fix(tui): shorten image fallback paths and clamp width

packages/tui/src/components/image.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 	renderImage,
 } from "../terminal-image.ts";
 import type { Component } from "../tui.ts";
+import { truncateToWidth } from "../utils.ts";
 
 export interface ImageTheme {
 	fallbackColor: (str: string) => string;
@@ -111,11 +112,11 @@ export class Image implements Component {
 				}
 			} else {
 				const fallback = imageFallback(this.mimeType, this.dimensions, this.options.filename);
-				lines = [this.theme.fallbackColor(fallback)];
+				lines = [truncateToWidth(this.theme.fallbackColor(fallback), width)];
 			}
 		} else {
 			const fallback = imageFallback(this.mimeType, this.dimensions, this.options.filename);
-			lines = [this.theme.fallbackColor(fallback)];
+			lines = [truncateToWidth(this.theme.fallbackColor(fallback), width)];
 		}
 
 		this.cachedLines = lines;

packages/tui/src/terminal-image.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { isAbsolute } from "node:path";
+import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 
 export type ImageProtocol = "kitty" | "iterm2" | null;
 
@@ -479,9 +482,35 @@ export function hyperlink(text: string, url: string): string {
 	return `\x1b]8;;${url}\x1b\\${text}\x1b]8;;\x1b\\`;
 }
 
+/** Shorten home-prefixed absolute paths to ~/... for compact display. */
+function shortenImagePath(filename: string): string {
+	const home = homedir();
+	if (
+		home &&
+		(filename === home ||
+			filename.startsWith(`${home}/`) ||
+			filename.startsWith(home + "\\"))
+	) {
+		return `~${filename.slice(home.length)}`;
+	}
+	return filename;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Text fallback when the terminal cannot render inline images.
+ * Absolute paths are shown shortened (~/...) and, when OSC 8 hyperlinks are
+ * available, linked to file:// so the full path remains openable.
+ */
 export function imageFallback(mimeType: string, dimensions?: ImageDimensions, filename?: string): string {
 	const parts: string[] = [];
-	if (filename) parts.push(filename);
+	if (filename) {
+		const display = shortenImagePath(filename);
+		if (getCapabilities().hyperlinks && isAbsolute(filename)) {
+			parts.push(hyperlink(display, pathToFileURL(filename).href));
+		} else {
+			parts.push(display);
+		}
+	}
 	parts.push(`[${mimeType}]`);
 	if (dimensions) parts.push(`${dimensions.widthPx}x${dimensions.heightPx}`);
 	return `[Image: ${parts.join(" ")}]`;

packages/tui/test/terminal-image.test.ts

@@ -5,18 +5,22 @@
 import assert from "node:assert";
 import { describe, it } from "node:test";
 import { Image } from "../src/components/image.ts";
+import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
 import {
 	deleteAllKittyImages,
 	deleteKittyImage,
 	detectCapabilities,
 	encodeKitty,
 	hyperlink,
+	imageFallback,
 	isImageLine,
 	renderImage,
 	resetCapabilitiesCache,
 	setCapabilities,
 	setCellDimensions,
 } from "../src/terminal-image.ts";
+import { visibleWidth } from "../src/utils.ts";
 
 const ENV_KEYS = [
 	"TERM",
@@ -463,6 +467,79 @@ describe("Kitty image cursor movement", () => {
 			setCellDimensions({ widthPx: 9, heightPx: 18 });
 		}
 	});
+
+	it("truncates long image fallback lines to render width", () => {
+		setCapabilities({ images: null, trueColor: false, hyperlinks: false });
+		try {
+			const longPath = join(homedir(), "images", "generated-image-with-a-very-long-absolute-path".repeat(4) + ".png");
+			const width = 40;
+			const image = new Image(
+				"AAAA",
+				"image/png",
+				{ fallbackColor: (value) => `\x1b[33m${value}\x1b[0m` },
+				{ filename: longPath },
+				{ widthPx: 1280, heightPx: 720 },
+			);
+			const lines = image.render(width);
+			assert.strictEqual(lines.length, 1);
+			assert.ok(
+				visibleWidth(lines[0]) <= width,
+				`fallback line wider than ${width}: visible=${visibleWidth(lines[0])} raw=${JSON.stringify(lines[0])}`,
+			);
+			assert.ok(lines[0].includes("..."), "expected ellipsis when truncating long fallback path");
+			assert.ok(lines[0].includes("~"), "expected home-shortened path in fallback");
+		} finally {
+			resetCapabilitiesCache();
+		}
+	});
+});
+
+describe("imageFallback", () => {
+	it("shortens home-prefixed absolute paths without hyperlinks", () => {
+		setCapabilities({ images: null, trueColor: false, hyperlinks: false });
+		try {
+			const abs = join(homedir(), ".pi", "agent", "shot.png");
+			const result = imageFallback("image/png", { widthPx: 1280, heightPx: 720 }, abs);
+			assert.strictEqual(result, "[Image: ~/.pi/agent/shot.png [image/png] 1280x720]");
+		} finally {
+			resetCapabilitiesCache();
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("wraps shortened absolute paths in OSC 8 file links when hyperlinks are enabled", () => {
+		setCapabilities({ images: null, trueColor: false, hyperlinks: true });
+		try {
+			const abs = join(homedir(), ".pi", "agent", "shot.png");
+			const result = imageFallback("image/png", { widthPx: 10, heightPx: 10 }, abs);
+			assert.ok(result.includes("\x1b]8;;file://"), "expected OSC 8 file link");
+			assert.ok(result.includes(abs.replaceAll("\\", "/")) || result.includes(abs), "file URL should target absolute path");
+			// Visible text must use ~/... not the expanded home path.
+			const visible = result.replace(/\x1b\]8;;.*?\x1b\\/g, "");
+			assert.strictEqual(visible, "[Image: ~/.pi/agent/shot.png [image/png] 10x10]");
+		} finally {
+			resetCapabilitiesCache();
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("leaves bare basenames unchanged and does not hyperlink them", () => {
+		setCapabilities({ images: null, trueColor: false, hyperlinks: true });
+		try {
+			const result = imageFallback("image/png", { widthPx: 1, heightPx: 1 }, "clankolas.png");
+			assert.strictEqual(result, "[Image: clankolas.png [image/png] 1x1]");
+			assert.ok(!result.includes("\x1b]8;"), "basename must not be hyperlinked");
+		} finally {
+			resetCapabilitiesCache();
+		}
+	});
+
+	it("omits filename segment when not provided", () => {
+		setCapabilities({ images: null, trueColor: false, hyperlinks: false });
+		try {
+			assert.strictEqual(imageFallback("image/png", { widthPx: 8, heightPx: 6 }), "[Image: [image/png] 8x6]");
+		} finally {
+			resetCapabilitiesCache();
+		}
+	});
 });
 
 describe("hyperlink", () => {