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AFFiNE-Mirror/blocksuite
Adarsh Singh 440ff0c342 fix(editor): resolve UX inconsistencies in the AI chat interface (#14850)
# Closes #14189.

Fixes the three UX issues reported in the original bug report, plus one
small
adjacent polish on the right-sidebar toggle that was requested during
review.

Each concern in the issue is addressed end-to-end, with the same
treatment
applied to both places the AI chat panel lives: the **sidebar chat
panel**
(right panel on a doc page) and the **standalone `/chat` page**.

---

## 1. `+` button → persistent multi-session tabs (issue point 1)

**Before:** clicking `+` called `createFreshSession()` (standalone) or
`newSession()` (sidebar), both of which tore down the current chat
content
and replaced it in place. There was no way to keep two chats open at
once.

**After:** a browser/IDE-style tab strip lives above the chat content.
Each
open session gets its own tab with a close `×`; the active tab is
highlighted; `+` now adds a tab rather than replacing the chat.

### Details
- New Lit component `ai-chat-tabs`
([packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/components/ai-chat-toolbar/ai-chat-tabs.ts](packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/components/ai-chat-toolbar/ai-chat-tabs.ts)).
- Tab title is derived from `session.title` → first user message → `"New
chat"`.
- Horizontal scroll when tabs overflow, with a `wheel` handler that
converts
    mouse wheel / trackpad vertical swipe into horizontal scroll (native
horizontal trackpad swipes also work natively via `overflow-x: auto`).
- Auto `scrollIntoView({ inline: 'nearest' })` on active tab change, so
a
newly created or newly selected tab slides into view instead of staying
    hidden behind the toolbar.
- Close `×` removes the tab from the strip but leaves the session on the
server (matches the existing **Chat history** dropdown semantics — the
session is still reachable there). Closing the active tab switches to an
    adjacent one; closing the last tab starts a fresh session.
- Persistence: open session IDs are saved per-workspace in
`localStorage`
under `ai-chat-open-tabs:{workspaceId}`. On mount, the React pages
hydrate
  those IDs via `AIProvider.session.getSession` /
  `CopilotClient.getSession` — no new backend or schema work.
- Wiring: identical effects on both variants
([chat.tsx
(sidebar)](packages/frontend/core/src/desktop/pages/workspace/detail-page/tabs/chat.tsx)
and
[chat/index.tsx
(standalone)](packages/frontend/core/src/desktop/pages/workspace/chat/index.tsx))
  — hydrate → sync active session into tabs → persist.
- The tab strip sits on the same row as the existing toolbar icons
  (pin / history / `+`), separated by `flex: 1` + `min-width: 0` so the
  tabs scroll cleanly up to the toolbar boundary.
- The `ShadowlessElement` base class injects its static CSS globally,
and the
`:host` selector does not match in a React-rooted DOM — the component
uses
  tag-selector CSS (`ai-chat-tabs { display: flex; … }`) instead.

## 2. Drag-and-drop attachments (issue point 2)

**Before:** the chat input accepted no DnD. Attaching anything required
the
`+` → file-picker flow.

**After:** the chat input accepts OS files via native HTML5 DnD and
AFFiNE
documents via the repo's existing pragmatic-drag-and-drop
infrastructure.

### Details
- Native handlers (`dragenter/over/leave/drop`) on

[ai-chat-input.ts](packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/components/ai-chat-input/ai-chat-input.ts)
accept OS files: images go into the image preview grid, other files
become
  attachment chips, with the same 50 MB per-file cap as the `+` picker.
- Internal AFFiNE document drags from the nav panel land as doc chips,
  handled via `dropTargetForElements` from
  `@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop` (same library the rest of the app
  already uses for internal DnD).
- A "Drop to attach" overlay appears during drag, reusing the existing
focused-border token (`--affine-v2-layer-insideBorder-primaryBorder`)
for
  visual consistency with the focused state.
- The image/file routing logic that previously lived inline in
  `add-popover.ts` was factored into a shared helper

[attachment-utils.ts](packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/components/ai-chat-chips/attachment-utils.ts)
  (`addFilesToChat`), so the `+` picker and the drop handler stay in
  lockstep.
- Analytics: extended the `addEmbeddingDoc.control` union in
[events.ts](packages/frontend/track/src/events.ts) with `'dragDrop'` so
  drag-originated attachments are distinguishable from button-initiated
  ones in telemetry.
- `@atlaskit/pragmatic-drag-and-drop` is promoted from a transitive
  dependency (via `@affine/component`) to a direct dependency of
  `@affine/core` and `yarn.lock` is refreshed accordingly.

## 3. Chat-history tooltip + icon (issue point 3)

**Before:** hovering the chat-history button showed a tooltip whose
background did not invert for dark theme (`--affine-tooltip` is not
theme-aware), and the icon was `ArrowDownSmallIcon` — a chevron that
does
not convey "history."

