pkg/cli/frame.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
 
@@ -428,6 +429,7 @@ func (f *Frame) String() string {
 	if view == "" {
 		return ""
 	}
+	view = ansi.Strip(view)
 	// Ensure trailing newline for non-TTY consistency
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(view, "\n") {
 		view += "\n"
@@ -452,7 +454,6 @@ func (f *Frame) termSize() (int, int) {
 	return 80, 24 // sensible default
 }
 
-
 func (f *Frame) runLive() {
 	opts := []tea.ProgramOption{
 		tea.WithAltScreen(),

pkg/cli/frame_test.go

@@ -145,6 +145,20 @@ func TestFrame_Bad(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "", f.String())
 	})
 
+	t.Run("static string strips ANSI", func(t *testing.T) {
+		f := NewFrame("HCF")
+		f.out = &bytes.Buffer{}
+		f.Header(StatusLine("core dev", "18 repos"))
+		f.Content(StaticModel("body"))
+		f.Footer(KeyHints("q quit"))
+
+		out := f.String()
+		assert.NotContains(t, out, "\x1b[")
+		assert.Contains(t, out, "core dev")
+		assert.Contains(t, out, "body")
+		assert.Contains(t, out, "q quit")
+	})
+
 	t.Run("back on empty history", func(t *testing.T) {
 		f := NewFrame("C")
 		f.out = &bytes.Buffer{}
@@ -276,7 +290,7 @@ func TestFrameFocus_Good(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("Focus ignores invalid region", func(t *testing.T) {
 		f := NewFrame("HCF")
-		f.Focus(RegionLeft) // Left not in "HCF"
+		f.Focus(RegionLeft)                         // Left not in "HCF"
 		assert.Equal(t, RegionContent, f.Focused()) // unchanged
 	})
 
@@ -550,4 +564,3 @@ func TestFrameMessageRouting_Good(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 }
-