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What Changed

Right-clicking a markdown file-link chip in chat now shows the same shared file context menu as the changed-files tree, the diff panel, and the file browser — Reveal in Finder / Explorer / Files and an Open with submenu of the environment's detected editors, alongside the chip's own preview, preferred-editor, integrated-browser, and copy-path items.

The chip keeps a single primary Open in ‹editor› row. Instead of a second top-level Open (default application) next to it, that action now lives inside Open with as Default Application — one obvious way to open a file, with alternatives a level deep. When no editors are detected there is no submenu to fold into, and the shared Open row is dropped entirely: the chip's own open already reaches the default app through preferred-editor resolution, so a second row would be the same action twice.

Fixes riding along:

  • Open with submenu selections now actually dispatch — the chip resolves clicked items one level deep, not just top-level rows, so editor:<id> children work.
  • Shared path resolution reuses isAbsolutePath from terminal-links.ts: Unix absolute paths, C:\… drive paths, and \\server\share UNC paths pass through, while drive-relative C:notes.md stays relative instead of being mistaken for absolute.
  • Bare filename chips (ChatView.tsx) resolve through the workspace basename index before activating shared actions, so Open/Reveal target the indexed file rather than the workspace root.
  • Reveal works in remote mode (the reveal is server-side), and right-clicking anywhere on a diff header — filename, metadata, or blank space — opens that file's menu.
  • Changed-files and diff menus bind to the thread/workspace the rows actually came from: while the list paints a held snapshot of the previous thread, the card resolves its own thread, project, and expansion state; and a branch diff retried at the environment cwd resolves files there instead of the rejected worktree.

The convention is documented for future surfaces in docs/internals/file-context-menus.md; "file chip" / "file context menu" are defined in docs/internals/glossary.md.

Not touched: composer file-mention chips (they live inside the Lexical editor and need environment context threaded into the decorator — listed as a follow-up in the doc) and mobile, which has no right-click.

Stacked on #11842 — merge that first; this diff is only the delta on top.

Verification

  • vp test run src/fileContextMenu.test.ts src/components/ChatMarkdown.test.tsx in apps/web: 60 passed, 0 failed (new cases cover UNC passthrough, drive-relative rejection, Default Application nesting, and no-menu for unresolvable paths).
  • pnpm exec tsc --noEmit in apps/web: clean.
  • Focused lint on touched files: 0 errors, no new warnings vs base.
  • Exercised in a running web client against an isolated home with stub editor CLIs on PATH: right-clicking the bin.ts chip shows Open in Cursor / Reveal in Finder / Open with ▸ / Copy relative path / Copy full path, with Default Application, Cursor, VS Code, and Zed inside the submenu.

UI Changes

Labeled still-state comparison built from real captures (the Before frame is the maintainer's own screenshot of the previous menu; this is a static menu change, not motion):

Before: three ways to open one file. After: one open row, with the default app folded into Open with

After — submenu open, Default Application listed first:

After: Open with submenu holds Default Application plus the detected editors

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  • I explained what changed and why
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  • New Features

    • Added a shared right-click menu for workspace files in file browsers, changed-files views, diff panels, and chat file links.
    • Files can be revealed, opened with the default editor, or opened with another available editor.
    • Added consistent handling for workspace, repository, and absolute file paths.
  • Bug Fixes

    • File actions now remain associated with the correct conversation during thread switching.
  • Documentation

    • Documented file context menus and related terminology.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for path resolution and file-menu actions.

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Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — The PR introduces a shared shell-backed file menu and wires new Open, Reveal, and Open with behavior into chat chips, diff headers, changed-file views, and the file browser. Its cross-surface production impact and nontrivial path/thread-resolution logic make it broader than a small isolated fix.

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The change adds a shared file context menu, migrates chat file links and workspace file actions to it, and wires it into changed-file and diff views. It also binds changed-file actions to the painted thread during thread transitions.

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File context menus

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared menu implementation and coverage
apps/web/src/fileContextMenu.ts, apps/web/src/fileContextMenu.test.ts, docs/internals/*
Adds shared path resolution, open/reveal actions, editor filtering, activation, tests, and maintainer documentation.
Chat file-link integration
apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx
Routes markdown file-link actions through the shared menu and removes local reveal handling.
Changed-files and diff integration
apps/web/src/components/chat/ChangedFilesTree.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx, apps/web/src/components/DiffPanel.tsx
Adds file context-menu callbacks, uses painted-thread context for changed files, and constructs diff targets with environment, workspace, and repository data.
Workspace file-browser integration
apps/web/src/components/files/FileBrowserPanel.tsx
Combines shared file actions with copy-mention and add-to-chat actions, then activates shared menu selections.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

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sequenceDiagram
  participant FileSurface
  participant useFileContextMenu
  participant shellEnvironment
  FileSurface->>useFileContextMenu: buildItems(target)
  FileSurface->>useFileContextMenu: activate(action, target)
  useFileContextMenu->>shellEnvironment: openInEditor(absolutePath, action)
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File actions on changed files can open or reveal the wrong file when a thread uses a worktree, so the menu root should be corrected before merging.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/ChatMarkdown.tsx`:
- Around line 2015-2017: Update the click-handling flow around sharedClicked to
resolve editor selections from the Open with submenu by searching submenu
children when the clicked identifier uses the editor:<id> form, then pass the
matched item’s identifier to fileMenu.activate. Preserve the existing top-level
sharedItems lookup and menuTarget/fileMenu guards for other selections.

