fix(shell): let alt+a reach the agents shortcut on an empty prompt - #1806
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The prompt selection engine consumed alt+a for select-all and never called native(data), so Pi's extension-shortcut dispatcher never saw the Gentle Agents view key. On an empty prompt the swallow was silent. When every editor line is empty there is nothing to select, so alt+a now falls through to the native chain and opens the agents overlay. A non-empty draft keeps select-all. Refs Gentleman-Programming#1565
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Navigate logical layers of code changes, visualize relationships, and explore their blast radius. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughWhen every editor line is empty, ChangesAlt+A routing
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Bug fix Suggested reviewers: Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to Alt+A cannot select a prompt containing only line breaks. This narrow regression should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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- Line 334: Update the `this.s.lines` blank-content check so multiple empty
lines count as selectable content because they contain line breaks; keep native
Alt+A dispatch only for a genuinely empty prompt. Add a regression case
verifying Alt+A selects a prompt with `this.s.lines` equal to `["", ""]`.
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| if (matchesKey(data, "alt+a")) { | ||
| // gentle-shell#1565: with nothing to select, let alt+a reach the native | ||
| // dispatch so extension shortcuts bound to it (Gentle Agents) still fire. | ||
| if (this.s.lines.every((line) => line === "")) { |
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Keep Alt+A selection for blank multiline prompts.
When this.s.lines is ["", ""], the prompt contains a selectable line break. The new condition forwards Alt+A to native dispatch instead of selecting that content. Check whether the prompt has any content, including line breaks, and add a multiline regression case.
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Review comment at @lib/selection-engine.ts at line 334:
Update the `this.s.lines` blank-content check so multiple empty lines count as
selectable content because they contain line breaks; keep native Alt+A dispatch
only for a genuinely empty prompt. Add a regression case verifying Alt+A selects
a prompt with `this.s.lines` equal to `["", ""]`.
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Refs #1565 (status:approved). Alternative to #1797; non-closing so maintainers can pick one approach.
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type:bug)Summary
alt+anow falls through to the native chain, so Pi's extension-shortcut dispatcher opens the Gentle Agents overlay again.alt+aselect-all from feat(editor): native selection keys in the petal prompt #1402.alt+a, so the card hint, docs, and user muscle memory stay valid. No keybinding or documentation changes.How this differs from #1797
#1797 moves the Agents default to
alt+jand keepsalt+afor select-all. This PR keepsalt+afor both and resolves the collision by context: an empty prompt has nothing to select, which is exactly the case where the swallow was silent. This is the "fall through tonative(data)when there is no text to select" option suggested in the issue thread.Trade-off: with a non-empty draft,
alt+astill selects instead of opening Agents (/gentle:agentsandGENTLE_PI_AGENTS_VIEW_KEYremain available). If maintainers prefer full extension-shortcut precedence or thealt+jmove, this PR can be closed.Changes
lib/selection-engine.tsalt+acallsnative(data)when every editor line is empty; otherwiseselectAll()as before.tests/selection-engine.test.tstests/gentle-shell.test.tsGentlePromptEditorand a recordingonExtensionShortcut: the shortcut fires on an empty prompt only.Verification
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mainat7dcb3b48plus this commit:alt+a on an empty prompt falls through to native dispatchfails on unmodifiedmain(20 passed, 1 failed intests/selection-engine.test.ts).env -u GENTLE_PI_AGENTS_CHILD node --experimental-strip-types --test tests/selection-engine.test.ts tests/gentle-shell.test.ts tests/gentle-agents.test.ts: 483 passed, 0 failed.pnpm typecheck: no regressions.git diff --check origin/main...HEAD: passed.pnpm testnot run.Checklist
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