**After:** the tooltip primitive itself is theme-aware (every tooltip in
the app benefits, not just the chat one), and the icon is the
semantically-clear `HistoryIcon`.

### Details
- [tooltip.ts](blocksuite/affine/components/src/tooltip/tooltip.ts) now
uses
  `var(--affine-v2-tooltips-background, var(--affine-tooltip))` and
  `var(--affine-v2-tooltips-foreground, var(--affine-white))`. The V2
  tokens auto-invert with theme; the old vars remain as fallbacks so
  components that override via the existing `tooltipStyle` escape hatch
  continue to work.
- Triangle arrow colors updated to use the same V2 token.
-
[ai-chat-toolbar.ts](packages/frontend/core/src/blocksuite/ai/components/ai-chat-toolbar/ai-chat-toolbar.ts):
  `ArrowDownSmallIcon` → `HistoryIcon`; added
  `data-testid="ai-panel-chat-history"` for future e2e coverage.

## 4. Right-sidebar toggle: tooltips + open-state icon *(adjacent
polish)*

Not part of the original issue, but surfaced while testing the tab strip
—
neither of the two right-sidebar toggle buttons had hover affordance,
and
both used the same icon regardless of the sidebar's state.

- Added `tooltip="Open sidebar"` on the route-container button shown
when
  the sidebar is hidden.
- Added `tooltip="Close sidebar"` on the sidebar-header button shown
when
  the sidebar is expanded.
- The close button now renders a small inline `RightSidebarOpenIcon`
  variant: same outline as `RightSidebarIcon`, but with the right panel
  filled in the AFFiNE accent color to convey the open state. Icon shape
  change is self-contained — no new icon asset added to
  `@blocksuite/icons`.

---

## Commits

- `2adc0c7` — fix(ai-chat): theme-aware tooltip + semantic chat-history
icon *(2 files)*
- `bf26974` — feat(ai-chat): drag-and-drop file and doc attachments in
chat input *(7 files)*
- `fca29c8` — feat(ai-chat): persistent multi-session tab strip *(8
files)*
- `7d5dffe` — feat(workbench): tooltips and open-state icon for the
right-sidebar toggle *(2 files)*

Kept ordered smallest → largest blast radius so the history is easy to
bisect.

---

## Test plan

Verified locally against a fresh server stack (postgres / redis /
mailpit via
compose, migrations run) signed in as `dev@affine.pro`, in both `/chat`
and
the sidebar chat on a doc page, in light and dark themes:

- [x] Tooltip: hover the chat-history icon in dark mode → tooltip is
dark-on-light; toggle to light mode → tooltip is light-on-dark. Existing
tooltips on other surfaces (slash menu, edgeless, linked-doc) still
render correctly.
- [x] Icon: chat-history button renders the history glyph (clock), not a
chevron.
- [x] Drag-and-drop (OS file): drop a PDF / PNG / TXT onto the input →
overlay shows → chips/images appear; file > 50 MB → rejected silently
(same as `+` picker).
- [x] Drag-and-drop (internal doc): drag an AFFiNE doc from the nav
panel → becomes a doc chip.
- [x] Pin-picker, `+` picker, paste-image — all unchanged.
- [x] Tab strip: first chat auto-becomes a tab on first message; `+`
adds tab; click tab switches chat; `×` removes tab and switches to
adjacent; close last tab → new fresh tab spawns.
- [x] Reload browser → tab strip rehydrates from localStorage with the
same sessions.
- [x] Tab overflow: 12+ tabs → horizontal scroll via trackpad vertical
swipe, trackpad horizontal swipe, and mouse wheel; active tab
auto-scrolls into view on `+` click.
- [x] Right-sidebar: hover both toggle buttons → tooltips appear; open
the sidebar → close button shows the filled right-panel icon.
- [x] `yarn lint:ox` and lint-staged both clean on every commit.

Not verified locally (no local model key configured): the assistant
actually
streams a response. Drop/chip flow is independent of that path.

## Out of scope / follow-ups

- No new unit or Playwright tests — the fixes are visually verifiable
and
  reuse existing reducer / state paths. Happy to add tests if reviewers
  prefer.
- `@affine/native` is not required for the web dev stack; I only built
  `@affine/server-native`. Irrelevant to the PR diff.


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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **New Features**
* Multi-tab chat UI with a tabs component, open/close/switch actions,
and per-workspace persistence/restoration.
  * Drag-and-drop attachments into chat input (files and docs).

* **UI/UX**
  * Tooltip theming moved to v2 variables (includes arrow color).
  * Sidebar toggle/close buttons now show tooltips.
  * “Drop to attach” overlay and updated history icon.

* **Behavior**
  * Unified attachment handling with 50MB validation and toast notices.

* **Analytics**
  * Attachment events record drag-and-drop as a control method.
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