right). The occlusion reported by T3LayoutMetricsView was 174pt at rest and 264.3pt with a Live Activity, with a bottomBarInset of 24.
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vp test run apps/mobile/src/native apps/mobile/src/lib/reserved-regions.test.ts apps/mobile/src/lib/device-type.test.ts apps/mobile/src/components/ui: 87 tests pass on current main. With the Back group removed from fitColumnVerticalBarItems, the folded-thread and nested-detail cases fail.vp run --filter ./apps/mobile typecheck, plus the pre-commit hook's fmt, lint and knip: clean.Model: Claude Opus 5.5 via Claude Code, in T3 Code; reviewed by GPT-6.1-Sol (Codex) and Claude Opus 5.5.
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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Workspace rail actions now fold into a More menu when available space would let them overlap the tab bar, accounting for Back and Live Activity occlusions. The change is limited to navigation presentation and preserves existing actions.
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Native iOS workspace headers now check whether their trailing controls fit above the tab bar on supported vertical-bar layouts. When they do not fit, eligible actions are folded into a More menu. Workspace routes identify the detail root, and layout tests cover fitting behavior.
Changes: Duo vertical-bar item fitting
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Measure available vertical-bar space apps/mobile/src/lib/reserved-regions.ts, apps/mobile/src/lib/reserved-regions.test.ts, apps/mobile/src/features/layout/workspace/workspace-tabs-state.ts | The layout helper calculates available space above the tab bar from occlusion regions, tab count, and item-group sizes. The workspace helper calculates the native tab count. Tests cover available space under different camera occlusions. |
Measure and fit vertical-bar items apps/mobile/src/native/vertical-bar-items.ts, apps/mobile/src/native/vertical-bar-items.test.ts | The fitting logic groups drawable items and folds eligible actions into a More menu when they do not fit. Tests cover search retention, action folding, and Back-button space on Duo layouts. |
Integrate fitting with workspace headers apps/mobile/src/features/layout/createWorkspaceStackNavigator.ios.tsx, apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.tsx, apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.test.tsx, docs/internals/mobile-navigation.md | Workspace routes pass detail-root state to V5StackHeader. The header provides tab and column state to the fitting logic for eligible layouts. The test mocks enabled tabs, and the documentation describes the Duo layout behavior. |
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes
Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium
Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge
bbcc9On an unfolded Duo with the keyboard and a Live Activity, terminal controls may overlap the tab bar. The risk is confined to that layout and warrants owner awareness.
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| Title check | Passed | The title clearly describes the mobile Duo rail overlap fix. |
| Description check | Passed | The description explains the problem, fix, linked issue, tests, and before-and-after screenshots. It does not include a recording or note that iOS runtime verification after the latest merge was not p… |
| Linked Issues check | Passed | [#27042] The fit check accounts for Back, rail items, keyboard dismissal, occlusion, and tab-bar space. It folds trailing actions into More when they do not fit. Tests cover folded Duo and expanded-oc… |
| Out of Scope Changes check | Passed | [#27042] The layout helpers, route state, More menu, tests, import updates, and navigation documentation support the rail-fit change. The repository-wide incremental diff exceeded the inspection buffe… |
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The description explains the problem, fix, linked issue, tests, and before-and-after screenshots. It does not include a recording or note that iOS runtime verification after the latest merge was not performed.
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[#27042] The fit check accounts for Back, rail items, keyboard dismissal, occlusion, and tab-bar space. It folds trailing actions into More when they do not fit. Tests cover folded Duo and expanded-occlusion cases. The author reports that the focused tests pass. Post-merge iOS runtime verification is unconfirmed.
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[#27042] The layout helpers, route state, More menu, tests, import updates, and navigation documentation support the rail-fit change. The repository-wide incremental diff exceeded the inspection buffer. The whole-PR summary does not show an unrelated change.
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| 7 | Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.tsx: |
| 8 | - Around line 245-246: Add fallback items derived from workspace `headerLeft` |
| 9 | and `headerRight` to `leading` and `trailing` before calling |
| 10 | `fitColumnVerticalBarItems`, only when the corresponding `unstable_` item option |
| 11 | is absent. Preserve the existing custom-item append behavior and ensure the fit |
| 12 | check accounts for those items. |
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| 14 | Review comments at @apps/mobile/src/native/vertical-bar-items.ts: |
| 15 | - Line 34: Set a title when constructing the mail-search Compose action in |
| 16 | V5StackHeader.ios.tsx so the item.title assignment in the vertical-bar item |
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| 31 | + | id: `${item.id}:more`, | |
| 32 | + | type: "menuItem" as const, | |
| 33 | + | itemType: "action" as const, | |
| 34 | + | title: item.title, | |
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Give the folded Compose action a title.
