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Ask user question UI footer improvements (#9949)
## Summary

Polishes the `request_user_input` TUI overlay

Question 1 (unanswered)
<img width="853" height="167" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 1 30 09 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c305644-449e-4e8d-a47b-d689ebd8702c"
/>

Tab to add notes
<img width="856" height="198" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 1 30 25 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0d2801b0-df0c-49ae-85af-e6d56fc2c67c"
/>

Question 2 (unanswered)
<img width="854" height="168" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 1 30 55 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b3723062-51f9-49c9-a9ab-bb1b32964542"
/>

Ctrl+p or h to go back to q1 (answered)
<img width="853" height="195" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 1 31 27 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/c602f183-1c25-4c51-8f9f-e565cb6bd637"
/>

Unanswered freeform
<img width="856" height="126" alt="Screenshot 2026-01-27 at 1 31 42 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7e3d9d8b-820b-4b9a-9ef2-4699eed484c5"
/>

## Key changes

- Footer tips wrap at tip boundaries (no truncation mid‑tip); footer
height scales to wrapped tips.
- Keep tooltip text as Esc: interrupt in all states.
- Make the full Tab: add notes tip cyan/bold when applicable; hide notes
UI by default.
- Notes toggling/backspace:
- Tab opens notes when an option is selected; Tab again clears notes and
hides the notes UI.
    - Backspace in options clears the current selection.
    - Backspace in empty notes closes notes and returns to options.
- Selection/answering behavior:
- Option questions highlight a default option but are not answered until
Enter.
- Enter no longer auto‑selects when there’s no selection (prevents
accidental answers).
    - Notes submission can commit the selected option when present.
- Freeform questions require Enter with non‑empty text to mark answered;
drafts are not submitted unless committed.
- Unanswered cues:
    - Skipped option questions count as unanswered.
    - Unanswered question titles are highlighted for visibility.
- Typing/navigation in options:
    - Typing no longer opens notes; notes are Tab‑only.
- j/k move option selection; h/l switch questions (Ctrl+n/Ctrl+p still
work).

## Tests

- Added unit coverage for:
    - tip‑level wrapping
    - focus reset when switching questions with existing drafts
    - backspace clearing selection
    - backspace closing empty notes
    - typing in options does not open notes
    - freeform draft submission gating
    - h/l question navigation in options
- Updated snapshots, including narrow footer wrap.

## Why

These changes make the ask‑user‑question overlay:

- safer (no silent auto‑selection or accidental freeform submission),
- clearer (tips wrap cleanly and unanswered states stand out),
- more ergonomic (Tab explicitly controls notes; backspace acts like
undo/close).

## Codex author
`codex fork 019bfc3c-2c42-7982-9119-fee8b9315c2f`

---------

Co-authored-by: Ahmed Ibrahim <aibrahim@openai.com>
2026-01-27 14:57:07 -08:00
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BUILD.bazel fix: support remote arm64 builds, as well (#9018) 2026-01-10 18:41:08 -08:00
CHANGELOG.md Documentation improvement: add missing period (#3754) 2025-10-30 13:01:33 -07:00
cliff.toml docs(changelog): update install command to @openai/codex@<version> (#2073) 2025-10-18 11:02:22 -07:00
defs.bzl Remove stale TODO comment from defs.bzl (#9787) 2026-01-23 20:30:01 +00:00
flake.lock Fix nix build (#4048) 2025-10-17 12:19:08 -07:00
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LICENSE Initial commit 2025-04-16 12:56:08 -04:00
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