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Summary

Settings → Appearance has two defects on the session transcript, both reported on the web app:

  1. Text Size (uiFontScale) never applies to transcript markdown on web — not even after a reload.
  2. Content Width (uiContentWidthMode) only applies to the transcript after a browser reload, while other surfaces (settings screens, headers, item groups) update instantly.

Root causes

Text Size — a property-descriptor interaction between web Unistyles and the font-scaling helper:

  • On web, Unistyles registers style values as non-enumerable, non-writable (configurable) data properties (react-native-unistyles/src/webremoveInlineStyles), with the secret under an enumerable unistyles_* key that does not carry the native uni__getStyles shape.
  • scaleTextStyle clones the style preserving descriptors, so the scaling assignment (next.fontSize = …) throws on the non-writable clone in strict mode, and the fail-closed catch returns the original, unscaled style.
  • buildEnrichedMarkdownStyle's flattenTextStyle returns the raw object, so the unscaled fontSize: 16 is still readable via property access and wins over the would-be scaled fallback (16 × uiFontScale). Every markdown metric derives from that base → the whole transcript is pinned at 16px.
  • The global CSS override sheet (useWebUiFontScale) can't compensate: it scales .unistyles_* class rules, but the enriched markdown renderer emits inline pixel styles built from the poisoned base.

Content Width — the transcript row caps read the static layout.maxWidth getter inside StyleSheet.create, which Unistyles evaluates once at registration, so no re-render can refresh them. The surrounding list/header already use the reactive useLayoutMaxWidth(), which is why only the per-row cap (the narrower constraint) appeared dead until reload.

Fix

  • scaleTextStyle now sets scaled numeric metrics on the clone via defineProperty when the original property is non-writable or accessor-based, preserving enumerability so CSS-class-driven text rendering (and the existing override sheet) are unaffected. It still fails closed for genuinely non-configurable metrics. The enumerable unistyles_* secret is carried over unchanged, so className-based rendering keeps working.
  • The transcript row owners — MessageView, ToolCallsGroupRow, ToolCallsGroupUnitRowFrame (toolCallsGroupChrome), and PendingMessagesTranscriptBlock — now apply the reactive useLayoutMaxWidth() value instead of the frozen stylesheet cap, matching the already-reactive ChatListInternal / ChatHeaderView / ItemGroup consumers.

Tests (RED → GREEN)

  • uiFontScale.test.ts: new case for the exact web-Unistyles property shape (non-enumerable/non-writable metrics + __uni__key secret) — scaled values readable, enumerability preserved, secret reference kept, original not mutated. Failed before the fix (helper returned the original unscaled object).
  • useEnrichedMarkdownStyle.test.ts (new): composed contract — transcript markdown metrics scale from both a plain and a web-Unistyles textStyle, and stay unscaled at scale 1. The web-shape case failed before the fix (paragraph pinned at 16 instead of 20.8).
  • toolCallsGroupChrome.contentWidth.test.tsx (new): the row frame's width cap follows a uiContentWidthMode change without remount (850 → ∞), following the existing *.contentWidth.test.tsx pattern. Verified failing against the unfixed component (frozen at 850) and passing after.

Validation

  • yarn workspace @happier-dev/app typecheck — clean.
  • Text + markdown test directories: 209/209 pass.
  • toolCalls + pending directories: 167/168 — the one failure ('Send now' vs 'Send to agent now' label assertion in PendingMessagesTranscriptBlock.test.tsx) reproduces identically on a pristine checkout of dev and is unrelated to this change.
  • Full transcript suite (349 files / 3,219 tests): every failure accounted for as pre-existing — 46 reproduce identically on the pristine base, and the 3 ChatList.legendPrimary failures reproduce at this branch's base commit with this PR's changes reverted.
  • Two existing PendingMessagesTranscriptBlock test mocks of @/components/ui/layout/layout gained the useLayoutMaxWidth export they now need.

