1. Moved the min-height from .email-reader-header to .email-reader-meta
(92px) inside the <600 container query. Targeting the container
itself in its own @container rule was flaky; using a descendant
that affects the parent's intrinsic height works reliably.
2. Dropped the margin-top:0 reset on the cluster in the <380 overlay
rule — that was clearing the base -7px lift and sliding the
cluster ~7px downward at the breakpoint. Now both states use the
same -7px lift so the visual position is stable across the
transition.
Dropped the @media(769px) from-row min-height + align-items:center
and the strong > top:-2px nudge — leftovers from the grid layout
that were forcing extra height and label offsets the block-flow
meta doesn't need.
Consolidated docked overrides into a single flat block (no @media
wrapper) and merged the two .email-reader-meta declarations into
one. Same visual result, much less competing CSS to debug.
When the cluster wraps to 2 rows (44 + 4 gap + 44 = 92px tall), it
was peeking out below the header bottom because min-height stayed
at 60px (only ~44px of cluster room). Bumped min-height to 108px
inside the same <600 container query so the wrapped cluster sits
fully inside the header with 8px breathing room top + bottom.
Replaced the grid layout (which made From row height depend on
cluster height, causing To/Cc to shoot up or down at the wrap
breakpoint) with a plain block stack:
- meta = position:relative block
- From row + details = natural block flow with padding-right
reserving space for the absolute cluster on the right
- cluster = position:absolute top-right, width changes per
container query (308px wide / 158px narrow / 180px overlay)
- padding-right tightens from 320px → 170px → 0 as the cluster
shrinks and finally goes overlay
- details margin-top dropped from -10px to 0 since there's no
grid row gap to compensate for
To/Cc now hugs From with no jumps when the cluster wraps or
overlays.
Removed the medium-mode -12px details margin compensation — it
under/over-shot depending on grid row sizing. Replaced with a
:has() rule: when the user expands To/Cc, the From row gets
min-height 92px (matching the cluster's 2-row max height). Row 1
becomes the same size whether the cluster is 1 row (wide) or 2
rows (narrow), so resizing across the 600px wrap breakpoint no
longer makes To/Cc shoot up 4px.
When the cluster snaps to absolute overlay at <380px, it stops
contributing to grid row sizing — row 1 was collapsing to the From
row's natural height, which made the To/Cc details slide upward and
left the floating cluster visually misaligned against them. Setting
min-height:88px on the From row inside the same container query
holds row 1 at the cluster's two-row height so nothing jumps.
Was fanning out to 3 rows because the 152px max-width (3 icons +
2 gaps exact) had no slack — subpixel rounding could push the
third icon over and trigger another wrap. Bumped to 158px in the
in-grid mode (600px breakpoint) and 180px in the absolute-overlay
mode (380px breakpoint, where the 22px padding-left from the
gradient fade was also eating into the 3-icon row width).
Was wrapping into 4+ rows at narrow widths because the cluster's
grid column could shrink below the 3-icon cap. Set both min-width
and max-width to the 3-icon row width and justify-self:end on the
cluster so the icons stay glued to the right edge instead of
sliding toward the middle when the cluster is wider than its
content.
The 600px / 380px breakpoints were @container docpane queries but
the email reader isn't inside a docpane container — they never
fired and the cluster wrapped to 3+ rows at narrow widths. Added
container-type:inline-size + container-name:emailreader on
.email-reader-header and switched the queries to that container,
so the 2-row cap now actually applies.
Three-step shrink:
1. > 600px pane: cluster sits in col 2 as 1 row of 6
2. 380-600px pane: cluster capped at 3-icon width so wrapping
stops at 3 + 3 (max 2 rows) — chips share width with the 2-row
cluster instead of multiplying into 3+ rows
3. < 380px pane: cluster snaps to absolute overlay with left-edge
box-shadow, still capped at 3-icon width so it's the same 2-row
shape but floating above the truncated chips
Grid tracks now:
- col 1: minmax(60px, 250px) — chip natural width capped at 250px,
with the 60px (4 char) floor enforced on From / To / Cc alike
- col 2: minmax(48px, 1fr) — takes the rest, shrinks first when
the pane narrows
Removed the hard max-width on the action cluster so on wide panes
it stays as one row of 6. Once col 2 shrinks below the 1-row width,
flex-wrap kicks in and the icons re-stack to 3+3. Chips only start
to shrink past that point.
