ux: Collapse thinking blocks by default (but control all of them with a keyboard shortcut) #8254
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- Add collapsible UI with chevron icon that shows on hover - Default to collapsed state showing only last 2 lines - Move elapsed time counter next to thinking label - Add smooth transitions and gradient mask for collapsed state
- Add reasoningBlockCollapsed setting to global state - Add backend message handler for persisting collapsed state - Add keyboard shortcut (Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+T) to toggle all reasoning blocks - Default to collapsed state for better UX
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| const { reasoningBlockCollapsed } = useExtensionState() | ||
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| // Initialize collapsed state based on global setting (default to collapsed) | ||
| const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState(reasoningBlockCollapsed !== false) |
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Inconsistent default state initialization: This uses which is a double negative pattern. Since line 285 defaults to , this could be simplified to:
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I get the gist of it.
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| "reasoning": { | ||
| "thinking": "Pensando", | ||
| "seconds": "{{count}}s", |
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Roo is smart, but thinks out loud too loud.
We've been experiencing first hand (and hearing feeback) that the expanded-by-default thinking blocks are too much.
This PR:
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Collapse thinking blocks by default with a new UI setting and keyboard shortcut for toggling.
ReasoningBlockinReasoningBlock.tsxnow collapses by default and can be toggled with a new keyboard shortcut (Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Alt + T).UISettings.tsxto control the default collapse state of thinking blocks.reasoningBlockCollapsedtoglobal-settings.tsandClineProvider.tsto manage the default collapse state.SettingsView.tsxto include the new UI setting for collapsing thinking blocks.UISettings.spec.tsxto test the new UI setting for collapsing thinking blocks.This description was created by
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