Known remaining (out of scope)

The frozen-StyleSheet.create + layout.maxWidth pattern also exists on a handful of non-transcript surfaces (SessionsList, InboxView, FriendsView, ProfileEditForm, ToolFullView, SettingsActionFooter, ApprovalDetailScreen, some prompt/MCP screens). Those only surface when navigating to an already-registered screen after changing the setting without a reload; left for a follow-up rather than widening this PR.


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Apply Text Size and Content Width settings to the web transcript

  • Replaces static layout.maxWidth constants with calls to the useLayoutMaxWidth hook in MessageView, PendingMessagesTranscriptBlock, ToolCallsGroupRow, and toolCallsGroupChrome so content width responds to the user's Content Width setting.
  • Fixes scaleTextStyle in uiFontScale.ts to handle web Unistyles properties that are non-enumerable and non-writable by redefining them on a clone, so Text Size scaling now works on the web transcript.
  • Behavioral Change: content width in transcript views is now dynamic (from the hook) rather than a build-time constant, so changing the Content Width setting takes effect without a reload.

Macroscope summarized b342bad.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved responsive message and tool-call content widths across layouts.
    • Fixed font scaling for web text styles, including line height and letter spacing.
    • Preserved text-style metadata and original styles when scaling cannot be safely applied.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for responsive width changes and scaled markdown and text metrics.
    • Expanded validation for web-specific, non-enumerable text-style properties and scaling behavior.

…pt on web

Two Settings -> Appearance defects in the session transcript:

- Text Size (uiFontScale) never applied to transcript markdown on web.
  Web Unistyles registers style values as non-enumerable, non-writable
  data properties; scaleTextStyle's clone kept those descriptors, the
  scaling assignment threw, and the fail-closed catch returned the
  original style. buildEnrichedMarkdownStyle then read the unscaled
  fontSize back off the raw object, pinning all markdown metrics at
  their 16px base regardless of the setting. scaleTextStyle now
  redefines numeric metrics on the clone (preserving enumerability so
  CSS-class-driven text rendering is untouched) and only fails closed
  for non-configurable metrics.

- Content Width (uiContentWidthMode) only applied after a reload.
  Transcript row caps read the static layout.maxWidth getter inside
  Unistyles stylesheets, which evaluate once at registration. The
  transcript row owners (MessageView, ToolCallsGroupRow,
  ToolCallsGroupUnitRowFrame, PendingMessagesTranscriptBlock) now apply
  the reactive useLayoutMaxWidth() value, matching the already-reactive
  ChatListInternal/ChatHeaderView/ItemGroup consumers.

Both proven RED->GREEN: scaleTextStyle and buildEnrichedMarkdownStyle
against the exact web-Unistyles property shape, and a content-width
component test verified failing on HEAD before the fix.
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Greptile Summary

The PR fixes transcript appearance settings by safely scaling numeric text metrics stored in web Unistyles descriptors and by replacing registration-time transcript width caps with reactive values.

  • Adds descriptor-aware scaling for fontSize, lineHeight, and letterSpacing while preserving the original style and property enumerability.
  • Applies useLayoutMaxWidth() to message, pending-message, tool-group, and tool-unit transcript rows.
  • Adds focused regression coverage for web-Unistyles markdown scaling and reactive tool-row content width.

Confidence Score: 5/5

The PR appears safe to merge, with no concrete blocking or independently actionable non-blocking issue identified.

The descriptor-aware scaling preserves original style objects and renderer-relevant enumerability, while the width changes follow the existing reactive layout-hook pattern and include focused regression coverage.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
apps/ui/sources/components/ui/text/uiFontScale.ts Adds descriptor-aware metric replacement on cloned styles, retaining fail-closed behavior for properties that cannot be redefined.
apps/ui/sources/components/markdown/enriched/useEnrichedMarkdownStyle.test.ts Covers transcript markdown scaling for plain styles, web-Unistyles descriptor shapes, and the scale-one baseline.
apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/pending/PendingMessagesTranscriptBlock.tsx Replaces frozen pending-transcript width constraints with the reactive content-width hook.
apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/MessageView.tsx Makes ordinary transcript message width caps react to appearance-setting changes.
apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/toolCalls/ToolCallsGroupRow.tsx Makes grouped tool-call transcript rows consume the reactive maximum width.
apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/toolCalls/units/toolCallsGroupChrome.tsx Makes individual tool-call row frames reactive to content-width changes.
apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/toolCalls/units/toolCallsGroupChrome.contentWidth.test.tsx Verifies that a mounted tool-call row changes its cap from compact width to full width.