- Action cluster's max-width is calc(48*3 + 4*2) so the 6 icons
always lay out as 3 top / 3 bottom by default.
- When the pane narrows the chips in col 1 shrink first (with 60px
min so 4 chars + ellipsis stay visible).
- At <380px the cluster snaps to absolute overlay with a left-edge
box-shadow so it reads as floating above the truncated chip.
Two-step shrink behavior:
1. As the pane narrows, the action cluster (max-width:50% of meta)
wraps to a 2-row icon stack first
2. Then the recipient chip span starts overflow-scrolling, but
keeps a 60px min-width (~4 chars) so the first chars of the
sender/recipient name stay visible
Previously only the From row affected the action cluster's column
width — To/Cc detail rows spanned both columns and ignored the
cluster. Now:
- meta-details lives in col 1 only so the To/Cc chips shrink
together with the From chip when the pane narrows
- action cluster spans rows 1 and 2 so its width is set by the
widest col-1 content; a long To/Cc list triggers the wrap to a
2-row icon stack just like a long From sender does
Meta switched to CSS grid in undocked mode:
- row 1, col 1: From row (label + chip + chevron)
- row 1, col 2: action cluster
- row 2, span: To/Cc details
The cluster shrinks alongside the chip and flex-wraps into a 2-row
icon stack before crowding the chip. At very narrow pane widths
(< 380px via @container docpane) it snaps back to absolute overlay
so From: still fits.
Docked mode overrides meta back to flex column so the cluster
flows naturally last — under From, and under To/Cc when expanded.
Was rendering as a transparent ghost — From chip / sender text bled
through the gaps between icons. Added a left-fading gradient
backed by var(--bg) so the cluster reads as an opaque overlay
while chips poking out from underneath blend smoothly into its
left edge.
- Window-level recipient-chip click handler now bails if the chip
is inside .email-reader-meta — the per-reader handler still
toggles the expanded-address view on click.
- The from-sender (magnifying glass) search button SVG is now
tinted with var(--accent-primary) so it stands out as a deliberate
search action against the neutral Reply / Forward / etc icons.
Moved the action cluster out of the From row to a sibling of meta
inside .email-reader-meta. Undocked: cluster is absolute-positioned
top-right of the header so it overlays the From line as before.
Docked: cluster is in-flow at the bottom of the meta column, so it
sits below the From row when collapsed and below the To/Cc rows
when the user expands the recipient details via the chevron.
Cluster is now in-flow with margin-left:auto and flex-wrap:wrap so
when the chip text grows long enough to crowd it, the buttons split
to a second row of icons before they have to cover the chip. The
absolute-overlay behavior kicks back in at very narrow pane widths
(<380px via @container docpane) so From: still fits on one row when
the pane is truly cramped.
Pulled the From row's negative margin from -8 to -4 so the whole
row (From: label AND chip) sits 4px lower together. Action cluster
below now justifies flex-end so the icons sit at the right edge
of the row instead of left-aligned.
Sometimes the user lands in chat mode without realizing — surface the
mode the message went out on as a small uppercase pill right after the
timestamp in the role header.
- roleTimestamp(when, mode) gains an optional mode arg. Agent renders
in accent; Chat renders in muted/neutral. Other values render
nothing (back-compat for older history without the field).
- The three roleTimestamp call sites pass metadata?.mode through.
- chat.js writes mode into the user-message metadata at send time and
into the assistant metadata when the active-stream render lands,
reading toggleState.mode so research/agent overrides upstream still
flow through correctly.
Historical messages from before this change just don't show the pill —
graceful fallback, no migration needed.
When the modal is docked there's no room to overlay the actions on
the From line. Now:
- From row gets flex-wrap so the action cluster drops to its own
row below the From label + chevron
- Action cluster goes position:static, flex-basis:100%, no gradient
fade, no padding-left, left-aligned
- Whole From row pulled up 8px to claim back vertical space
- Header min-height drops back to 0 since buttons no longer
overlap
Also bumped the gap from From to To/Cc details by 2px (-8 → -6).
