[squidllee]

Problem

Desktop context menus use the operating system's native styling, while the web UI uses T3 Code styling. This makes the desktop experience look different from the web version.

Change

Adds an opt-in, per-device Styled Context Menu setting under Settings → Appearance → Interface. When enabled, application context menus in the desktop app use T3 Code styling. It is off by default. Text-field and spellcheck menus remain native.

Scope and approval

Scope is limited to this desktop appearance preference and the existing application context-menu routing. No issue is linked; this is a standalone UI consistency improvement. Maintainer review and approval are pending.

Verification

• Environment: Windows development worktree.
• vp run build: passed on rebased head 44038402d6 after rebasing onto 3ff452bd65 (non-fatal build warnings only).
• No tests or live UI interaction were run during that sync. The screenshots below are retained as before/after visual evidence.
• GitHub Actions on 44038402d6 are awaiting maintainer approval for this fork PR.

Screenshots

The setting is off by default:

The setting enabled:

Each pair below shows the same application menu with the setting off and on.

Thread list menu

Off, Windows native menu

On, T3 styled menu

File reference menu

Off

On

Terminal selection menu

Off

On

The styled thread-list menu also shows its submenus:

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR adds an opt-in desktop context-menu capability across shared settings and runtime code and introduces a new product default, so it requires human review under the applicable criteria. An unresolved Medium finding also indicates that browser searches can expose a setting unavailable outside Electron.

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Walkthrough

Adds an Electron-only setting for styled context menus. When enabled, desktop context-menu display uses the DOM fallback; otherwise, it uses the native menu. Closing dismisses the fallback and invalidates pending shows.

Changes: Styled context menus

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define and expose the setting packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts, apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.test.ts	Adds styledContextMenuEnabled, defaulting to false, and its optional patch field. The Electron Appearance panel exposes the switch and reset action. Settings search includes a desktop-only entry, with a test for its catalog entry and search behavior.
Route context menus by preference apps/web/src/localApi.ts, apps/web/src/localApi.test.ts	Reads the preference asynchronously. When enabled, desktop context-menu display uses the DOM fallback; otherwise, it uses the native menu. Closing dismisses the fallback and invalidates pending shows. Tests cover display, dismissal, and a pending show invalidated by close.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant localApi
  participant ClientSettings
  participant DesktopBridge
  participant DOMFallback
  localApi->>ClientSettings: Read styledContextMenuEnabled
  ClientSettings-->>localApi: Return preference
  alt Preference enabled
    localApi->>DOMFallback: Show context menu
  else Preference disabled
    localApi->>DesktopBridge: Show native context menu
  end
  localApi->>DOMFallback: Dismiss fallback on close

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Merge Risk: Minimal · previous review d40f0

Browser search no longer points to a setting that browsers cannot display. No actionable merge-blocking risk remains from this review.

Security architecture risk: Low · up to 44038

The change is default-off and device-local, and it reuses existing menu implementations without adding privileged capabilities. No security bypass was identified. Some uncertainty remains around overlapping menu operations and native-menu behavior during state changes.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The direct exposure is shared application context-menu behavior within an opted-in desktop client. The field is routed to local client persistence, including when settings are edited through scoped settings; it does not become an environment or server setting.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The preference changes presentation, not action authority. Both routes retain the item-ID-or-null selection contract, and the native path maps disabled items to disabled native entries. The setting does not add a new desktop capability.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — Generation invalidation protects the new asynchronous lookup, not results from an already-dispatched native popup. Native close also lacked cancellation at the PR base, and the native implementation is unchanged. This is a pre-existing lifecycle limitation, not a demonstrated regression; actual concurrent-popup behavior remains unverified.

Pre-merge checks: 3 · 1

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Passed checks: 3 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly identifies the main change: adding a Styled Context Menu toggle for desktop.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts:
- Around line 335-339: Mark the “Styled Context Menu” result in the settings
search data as desktop-only by setting its desktopOnly property to true, so it
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- Around line 60-78: Update the context menu `show` and `close` methods to
invalidate any pending asynchronous preference check when the menu closes or a
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Closing because this UI change has no before/after screenshots, as the PR description confirms. The verification requirements require them. Please add screenshots of the native and styled menus and the new setting, describe the tested environment, and request reconsideration.

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Reviewed at 2943427.

P2: enabling styled menus loses native keyboard navigation. The new desktop routing selects a fallback whose keyboard handler handles only Escape. Opening it leaves focus in the previously focused control, and arrow keys do not navigate menu items or submenus. This is an existing web limitation newly exposed on desktop by this setting. Please preserve keyboard navigation when opting into the styled menu, including focus on open and arrow-key navigation between items and submenus.

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Reviewed at 2943427.

P2: enabling styled menus loses native keyboard navigation. The new desktop routing selects a fallback whose keyboard handler handles only Escape. Opening it leaves focus in the previously focused control, and arrow keys do not navigate menu items or submenus. This is an existing web limitation newly exposed on desktop by this setting. Please preserve keyboard navigation when opting into the styled menu, including focus on open and arrow-key navigation between items and submenus.

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There's #18876 open to fix that :)