[juliusmarminge]

Problem

In the rich-text composer, a quote followed directly by a comment came back with an empty line between them every time the composer remounted: after a page reload, after switching threads and back, or after switching a right-panel side chat to another tab (such as Files) and back. Deleting the line did not help, because it reappeared on the next remount. When a long draft remounted unfocused (the side chat on a tab switch, or the main composer after a reload while the terminal has focus), the composer also showed the top of the draft while its caret sat at the end.

Reproduced on main (2e39f1d) in the web dev server. Type > and Space, the quote text, Shift+Enter twice, then a comment, and reload. The editor holds <blockquote>…</blockquote><p><br></p><p>comment</p>. In a side chat with a 32-line draft scrolled to the end (scrollTop 559), switching to Files and back returned the composer at scrollTop 0 and unfocused.

Change

• composer-rich-text-doc.ts: when a draft is saved, a blank line is written between a quote and the prose after it, so Markdown does not fold the prose into the quote (needsBlankLineAfterQuote). The parser now treats that one blank line as the separator, not as an empty paragraph. It applies only when the blank line comes right after a quote and right before a non-empty, non-list prose line. Additional blank lines, and blank lines before a list, heading, rule, code fence or another quote, parse as before. The saved and sent Markdown does not change.
• ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx: when an unfocused editor mounts with a draft, it scrolls its own box so the caret is visible, without focusing and without scrolling the timeline or page. This happens on the next animation frame, because the editor's DOM is redrawn later in the same commit and the redraw drops a scroll offset set earlier.

Scope and approval

Fixes #31837

Verification

• apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.test.ts: the new test "reopens without an empty line between the quote and the comment" fails on main (the reopened document gains an empty paragraph) and passes here. All 258 tests in the file pass.
• apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.input.browser.test.tsx: the new test "reopens a long draft scrolled to its caret without taking focus" fails without the fix (scrollTop 0) and passes here. All 39 tests in the file pass.
• vp run check:changed passes: format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests and the React compiler check.
• In-app check in the web dev server: in a side chat, Files → side chat twice with a 32-line draft returns at scrollTop 498 with the caret visible, the editor unfocused, and the window not scrolled.

Before/after captures in the web dev server (Chrome, DPR 2, fresh databases, same driver on both sides). Before is dd059b4, after is 0b1ba88 (the fix files are unchanged in the later merge of main):

Row	Before	After
Side chat, quote + comment, Files → side chat twice (1440, dark and light)	empty line between quote and comment	quote and comment adjacent
Side chat, 32-line draft, Files → side chat twice (1440, dark)	returns at the top, END hidden	returns unfocused at scrollTop 576, END visible, timeline unmoved
Main thread, 32-line draft, reload unfocused (1440 and 390, dark)	top shown, END hidden	END visible (scrollTop 521)
Main thread, quote + draft, thread A → B → A twice (1440, dark)	extra empty paragraph	none; drafts stay separate
Empty composer reload (390, dark); > q\n\n\nComment and > q\n\n- item	—	pixel-identical to before
Plain-text mode, reload (1440, dark)	—	Markdown stays literal; END visible
Pasted > quoted\n\nComment to it, > a\n> b\nComment, > q\nComment, reload (1440, dark)	extra empty paragraph	none

Other visible differences in the zero-threshold diffs: anti-aliasing on the send button in several pairs, fractional text positions from the shorter document, and a 5px text shift in the plain-text pair. All of them are inside the composer. Capture images are not attached to this PR.

Not checked: desktop (Electron) and Windows. They use the same editor, but I did not run them. Also not captured in the app: the Cite comment flow, Settings typography previews, literal pending answers, and paste into lists, quotes or code. The parser's unit tests cover their round-trips. A single empty line that the user deliberately leaves between a quote and a comment now parses as adjacent. It already produced the same Markdown as the adjacent form, so the sent text does not change.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 15f365f

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Reopened drafts avoid an extra paragraph after quotes and reveal the caret without taking focus or scrolling the page. The changes are confined to composer restoration, with no change to saved or sent Markdown.

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Walkthrough

The composer now skips a quote-separator paragraph when rebuilding a document. When an unfocused editor applies its initial selection, it reveals the caret within the editor’s scroll area.