Bumped header min-height to 60px and padding-top to 8px so the
44px-tall action buttons (absolutely positioned inside the From
row) have room without overflowing the header. From row gets
min-height:44px on desktop so the buttons fit cleanly inside it.
Dropped the now-redundant negative margin nudges on the From row
and the strong label.
Pinned .email-reader-actions-inline to absolute top:0 right:0 of the
From row with a gradient fade. When the window narrows the cluster
stays on the From line and the recipient-chips span scrolls under
it, so users can swipe/drag to reveal recipients tucked behind the
buttons instead of seeing From: jump above the action row.
- Desktop (>= 769px): From row gets margin-top -4px so the whole
From + action cluster sits 4px higher in the header.
- Mobile @media block untouched.
- To/Cc gap bumped 4px → 6px for slight breathing room.
Strong labels reserve min-width:36px so the chips after each label
start at the same x — From, To, Cc all line up. Killed the
docked/docpane grid-stack overrides that were splitting label and
chips onto separate rows, since chips already scroll horizontally
inside each row when there are too many.
- Docked: From row + action cluster nudged up 4px
- Chevron pulled 4px left so it sits tight to the From chip
- To/Cc detail block pulled up 8px to hug the From row
- 4px gap between To and Cc rows (was 2px)
Found the culprit — the docked-modal CSS forced .email-reader-meta-row
into a single-column grid, which collapsed the From row into a
vertical stack and pushed the action buttons below it.
Fix:
- Merged the primary + secondary action rows into one flat
.email-reader-actions-inline cluster inside the From row
- Made the cluster flex-wrap so it stays inline when undocked and
wraps below the chip when truly cramped (docked, narrow tab)
- Excluded .email-reader-meta-from from the docked-modal and
narrow-docpane grid-stack rules — those overrides now only
apply to the To/Cc detail rows
Restructured the DOM so the Reply / Reply-all / Forward row lives
INSIDE the email-reader-meta-from div (after the chips span), and
the Summary / AI / More row sits directly below as a sibling of
From inside the meta. Killed the outer email-reader-actions
wrapper that kept letting the buttons drift out of position.
CSS now pushes the primary row right via margin-left:auto on the
From row and right-aligns the secondary row below it.
Reorganized the action cluster into two visible rows so each fits
the available width:
- Top row (on the From line): Reply / Reply-all / Forward
- Bottom row (under it): Summary / AI reply / More
Action cluster goes back to flex-direction:column, the row
wrappers are flex rows again (no more display:contents flatten).
align-items: flex-start on the header keeps the action cluster
locked to the From line when the user expands the To/Cc details
— previously it drifted to vertical center as the meta grew taller.
After the toolbar reshuffle the action block is now two stacked rows
(Summary/More above Reply/Forward/AI), making it taller than the meta
block. The mobile header rule was align-items:center, which then pulled
the From:/To: rows down into the vertical middle of the header — the
'From: is in the middle' symptom. Switch to flex-start so meta sticks
to the top edge where the user expects it.
With the meta collapsed to a single visible From row + chevron,
there is room to put the action cluster on that same row as a
right-aligned sibling. Dropped the absolute positioning and
gradient-fade overlap — actions now flex-end via margin-left:auto
so From sits on the left and Reply / Reply-all / Forward / AI /
Summary / More all sit on the right of the same row.
Also moved the chevron inside the recipient-chips span so it sits
adjacent to the sender chip instead of wrapping onto a second line.
Only the From row shows by default. When the email has To and/or
Cc recipients, a small chevron sits next to the From chip — click
it to inline-expand the To/Cc rows below (rotates 180deg open).
Trims the header to a single visible row in the common case,
leaving the action cluster plenty of vertical headroom to stay
on a single row.
Reverted the single-row meta strip — misread the user's ask. Each
meta field gets its own row (From / To / Cc stacked), label sits
tight to the chips on the same line, recipient chips inside the
row still scroll horizontally so long lists slide under the
floating action cluster.
Three stacked meta rows wasted vertical space — From, To, Cc now
share one horizontal strip with each label tight to its chips. The
strip itself scrolls horizontally so the action cluster (still
floating top-right) can cover the right edge and the user can drag
to reveal recipients hidden underneath.
This also gives the actions a single shared row, since the meta
no longer dictates a multi-row header height.