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WIP: Compact mode message UI redesign (#557)
## Summary
This branch implements a compact-mode redesign for the message
stream, focused on making dense conversations easier to scan while
keeping important actions available.

### Message Stream Redesign
- Compacts user, assistant, reasoning, step, compaction, and tool-call
surfaces into tighter header/body layouts.
- Moves message time next to the speaker / agent-model identity instead
of using a separate right-side timing cluster.
- Restores the pre-branch user message background so user prompts remain
visually distinct.
- Aligns right-edge action positioning across text messages, reasoning
blocks, tool calls, compaction rows, and usage rows.

### Action Model
- Consolidates action controls across message parts.
- Keeps only copy and speak visible inline on wide layouts.
- Moves selection, delete, delete-up-to, fork, revert, tool input
visibility, and task-session navigation into overflow menus.
- On narrow layouts, hides inline actions and exposes all available
actions through overflow.
- Replaces native selection checkboxes in message surfaces with
overflow-menu selection actions using lucide square/check-square icons.

### Tool Calls and Bash Output
- Merges tool-call header chrome into the tool call itself instead of
wrapping it with an extra external header.
- Moves the tool status icon next to the tool title instead of pinning
it to the far right.
- Refines input/output spacing for expanded tool calls.
- Keeps streaming bash output pinned and improves final ANSI output
rendering/restoration.

### Thinking / Reasoning Blocks
- Compacts thinking blocks into a header-first treatment.
- Uses extracted reasoning titles or duration fallback labels for
compact scanning.
- Keeps reasoning copy/speak available while moving
secondary/destructive actions to overflow.

### Styling and i18n
- Updates message and tool-call CSS for compact spacing, right-edge
alignment, action button consistency, and surface cleanup.
- Adds localized strings for new reasoning labels/actions across
supported message locales.

## Validation
- npm run typecheck --workspace @codenomad/ui
- git diff --check
2026-06-18 21:37:25 +01:00
.github fix: wire Winget automation into release pipeline (#551) 2026-06-13 17:51:24 +01:00
.opencode revert: remove tracked NomadWorks task artifacts (#531) 2026-06-08 17:20:31 +01:00
dev-docs refactor message stream layout 2025-12-02 19:23:05 +00:00
docs fix: wire Winget automation into release pipeline (#551) 2026-06-13 17:51:24 +01:00
images Move screenshots to correct folder 2025-11-21 21:59:58 +00:00
packages WIP: Compact mode message UI redesign (#557) 2026-06-18 21:37:25 +01:00
scripts chore: TASK-075 automate Winget updates on release (#513) 2026-06-03 09:03:46 +02:00
temp Bump to v0.11.2 2026-02-17 18:47:21 +00:00
.gitignore chore: ignore local artifacts and add cloudflare lockfile 2026-01-22 16:42:47 +00:00
AGENTS.md docs: require detailed commit messages 2026-05-07 17:45:31 +01:00
BUILD.md Rename electron app package to @neuralnomads/codenomad-electron-app 2025-11-21 00:10:31 +00:00
CONTRIBUTING.md docs: add CONTRIBUTING.md guide for new contributors (#484) 2026-06-13 14:01:04 +02:00
LICENSE chore(license): add MIT license 2026-02-02 11:22:49 +00:00
package-lock.json Increment to v0.17.1 2026-06-08 21:10:57 +01:00
package.json Increment to v0.17.1 2026-06-08 21:10:57 +01:00
README.md docs: add auth requirement and self-signed cert warning to quick-start (#481) 2026-05-26 22:29:42 +02:00

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cd CodeNomad
npm install
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macOS: "CodeNomad.app is damaged and can't be opened"

Gatekeeper flag due to missing notarization. Clear the quarantine attribute:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CodeNomad.app

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Linux (Wayland + NVIDIA): Tauri App closes immediately

WebKitGTK DMA-BUF/GBM issue. Run with:

WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 codenomad

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