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feat(desktop): browser-style tabs in the title bar - #8514
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/tab-manager.ts:
- Around line 193-194: Add a `tabs.close` span around the guarded flow in
`closeActiveTab`; record the current tab count and set the outcome to
`committed` or `cancelled` based on whether the close proceeds. End the span in
the existing `finally` block so it is recorded on every exit path.
- Around line 100-101: Defer the tab persistence effect until `createTabManager`
has resolved the restored active tab, so the startup URL and pane count do not
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apps/web/AGENTS.mdapps/web/src/components/app/DesktopTitleBar.tsxapps/web/src/components/app/Layout.tsxapps/web/src/components/app/split-layout/SplitLayout.tsxapps/web/src/components/app/split-layout/components/SplitPanel.tsxapps/web/src/components/app/split-layout/layoutManager.tsapps/web/src/components/app/split-layout/split-router/app-middleware.tsapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/DesktopTabStrip.tsxapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/DesktopTabsController.tsxapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/TabDropZones.tsxapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/open-in-tab-intent.tsapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/open-in-tab-middleware.tsapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/tab-drag.tsapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/tab-manager.tsapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/tab-persistence.tsapps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/tests/tab-manager.test.tsapps/web/src/lib/core/constant/featureFlags.tsapps/web/src/lib/core/hotkey/tokens.tsapps/web/src/lib/signals/tabLayout.tsapps/web/src/lib/split-router/index.tsapps/web/src/lib/split-router/router/create-router.tsapps/web/src/lib/split-router/router/layout.tsapps/web/src/lib/split-router/tests/layout.test.tsdocs/agent-guide/navigation.md
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printf '%s\n' '--- tab manager initialization and persistence ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- router snapshot/URL symbols ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.ts' -e 'layoutSnapshot' -e 'layoutHref' -e 'restoreLayout' -e 'storedHref' apps/web/src/lib/split-router apps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant router implementation blocks ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/lib/split-router/router/create-router.ts | sed -n '1,180p'
nl -ba apps/web/src/lib/split-router/router/url-navigation.ts | sed -n '1,290p'
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rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'createTabManager(' -e 'TabManagerProvider' -e 'tabManager' apps/web/src/components/app apps/web/src/routes apps/web/src/libRepository: macro-inc/macro
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Defer tab persistence until startup tab resolution
createSplitRouter loads the current URL before createTabManager restores the persisted active tab. The persistence effect then writes that live URL and pane count over the saved active tab. A relaunch with a different startup URL therefore loses the saved layout URL and pane count.
The persisted schema does not contain pane histories, so this is not a loss of previously persisted history. Restore the saved tab before enabling this persistence effect, unless the startup URL is an explicit deep link. In that case, keep the deep link and update the tab state as an intentional navigation.
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/tab-manager.ts around
lines 100 - 101:
Defer the tab persistence effect until `createTabManager` has resolved the
restored active tab, so the startup URL and pane count do not overwrite saved
state during initialization. Preserve explicit deep links as the active URL and
update tab state through the intentional-navigation path; use the
`initialActive` restoration flow to distinguish startup restoration from
navigation.
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printf '%s\n' '--- tab-manager close/call-site region ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- tab-manager and guidance references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx,md}' -e 'closeActiveTab' -e 'createTabManager' -e 'Telemetry.span' -e 'tabs.close' -e 'tabs.switch' -e 'tabs.drop_into_layout' -e 'desktop tabs' -e 'Desktop tabs' apps/web docs .agents 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- Telemetry declarations and implementations ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'export.*Telemetry' -e 'class Telemetry' -e 'const Telemetry' -e 'function span' packages apps/web/src 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1Repository: macro-inc/macro
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printf '%s\n' '--- telemetry facade ---'
sed -n '1,220p' packages/observability/src/telemetry.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- desktop tabs controller ---'
sed -n '1,130p' apps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/DesktopTabsController.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- instrumentation skill span guidance ---'
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Add a span to closeActiveTab.
closeActiveTab runs a guarded, multi-step flow through router.restoreLayout or router.navigate. A cancelled result prevents the tab from closing. No enclosing span records this operation or its outcome. Add a tabs.close span with the tab count and committed or cancelled outcome.
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switching = true;
+ const span = Telemetry.span('tabs.close');
try {
+ span.setAttr('tabs.count', untrack(tabs).length);
// Restoring the neighbor removes this tab's panes, so its leave
// guards (unsaved changes) decide whether the close happens.
const shown = await show(target);
+ span.setAttr('tabs.outcome', shown ? 'committed' : 'cancelled');
if (!shown) return;
batch(() => {
setTabs((list) => list.filter((tab) => tab.id !== id));
setActiveTabId(neighbor);
});
focusStoredSplit(target);
} finally {
switching = false;
+ span.end();
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/app/tab-layout/tab-manager.ts around
lines 193 - 194:
Add a `tabs.close` span around the guarded flow in `closeActiveTab`; record the
current tab count and set the outcome to `committed` or `cancelled` based on
whether the close proceeds. End the span in the existing `finally` block so it
is recorded on every exit path.
