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IDE file/selection status now shown as a dismissible pill inside the prompt input

The connected editor's current file/selection now appears as a dismissible pill inside the prompt box instead of a separate sidebar

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You'll noticeTier: how much it should matter to you
2Useful: my rating, 1 to 5
2Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
Prompt InputArea: what it touches
Internal ChangesKind: in v2.1.271,
ImprovementsSection of the release

What

  • The prompt input now shows IDE-selection status (the current file/selection from a connected editor) as a leadingPill embedded at the start of the input text, replacing the old separate sidebar box.
  • The pill can be dismissed: a new dismissIdeSelection handler is wired to the pill's delete action, and a hash of the last-dismissed selection is tracked so the same selection doesn't reappear right after being dismissed.
  • The underlying text input component gained a leadingPill prop, rendered before the main text with its own highlight color and correctly offsetting cursor position and highlight ranges.
  • The text-editing logic (kill/yank, backspace, delete, Home/End, Enter) was reworked to treat this leading content as a protected prefix: backspace at the prefix boundary calls the pill's delete callback instead of erasing into it.

Why

This keeps the current file/selection context visible directly in the prompt instead of in a separate box, while preventing it from being accidentally deleted or re-shown right after being dismissed.

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