Changes: Composer draft restoration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Quote separator parsing apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.ts, apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.test.ts	The parser skips an empty paragraph between an open quote and following prose. A regression test checks that serializing and rebuilding a quote followed by a comment preserves the document JSON.
Initial caret visibility apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.input.browser.test.tsx	When the editor is unfocused, the initial selection schedules a caret reveal on the next animation frame. The reveal adjusts the editor’s own scroll position when needed. A browser test checks visibility for a long draft without focusing the editor.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 25c8e

Reopened drafts keep the quote and comment adjacent and show the caret without taking focus. No actionable merge-blocking risk is visible.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title names the two behaviors the PR changes: reopened drafts keep the blank-line spacing after a quote, and the editor reveals the caret. It follows the conventional commit form. It omits the scr…
Description check		The description follows the template's main sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. The Problem section gives reproduction steps and expected behavior. The Change section explains both fix…
Linked Issues check		[#31837] The objective is that a quote followed by a comment must not gain an empty line after a tab-switch remount, and that the composer must keep its caret and scroll position. The whole-PR summary…
Out of Scope Changes check		The whole-PR summary lists changes only to composer-rich-text-doc.ts, its test file, ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx, and its browser test file. Each change serves the quote-separator parsing or the ca…

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The title names the two behaviors the PR changes: reopened drafts keep the blank-line spacing after a quote, and the editor reveals the caret. It follows the conventional commit form. It omits the scroll-on-remount detail, which is acceptable for a title.

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The description follows the template's main sections: Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification. The Problem section gives reproduction steps and expected behavior. The Change section explains both fixes and why the scroll runs on the next animation frame. Scope links issue #31837. Verification gives specific tests, results, and unchecked areas. Two gaps remain. The Scope section does not say why no issue is needed, which the template asks for only when no issue exists, so it is not required here. The Problem section does not state the expected behavior in one clear sentence. The Verification section includes before/after evidence in a table, but the captures are not attached, and the template asks that screenshots be uploaded and embedded or linked. The description also includes a commit-hash reference and a generated footer, which is harmless.

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[#31837] The objective is that a quote followed by a comment must not gain an empty line after a tab-switch remount, and that the composer must keep its caret and scroll position. The whole-PR summary shows two code changes. (1) In apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.ts, buildTiptapContent treats one blank line after a blockquote, before a non-empty prose line, as the quote separator and does not create an empty paragraph. Saving still writes that separator through needsBlankLineAfterQuote. (2) In apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx, an unfocused editor that mounts with a draft schedules revealCaretInEditor on the next animation frame. This scrolls only the editor's own box, without focusing it and without scrolling the timeline or page. The new round-trip test in composer-rich-text-doc.test.ts and the new browser test in ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.input.browser.test.tsx cover both behaviors. The PR description reports a before/after failure on main and a pass on the reviewed head. The PR description also reports an in-app side-chat Files-to-chat check. The summary does not state the list exclusion in the parser. The PR description states it, so the list case is taken from the description and was not verified in code. The side-chat workflow in the issue is covered by the remount fix. No unresolved requirement remains for this issue.

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The whole-PR summary lists changes only to composer-rich-text-doc.ts, its test file, ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx, and its browser test file. Each change serves the quote-separator parsing or the caret reveal on remount described in [#31837]. The summary reports no unrelated files, no public API declaration changes, and no changes to save or send output. The PR description states that the saved and sent Markdown does not change. The previous assessment reached the same conclusion. The changes since the previous review were not reinspected in detail, so this result relies on the whole-PR summary and the PR description.

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Evidence

Environment for all captures: real web dev app, Chromium/Linux, 1440×900 CSS pixels, DPR 2, dark appearance. Separate worktrees and fresh databases with automatic seeding disabled; identical synthetic Replay conversation and side-chat drafts.

Steps: type > then Space, quote text, Shift+Enter twice, and a comment directly below. Switch Files → Side chat; delete any added empty line and repeat. Replace with 32 numbered draft lines, move the caret to the end, and switch Files → Side chat again.

Before	After
9cd7a04797	9eaa976ff8
Interaction recording	Same scripted interaction
Empty quote separator returns after deletion; long draft reopens at line 01.	Quote/comment remain adjacent; long draft reopens showing line 32.

Head remained unfocused and did not move the page or conversation. Stills were confirmed identical across captures over 500 ms apart. Shared driver · Focus and scroll observations.

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• Electron and native mobile were not exercised; this proof covers the requested web side-chat reproduction.