feat(core): auto expand workbench sidebar when opening ai preview panel (#13058)

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Added the ability to programmatically open and close the AI chat
preview panel, with improved control over its visibility and content.
* Introduced event notifications for preview panel open/close actions,
enabling responsive UI updates.

* **Enhancements**
* Automatically adjusts the sidebar width to a minimum value when the
preview panel is opened for optimal viewing.
* Improved synchronization between sidebar width and external changes,
ensuring a consistent user experience.
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packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/components/ai-chat-content/ai-chat-content.ts

@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ export class AIChatContent extends SignalWatcher(
   accessor isHistoryLoading = false;
 
   @state()
-  accessor showPreviewPanel = false;
+  private accessor showPreviewPanel = false;
 
   @state()
-  accessor previewPanelContent: TemplateResult<1> | null = null;
+  private accessor previewPanelContent: TemplateResult<1> | null = null;
 
   private readonly chatMessagesRef: Ref<AIChatMessages> =
     createRef<AIChatMessages>();
@@ -338,8 +338,23 @@ export class AIChatContent extends SignalWatcher(
 
   public reset() {
     this.updateContext(DEFAULT_CHAT_CONTEXT_VALUE);
+    this.closePreviewPanel(true);
+  }
+
+  public openPreviewPanel(content?: TemplateResult<1>) {
+    this.showPreviewPanel = true;
+    if (content) this.previewPanelContent = content;
+    AIProvider.slots.previewPanelOpenChange.next(true);
+  }
+
+  public closePreviewPanel(destroyContent: boolean = false) {
     this.showPreviewPanel = false;
-    this.previewPanelContent = null;
+    if (destroyContent) this.previewPanelContent = null;
+    AIProvider.slots.previewPanelOpenChange.next(false);
+  }
+
+  public get isPreviewPanelOpen() {
+    return this.showPreviewPanel;
   }
 
   override connectedCallback() {

packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/components/ai-tools/artifacts-preview-panel.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function getChatPanel(target: HTMLElement) {
 
 export const isPreviewPanelOpen = (target: HTMLElement) => {
   const chatPanel = getChatPanel(target);
-  return chatPanel?.showPreviewPanel ?? false;
+  return chatPanel?.isPreviewPanelOpen ?? false;
 };
 
 export const renderPreviewPanel = (
@@ -28,13 +28,11 @@ export const renderPreviewPanel = (
     return;
   }
 
-  chatPanel.showPreviewPanel = true;
-
   const preview = html`<artifact-preview-panel
     .content=${content}
     .controls=${controls ?? nothing}
   ></artifact-preview-panel>`;
-  chatPanel.previewPanelContent = preview;
+  chatPanel.openPreviewPanel(preview);
 };
 
 export const closePreviewPanel = (target: HTMLElement) => {
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ export const closePreviewPanel = (target: HTMLElement) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  chatPanel.showPreviewPanel = false;
+  chatPanel.closePreviewPanel();
 };
 
 export class ArtifactPreviewPanel extends WithDisposable(ShadowlessElement) {

packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/provider/ai-provider.ts

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ export class AIProvider {
     }>(),
     // downstream can emit this slot to notify ai presets that user info has been updated
     userInfo: new Subject<AIUserInfo | null>(),
+    previewPanelOpenChange: new Subject<boolean>(),
     /* eslint-enable rxjs/finnish */
   };
 

packages/frontend/core/src/desktop/pages/workspace/detail-page/tabs/chat.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ChatPanel } from '@affine/core/blocksuite/ai';
+import { AIProvider, ChatPanel } from '@affine/core/blocksuite/ai';
 import type { AffineEditorContainer } from '@affine/core/blocksuite/block-suite-editor';
 import { useAIChatConfig } from '@affine/core/components/hooks/affine/use-ai-chat-config';
 import { WorkspaceDialogService } from '@affine/core/modules/dialogs';
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { ViewExtensionManagerIdentifier } from '@blocksuite/affine/ext-loader';
 import { RefNodeSlotsProvider } from '@blocksuite/affine/inlines/reference';
 import { DocModeProvider } from '@blocksuite/affine/shared/services';
 import { createSignalFromObservable } from '@blocksuite/affine/shared/utils';
-import { useFramework } from '@toeverything/infra';
+import { useFramework, useService } from '@toeverything/infra';
-import { forwardRef, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { forwardRef, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
 import * as styles from './chat.css';
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const EditorChatPanel = forwardRef(function EditorChatPanel(
 ) {
   const chatPanelRef = useRef<ChatPanel | null>(null);
   const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  const workbench = useService(WorkbenchService).workbench;
   const framework = useFramework();
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -118,5 +119,25 @@ export const EditorChatPanel = forwardRef(function EditorChatPanel(
     playgroundConfig,
   ]);
 
+  const [autoResized, setAutoResized] = useState(false);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // after auto expanded first time, do not auto expand again(even if user manually resized)
+    if (autoResized) return;
+    const subscription = AIProvider.slots.previewPanelOpenChange.subscribe(
+      open => {
+        if (!open) return;
+        const sidebarWidth = workbench.sidebarWidth$.value;
+        const MIN_SIDEBAR_WIDTH = 1080;
+        if (!sidebarWidth || sidebarWidth < MIN_SIDEBAR_WIDTH) {
+          workbench.setSidebarWidth(MIN_SIDEBAR_WIDTH);
+          setAutoResized(true);
+        }
+      }
+    );
+    return () => {
+      subscription.unsubscribe();
+    };
+  }, [autoResized, workbench]);
+
   return <div className={styles.root} ref={containerRef} />;
 });

packages/frontend/core/src/modules/workbench/view/workbench-root.tsx

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ const WorkbenchSidebar = () => {
   const [resizing, setResizing] = useState(false);
 
   const workbench = useService(WorkbenchService).workbench;
+  const sidebarWidth = useLiveData(workbench.sidebarWidth$);
   const [width, setWidth] = useState(workbench.sidebarWidth$.value ?? 0);
 
   const views = useLiveData(workbench.views$);
@@ -152,6 +153,11 @@ const WorkbenchSidebar = () => {
     };
   }, []);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (resizing) return;
+    setWidth(sidebarWidth ?? 0);
+  }, [resizing, sidebarWidth]);
+
   return (
     <ResizePanel
       floating={floating}