The inline right panel remembers its width per thread (#11310). If you keep it at one size, for example half the window for diffs, you have to drag it again in every thread.
Add an opt-in setting, Settings → Appearance → Interface → Shared panel width. When it is on, ChatView passes no per-thread key to the resize hook, so the hook uses its app-wide key (t3code:preview-panel-width) and a resize in one thread applies to every thread. It is off by default. Per-thread widths stay stored and come back when the setting is turned off. The row has the usual reset button, appears in the changed-settings list and in settings search.
This is a focused configuration option for an established capability. The right panel already persists its width; the option only chooses whether that width is per thread (current behavior and the default) or shared. It changes no default and adds no workflow.
Requested in the Ideas discussion #16825 (option 1) and in #22037, which was closed as a duplicate of #16825. #13298 made the width shared for everyone, which would undo the per-thread behavior requested in #5548; this keeps per-thread widths as the default.
vp test run src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts in apps/web: 66 passed, including a new case that "panel width" finds the setting.vp test run src/settings.test.ts in packages/contracts: 170 passed.packages/contracts and apps/web, plus lint and format on the changed files: clean.main: thread A resized from 540 to 664 px; thread B stayed at 540; back in A it was 664.Settings, before → after
Per-thread width on main (resize in A, switch to B and back)
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Shared width with the setting on (same steps)
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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — This PR adds an off-by-default setting that changes the existing panel-width persistence path from per-thread to app-wide when enabled. The change is small and backward-compatible, but the runtime toggle and shared-width behavior lack direct automated coverage, so human review is appropriate.
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apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsxapps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.tsapps/web/src/hooks/useLocalStorage.tsapps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.browser.test.tsxapps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.tspackages/contracts/src/settings.tsIncluded review availability: This review used your included allowance. Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 9 remain after this review.
A new Appearance setting controls whether the right-panel width uses app-wide storage or storage scoped to the active thread. The setting is included in the client settings contract and can be reset. The resize hook reads and persists the selected width, including a fallback when storage writes fail.
Changes: Shared panel width
| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
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Define and expose shared panel width packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts | The client settings schema adds a default-false sharedPanelWidth field, and the patch accepts updates to it. Appearance settings add a switch and reset control. Restore tracking, default restoration, and settings search include the setting. |
Read and persist resize width apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useLocalStorage.ts, apps/web/src/hooks/useResizableWidth.browser.test.tsx | useResizableWidth reads the width through useLocalStorage and uses the result of writeLocalStorageValue to track unsaved widths when writes fail. Browser tests cover storage-event updates and consecutive drags after a storage write failure. |
Select preview-panel width storage apps/web/src/components/chat/ChatRightPanel.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx | ChatRightPanel accepts an undefined widthStorageKey. ChatView passes the app-wide key when shared panel width is enabled; otherwise, it passes the active-thread-specific key. |
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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes
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af779The shared-width setting is ready to merge after normal checks.
06142The option changes only a client-side layout preference, remains off by default, and preserves existing per-thread widths. The reviewed paths do not introduce new access to thread contents, server configuration, or privileged operations.
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| 7 | Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx: |
| 8 | - Line 3817: Update useResizableWidth to subscribe mounted panels to changes in |
| 9 | their shared width storage key and apply updates to the current width state, so |
| 10 | resizing in one browser tab synchronizes other open panels. |
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apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsxapps/web/src/components/chat/ChatRightPanel.tsxapps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsxapps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsxapps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.tspackages/contracts/src/settings.tsIncluded review availability: This review used your included allowance. Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 9 remain after this review.
| … | … | @@ -3812,7 +3812,10 @@ export default function ChatView(props: ChatViewProps) { | |
| 3815 | - | widthStorageKey={`t3code:preview-panel-width:${activeThreadKey}`} | |
| 3815 | + | // `undefined` selects the hook's single app-wide key. | |
| 3816 | + | widthStorageKey={ | |
| 3817 | + | settings.sharedPanelWidth ? undefined : `t3code:preview-panel-width:${activeThreadKey}` | |
External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Synchronize mounted panels that share the width.
If two browser tabs have this setting enabled and their panels open, resizing one panel leaves the other at its old width. useResizableWidth reads storage only on mount or when the key changes; it does not subscribe to updates to the same key. Subscribe mounted panels to shared-width changes. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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| 6 | Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx at line 3817: |
| 7 | Update useResizableWidth to subscribe mounted panels to changes in their shared |
| 8 | width storage key and apply updates to the current width state, so resizing in |
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✅ Addressed in commit 535128e
Fixed in 535128e13. useResizableWidth now reads the width through useLocalStorage, which follows changes to the key in this tab and in others, so panels that share a width follow a resize from another tab or window. useResizableWidth.browser.test.tsx covers it: it fails on the old hook and passes now.
@levochkaa Thanks for fixing this in 535128e13 and adding the regression test. The reported change addresses the shared-width synchronization finding.
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| 8 | - Line 62: Update the width commit path around writeLocalStorageValue so the |
| 9 | committed width is retained in memory even when the storage write fails; add a |
| 10 | test that verifies a subsequent drag starts from that committed width when |
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| … | … | @@ -72,12 +59,7 @@ export function useResizableWidth(options: UseResizableWidthOptions): { | |
| 78 | - | } catch (error) { | |
| 79 | - | console.error("Could not persist panel width.", error); | |
| 80 | - | } | |
| 62 | + | writeLocalStorageValue(startStorageKey, finalWidth, defaultWidth, WidthSchema); | |
External image Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Keep the committed width when storage writes fail.
If local storage is blocked or full, writeLocalStorageValue catches the error without notifying subscribers. The next drag then starts from the old width and the panel jumps. Preserve the committed width in memory when persistence fails, and add a test for this case. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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| 7 | Update the width commit path around writeLocalStorageValue so the committed |
| 8 | width is retained in memory even when the storage write fails; add a test that |
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✅ Confirmed as addressed by @levochkaa
Fixed in af7796913. useResizableWidth now keeps the width in memory when writeLocalStorageValue reports a failed write, and stops using it after the next successful write or once the stored width changes, so the next drag starts from the committed width. useResizableWidth.browser.test.tsx runs two drags against a failing setItem: it fails without the fix and passes now. I also checked it in the real client with setItem throwing: 761 → 601 → 501 px, no jump.
@levochkaa The supplied code addresses this finding: failed writes retain the committed width in memory, so the next drag starts from that width. A successful write or a changed stored width stops the fallback from being used. Thanks for adding the two-drag regression test and checking the real client.
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