{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"prompt-footer-rebuilt-as-a-width-aware-row-of-pill-badges-a","canonical_anchor":"prompt-footer-rebuilt-as-a-width-aware-row-of-pill-badges-a","heading":"Prompt footer rebuilt as a width-aware row of pill, badges and hint","tier":null,"area":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/prompt-footer-rebuilt-as-a-width-aware-row-of-pill-badges-a","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Prompt footer rebuilt as a width-aware row of pill, badges and hint\n\nThe footer under the prompt now shrinks to fit: \"N background\" becomes \"N bg\", the hint drops, and the right side is capped at 40%\n\n**What**\n\nThe line under the prompt shows the permission mode, which is how Claude Code asks before acting. It is now built from pieces that each know their own width: the mode pill, the count of background tasks, the count of artifacts, and memory and link badges.\n\nWhen space runs short:\n\n- \"N background\" becomes \"N bg\"\n\n- the hint is dropped; it is either the down-arrow shortcut for managing tasks or the shift+tab shortcut for cycling modes\n\nThe right-hand side takes at most 40% of the width and ends with an ellipsis (...) when cut. In Bash mode the footer shows \"shell mode\".\n\n**Why**\n\nIn a narrow terminal window the footer now shortens its parts instead of overflowing."}