fix(web): Cite shows for text selected by touch#25709

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Problem

In a mobile browser (seen on Chrome for Android), selecting assistant text never shows the Cite button, so a selection can't be cited into the reply.

To reproduce: open a thread on a phone, long-press a word in an assistant message, and optionally drag the handles. No Cite button appears.

Change

observeSelectionActions only showed the action on mouseup after a pointer gesture. A touch selection never follows that sequence:

The long-press fires contextmenu, which cancelled the action.
Chrome then fires pointercancel, which dismissed it.
The selection handles dispatch no pointer events, so the mouseup never arrives.

The observer now remembers whether the last primary pointer was touch. For touch, it ignores contextmenu, does not dismiss on pointercancel, and shows the action once selectionchange (or scrolling, with restoreAfterScroll) has settled for 150 ms. An explicit dismissal, such as Escape, still holds until the next press. Mouse and pen take the same path as before.

Scope and approval

This is a small, focused fix for an obvious bug: an existing feature (citing a selection) is unreachable on touch devices. It changes one function in apps/web/src/lib/selectionActions.ts plus a test, and leaves desktop behaviour alone.

Verification

New browser test apps/web/src/lib/selectionActions.browser.test.ts replays the touch sequence: touch pointerdown, contextmenu, pointercancel, then a selection.
- On main it fails (onSelection is never called).
- With this change it passes.
A second test covers an explicit dismissal: after a touch selection, Escape followed by a scroll or selectionchange must not bring Cite back. Without clearing the touch flag in cancel(), onSelection fires a second time.
vp run check:changed passes.
Not checked: a physical Android device and iOS Safari. I have no before/after capture because the bug only shows with a real touch long-press, which headless Chromium can't produce.

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fix(web): Cite shows for text selected by touch6f5b591

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apps/web/src/lib/selectionActions.tsline 167Outdated · 6f5b591Open thread

…	…	@@ -155,7 +164,8 @@ export function observeSelectionActions({
156	165		if (!pointerDown) {
157	166		pointer = null;
158		-	if (restoreAfterScroll && !dismissed && restorable) schedule(SELECTION_SCROLL_SETTLE_MS);
	167	+	if (restoreAfterScroll && (touch \|\| (!dismissed && restorable)))

MmacroscopeappBoton line 1673d ago

🟡 Medium lib/selectionActions.ts:167

After Escape dismisses a touch selection, the next scroll schedules onSelection and shows the Cite button again, even though the selection was explicitly dismissed. The unconditional touch branch bypasses dismissed here, and the touch branch in selectionChanged() does the same; preserve an explicit-dismissal guard in both paths while still allowing touch selection-handle updates.

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Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a small, focused fix to the existing selection-action handler so touch-selected text can surface the Cite action, with browser coverage and unchanged mouse/pen paths. The shared touch path has a noted explicit-dismissal edge case, but the change itself is limited to existing UI behavior and its test.

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fix(web): a dismissed touch selection stays dismissed after scrolling8f88f00

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observeSelectionActions now tracks touch-pointer input and adjusts context-menu, pointer-cancel, scroll, and selection-change handling. Browser tests cover touch selection callbacks after pointer cancellation and after Escape dismissal.

Changes: Touch selection actions

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Touch event handling and selection processing `apps/web/src/lib/selectionActions.ts`, `apps/web/src/lib/selectionActions.browser.test.ts`	Touch pointer state controls context-menu dismissal, pointer-cancel handling, scroll restoration, and selection processing. Browser tests cover the selection callback after pointer cancellation and verify that scrolling after Escape does not trigger another callback during the tested interval.

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Change: Bug fix

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#24825: Updates AssistantSelectionToolbar and its citation-viewport lifecycle. The toolbar uses observeSelectionActions.
pingdotgg/t3code#25570: Adds the R shortcut to the Cite action for selected assistant text. This change updates touch selection handling for that action.

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Touch selection can show Cite, and Escape keeps it dismissed. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks.

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The description follows the template. Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification are all filled in. The Problem section gives the reproduction steps and the environment (Chrome for Android). The Change section explains the three touch event causes and the fix. Scope explains why this is a small, focused fix for an obvious bug. Verification names the new browser tests, the before and after results, the check command, and what was not tested. The author did not include screenshots or a recording. The template asks for before and after screenshots for UI changes, but this fix only shows up with a real touch long-press, and the author explains why no capture was made. The description also does not state a conventional commit title, which the template comment mentions, but the title in the PR is already in that form.

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…	…	@@ -155,7 +164,8 @@ export function observeSelectionActions({
157	166		pointer = null;
158		-	if (restoreAfterScroll && !dismissed && restorable) schedule(SELECTION_SCROLL_SETTLE_MS);
	167	+	if (restoreAfterScroll && (touch \|\| (!dismissed && restorable)))
	168	+	schedule(SELECTION_SCROLL_SETTLE_MS);

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Do not restore a touch action after explicit dismissal.

If restoreAfterScroll is enabled, a touch selection is dismissed with Escape, and the selection remains, a later scroll schedules onSelection again. cancel() clears restorable but leaves touch true, so this branch bypasses the dismissal state. Track whether a touch selection is awaiting restoration, and clear that state on dismissal. Add a regression test for Escape followed by scroll. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

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7	Track whether a touch selection is awaiting restoration in the selection action
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✅ Addressed in commit 8f88f00

Tt3-code-botBot1h ago

closing at @StiensWout's request under Provide evidence for the changed behavior.

Makes the visible Cite action appear after touch long-press selection, including a 150 ms selection-settle delay, but explicitly lacks before/after captures and a recording of this touch interaction.

submission evidence: "I have no before/after capture"

Attach phone-browser before/after captures and a recording of long-press selection, adjustment and Cite appearing.

thanks for trying to help improve t3 code. if you think this closure was a mistake, please open a fresh pr addressing the requirement above, and link back to this one.