The mail-search Compose action in V5StackHeader.ios.tsx Line 211-218 has no title. If the fitter moves that action into More, this assignment creates a menu entry with no text label. Set a title such as "New task" when constructing the action. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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| 7 | Set a title when constructing the mail-search Compose action in |
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✅ Confirmed as addressed by @whoisaldo
Real, but the folded action isn't Compose. The only user of the mail-search compose slot is AppBar's Refresh (arrow.clockwise), on screens such as Files. With Back, a Live Activity and the search keyboard up on a folded Duo, Filter and Refresh fold into More, and Refresh had no label. "New task" would mislabel it. Fixed in 40e667a830: the toolbar item can carry composeTitle, AppBar passes "Refresh", and V5StackHeader uses it as the item's title.
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@whoisaldo You're right: the action is Refresh, not Compose. My suggested "New task" label was incorrect.
Verified at 40e667a8: AppBar passes composeTitle: "Refresh", V5StackHeader assigns it to title, and the More-menu conversion preserves that title. This fixes the missing label.
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| … | … | @@ -228,6 +233,22 @@ export function V5StackHeader(props: { | |
| 243 | + | backButtonVisible: props.canGoBack && options.headerBackVisible !== false, | |
| 244 | + | detailRoot: props.detailRoot === true, | |
| 245 | + | leading, | |
| 246 | + | trailing, | |
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Include fallback header items in the fit check.
If a workspace column uses headerLeft or headerRight without the corresponding unstable_ item option, Line 286-291 appends its custom item after this fit check. The fit check does not reserve space for that item. A rail that fits before the append can still extend under the tab bar. Add fallback items to leading and trailing before calling fitColumnVerticalBarItems. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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This case doesn't occur today. The only screens that set headerLeft/headerRight without the matching unstable_ items are the legal documents (LEGAL_DOCUMENT_HEADER_OPTIONS in apps/mobile/src/Stack.tsx). They are presented as fullScreenModal, so they have no column and never reach the fit check. Reserving room for an item no column screen produces would be speculative, so this stays as is.
@whoisaldo Agreed. The fit check requires column, so the legal-document modals you identified do not reach it. My finding assumed a workspace-column caller that does not exist today. I withdraw the finding; no change is needed.
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apps/mobile/src/native/vertical-bar-items.ts:80-89External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick winHandle an overflow result that still cannot fit after folding.
The folded Duo path does not include the workspace compose group, but it can still reach this state with the visible Back button, the keyboard-dismiss action, and the three thread actions.
fitVerticalBarItemsfolds those actions intoMorewithout validating the resulting group list. On the 264pt Live Activity occlusion, the fixed groups plusMorecan placeMoreunder the tab bar. Update this shared fitter to handle the post-fold no-fit case instead of returning an overflowingMoregroup.External image Prompt for AI Agents
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@coderabbitai On the outside-diff finding about fitVerticalBarItems (vertical-bar-items.ts:80-89): after folding, the rail is Back, the keyboard dismiss and More, one item each. That is the smallest set there is. Back is UIKit's, and the dismiss is kept out of overflow on purpose (visibilityPriority: "high", so the keyboard can always be dismissed). There is nothing left to fall back to. With the keyboard up at the 264.3pt Live Activity occlusion, the model puts the set at 444.3 against a 442 boundary. That 2.3pt overrun sits inside the 12pt group gap the model reserves, and without the keyboard it fits with room to spare. Leaving this as is.
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@whoisaldo Understood. I withdraw the finding. Back, keyboard dismiss, and More are already the minimum set for this layout. The code explicitly keeps keyboard dismiss out of overflow.
The model also reserves a 12pt gap for each group, including the last group. The reported 2.3pt overrun alone does not establish that the controls overlap. A second fit check would not provide a smaller fallback here. No change requested.
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merged current main into the existing head without rebasing (7512a35ba5). one conflict in createWorkspaceStackNavigator.ios.tsx: main replaced the inline draft check on onCompose with isNewTaskRoute(descriptor.route). the merge keeps main's helper and this pr's detailRoot prop. nothing else changed.
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apps/mobile/src/native/V5StackHeader.ios.tsx:247External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick winAllow Compose to fold with a single trailing action.
On an unfolded Duo, the terminal can show Back, the terminal menu, Compose, and keyboard dismiss. With the 224pt occlusion fixture, the fit model places these groups past the tab-bar boundary. The fitter leaves the single trailing menu unchanged and appends Compose afterward, so the controls may overlap.
Include Compose in the foldable candidates when needed. Keep it separate when the groups fit. Check the terminal with the keyboard and a Live Activity on an unfolded Duo.
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