In `@apps/web/src/fileContextMenu.ts`:
- Line 49: Update the absolute-path check in the path validation helper so
Windows drive paths are accepted only when the drive-letter colon is followed by
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CleanShot 2026-09-14 at 22 47 31@2x

this looks horrible, there's Open in Cursor, Open (with a pen icon?), and Open in... submenu? How many ways is there to open a fucking file hahaha

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Right-clicking a changed file in the chat changed-files tree, the diff
panel, or the workspace file browser now offers Open (default app),
Reveal in Finder/File Explorer/Files, and an Open with submenu of the
environment's detected editors. Reveal rides the existing
shell.openInEditor reveal support and its shellRevealInFileManager
config gate, so the menu only offers what the environment can do.
The file browser only matched top-level menu ids, so editor choices
from the Open with submenu fell through and did nothing. Also cover
the touched helpers with docstrings.
Markdown file links carried their own right-click menu with a private
reveal action and no Open with submenu, diverging from the changed-files
tree, diff panel, and file browser. Build their menu from
useFileContextMenu instead: reveal and the Open with editor submenu now
appear beside the chip's own preview, preferred-editor, browser, and
copy actions, and reveal works in remote mode where the old one was
hidden. Absolute environment-host paths resolve directly so links
outside the workspace keep their actions.

The chip already renders "Open in <editor>", so the shared menu's
default-app Open folds into Open with as "Default Application" — one
primary open row plus alternatives instead of three competing open
items. Open with selections now dispatch their child ids, and bare
display paths like "ChatView.tsx" resolve through the workspace index
before an action runs so they target the indexed file rather than
<cwd>/<basename>.

Document the convention in docs/internals/file-context-menus.md and
define file chip and file context menu in the glossary.
Right-clicking a diff header's metadata or blank area produced no menu
because the handler only looked for a data-title node in the click path.
Fall back to the enclosing data-diffs-header's filename like the click
handler does.
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Fair — that was three separate ways to open one file. Fixed: the chip keeps its single Open in Cursor row, and the default-app Open now lives inside Open with as Default Application. One open row, alternatives a level deep. When no editors are detected the extra row disappears entirely (the chip's own open already reaches the default app). Fresh captures in the description.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx`:
- Around line 2782-2791: Bind changed-file context-menu actions in
AssistantChangedFilesSectionInner to the painted thread represented by
displayThreadKey, not the current route thread from useThread(ctx.threadRef).
Carry or derive the painted thread’s identity, environment, project,
workspaceRoot, and filePath through TimelineRowCtx, then use those values when
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While the list paints a held snapshot of the previous thread, the changed-files card mixed the old row's files with the route thread's workspace and repository roots. Resolve the section's thread and project from the painted thread key so the file menu and expansion state follow the rows on screen.
When the worktree cwd is rejected, the branch diff preview retries at the environment cwd, but the context menu still resolved files against the rejected root. Bind the menu's workspace root to the cwd the rendered diff came from.

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🟠 Major · Use the worktree as the changed-file menu root.

apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx:2768-2821
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Use the worktree as the changed-file menu root. CheckpointDiffQuery computes checkpoint diffs with thread.worktreePath ?? workspaceRoot, and the parsed numstat paths remain relative. This caller passes project.workspaceRoot, so the menu can resolve src/index.ts against the wrong root and open or reveal the wrong file.

-            workspaceRoot: project?.workspaceRoot ?? ctx.workspaceRoot,
+            workspaceRoot: thread?.worktreePath ?? project?.workspaceRoot ?? ctx.workspaceRoot,
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In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx` around lines 2768 - 2821,
Update the onFileContextMenu payload in the ChangedFilesCard caller to use the
active thread’s worktreePath when available, falling back to
project.workspaceRoot. Keep repositoryRoot handling unchanged and preserve the
existing painted-thread/environment resolution.
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In `@apps/web/src/components/chat/MessagesTimeline.tsx`:
- Around line 2768-2821: Update the onFileContextMenu payload in the
ChangedFilesCard caller to use the active thread’s worktreePath when available,
falling back to project.workspaceRoot. Keep repositoryRoot handling unchanged
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