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Walkthrough

The PR makes transcript content widths responsive through useLayoutMaxWidth and updates text scaling for non-writable web Unistyles metrics. Tests cover responsive width changes, protected property descriptors, markdown styles, and scale-1 behavior.

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Responsive transcript content width

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reactive transcript width integration and validation
apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/pending/*, apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/MessageView.tsx, apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/toolCalls/*
Transcript message and tool-call containers now apply useLayoutMaxWidth() at render time. Static layout.maxWidth styles were removed. Tests mock the hook and validate compact and full-width modes.

Web text metric scaling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Protected metric scaling and coverage
apps/ui/sources/components/ui/text/uiFontScale.ts, apps/ui/sources/components/ui/text/uiFontScale.test.ts, apps/ui/sources/components/markdown/enriched/useEnrichedMarkdownStyle.test.ts
Text scaling now updates writable and non-writable metrics while preserving property enumerability. Failed redefinitions return the original style. Tests cover web Unistyles metrics, markdown styles, and scale-1 behavior.

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This change makes transcript text size and content width respond to the corresponding appearance settings on web. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review.

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apps/ui/sources/components/markdown/enriched/useEnrichedMarkdownStyle.test.ts (1)

46-46: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Replace the as never casts with a typed web-style fixture.

as never makes every fixture assignable to textStyle. It can hide a fixture that no longer matches the TextStyle contract.

Return an intersection type such as TextStyle & Record<\unistyles_${string}`, unknown>fromcreateWebUnistylesTextStyle`. Then pass the fixture without a cast.

As per coding guidelines, “Prefer satisfies, explicit interfaces, typed fixtures, and canonical schemas over casting.”

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In
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at line 46, Update createWebUnistylesTextStyle to return a typed intersection of
TextStyle and the unistyles-prefixed record, then remove the as never casts from
the textStyle fixtures at both referenced usages. Ensure the fixture remains
assignable to the TextStyle contract without broad casts.

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apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/toolCalls/units/toolCallsGroupChrome.contentWidth.test.tsx (1)

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Import act from React.

React 19 deprecates react-test-renderer. Import act from react instead.

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-import React from 'react';
-import { act } from 'react-test-renderer';
+import React, { act } from 'react';
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at line 2, Update the test’s act import to use React rather than
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`@apps/ui/sources/components/markdown/enriched/useEnrichedMarkdownStyle.test.ts`:
- Line 46: Update createWebUnistylesTextStyle to return a typed intersection of
TextStyle and the unistyles-prefixed record, then remove the as never casts from
the textStyle fixtures at both referenced usages. Ensure the fixture remains
assignable to the TextStyle contract without broad casts.

In
`@apps/ui/sources/components/sessions/transcript/toolCalls/units/toolCallsGroupChrome.contentWidth.test.tsx`:
- Line 2: Update the test’s act import to use React rather than
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CI context for reviewers: all failing checks reproduce on dev's own CI at this PR's base commit (41f22ebf7run 31790769892): the same 10 jobs fail there, and a job-by-job comparison shows no job that passes on base and fails here. The eleventh failure, "Trusted workflow ref guard," fails on every fork PR by design. The UI Tests job has no completed baseline on dev (cancelled by fail-fast in all recent runs), so I verified it locally at the base commit: all 87 tests failing in this PR's UI Tests job fail identically with this PR's changes reverted. Happy to rebase once dev is green if preferred.

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