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Why: desktop tabs need to swap the entire pane layout atomically while keeping every pane's back/forward history, which navigate(url) loses. What: add layoutSnapshot/restoreLayout/layoutHref to the router. A snapshot is plain data (pane ids, histories, cursors); restore runs as one guarded URL navigation that diffs against the open panes, resets each restored pane's history, and writes the URL once.
Why: browsers have tabs; the desktop app only had splits. Each tab holds a whole split layout; an inactive tab is plain data but restores instantly with its pane histories intact. What: a per-user tab manager (components/app/tab-layout) gated to macOS desktop behind enable-desktop-tabs (on under local dev HMR; deployed environments defer to PostHog). Only the active tab is live; switching captures the current layout and restores the target through guarded router navigations. The title bar renders the strip in its center slot: live titles, a split-count badge, close on X or middle click, and a + button; tabs are not draggable. Cmd+click on anything that navigates opens the destination in a background tab via a one-shot intent consumed by router middleware; cmd+shift+click switches to it. Tabs persist per user and restore on launch. Hotkeys: cmd+T, shift+cmd+W, ctrl+tab / ctrl+shift+tab.
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…e tab intent Why: sidebar list rows navigate on the press and ignore the click (list-nav.tsx), so the middleware consumed the intent on the press and the gesture's trailing click re-armed it — a stale intent that would turn the next unrelated navigation within 800ms into a tab. What: track the press gesture explicitly: a pointerdown's one trailing click cannot re-arm after that gesture's intent was consumed. Only the matching pointer gesture is deduplicated; keyboard-generated clicks have no pointerdown and still arm. Covered by a regression test.
Why: new UI renders through t() (.agents/rules/web/i18n.md); the strip, its close and new-tab labels, the split-count tooltip, and the hotkey descriptions were hard-coded English. What: a tabs locale namespace with a plural split count; labels and aria-labels render through t() at render time, hotkey descriptions become functions, and the manager returns no title so the strip renders the translated placeholder.
Why: titleForEntry derived a visible tab title from English route ids and persisted it, bypassing t() (.agents/rules/web/i18n.md). What: a tab opened by cmd+click stores no title until it is activated and gets a live one; the strip renders its translated placeholder in the meantime.
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Why
Browsers have tabs; the desktop app only had splits. This adds browser-style tabs to the macOS desktop title bar (the Chromium/CEF app and the shipped WKWebView app share this frontend), where each tab holds a whole split layout. An inactive tab is plain data — it consumes nothing — but restores instantly against warm caches with its pane histories intact.
Tabs are not draggable: no strip reordering and no dragging a tab into the workspace (cut in review).
What
Router (
lib/split-router): newlayoutSnapshot/restoreLayout/layoutHref. A snapshot captures every pane with its back/forward history; restore is one guarded URL navigation that diffs against the open panes (panes already showing their entry stay mounted), resets each restored pane's history, and writes the URL once. Leave guards (unsaved changes) can refuse it.Tab manager (
components/app/tab-layout, per user):Cmd+Tnew tab,Shift+Cmd+Wclose tab,Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tabcycle.Strip UI: rendered by
DesktopTitleBarin its center slot, which stays a window drag region. Tabs show live titles, a split-count badge when a tab holds more than one split, and close on X or middle click.Gating: everything hangs off
DesktopTabsController, mounted only on macOS desktop with theenable-desktop-tabsflag enabled (read reactively viauseFeatureFlag). The manager, strip, hotkeys, cmd+click intent tracker, and persistence all live under it; the router middleware no-ops while the manager is unset. Per repo convention the flag defaults on in development mode (dev.macro.com and local dev); production defers to PostHog and is off until enabled there.Screenshots
A tab holding three splits (badge) beside a second tab:
Tabs restored from persistence after a reload:
(The same captures are in the PR under
docs/agent-guide/media/desktop-tabs/, linked from the navigation agent guide.)Verified
split-router+components/appsuites green (41 files, 453 tests).just check, biome, type-aware oxlint, and tsc pass.Ctrl+Tabcycling could not be exercised in the browser fixture (Chrome reserves it); it shares its path with the verifiedCmd+Thandler and needs a check in the real CEF app.Follow-ups from review
list-nav.tsx), so the intent consumed on the press could be re-armed by the gesture's trailing click and hijack the next unrelated navigation. The tracker now deduplicates exactly the matching pointer gesture (a pointerdown's one trailing click); keyboard-generated clicks still arm. Regression-tested.t()with a newtabslocale namespace, per.agents/rules/web/i18n.md. A background tab opened by cmd+click stores no title until activated (the old placeholder derived English text from route ids); the strip shows the translated "New Tab" placeholder meanwhile.