cmux-tui: preserve projection rail pointer routing

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Summary

• Preserve projection rail geometry in the committed pointer frame.
• Route clicks in projection rail padding to the projection rail, matching machine, workspace, and tab rails.
• Add a focused behavioral regression test.

Testing

• Hosted filter: pointer_routes_projection_rail_padding_to_projection_rail

Issues

• Related: cmux-tui: avoid cloning unchanged projection subtitles #11012

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Summary by cubic

Fixes pointer routing so clicks in projection rail padding target the rail instead of falling through to panes beneath, while clicks on pane content still route to that pane.

• Projection rails now preserve their geometry in the committed pointer frame, matching machine, workspace, and tab rail behavior.
• Rail routing checks only pane content for overlap, so clicks on pane content keep their pane ownership instead of being captured by the rail.
• Adds a regression test covering both rail padding and pane content routing.
• Related to #11012.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved mouse interaction with projection rails in the sidebar.
  • Clicks on projection rail areas, including their edges and padding, are now routed correctly instead of being assigned to an underlying pane.
  • Mouse clicks within pane content continue to be handled by the pane, ensuring accurate interaction across adjacent rail and pane areas.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The pointer frame stores projection rail bounds. Mouse routing checks these bounds before pane lookup and returns the matching rail identity. Tests cover rail padding and pane-content clicks.

Changes

Projection rail pointer routing

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Projection rail hit-testing cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs	RenderedPointerFrame stores projection rail rectangles. Frame construction collects projection placements from the sidebar layout. Mouse routing returns a rail route before pane lookup. Tests validate rail padding and pane-content routing.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 685c9

This localized change routes projection-rail padding clicks correctly while preserving pane-content clicks, with a focused regression test; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 25

✅ Passed checks (25 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: preserving projection rail pointer routing.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the change and reason, identifies the regression test, and references the related issue. It omits the template's Demo Video, Review Trigger, and Checklist sections and provide…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation	✅ Passed	PASS. The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The diff adds projection-rail pointer routing and geometry storage. It introduces no Swift declarations or Swift actor-iso…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The diff contains no Swift files and no listed Swift blocking or timing primitives. The custom check does not …
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main	✅ Passed	PASS: The complete PR diff from the feature base changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. The changes add Rust pointer-frame projection-rail routing and a regression test. The policy-scope …
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load	✅ Passed	The pull-request diff contains only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. It adds projection-rail pointer geometry and routing plus a Rust test. No Swift file or agent-history load is ch…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. It introduces no production Swift, TypeScript, or JavaScript change, so the cache-substitution correctness con…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps	✅ Passed	PASS: The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The diff adds pointer-frame geometry and a Rust regression test. It introduces no covered TypeScript, JavaScript, shell,…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity	✅ Passed	PASS. The PR adds linear scans only in cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs: one pass over sidebar_layout.ordered when committing the pointer frame, then one find over projection rails and one `a…
Cmux Swift Concurrency	✅ Passed	PASS. The pull-request diff changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. No Swift code or Swift concurrency pattern is introduced or expanded.
Cmux Swift @Concurrent	✅ Passed	PASS — the pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The PR-range diff contains zero Swift files and no Swift @concurrent or nonisolated async changes. The Swif…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The PR range contains no Swift files or Swift package changes, so the Swift package boundary check is not appl…
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles	✅ Passed	PASS: The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. The committed diff contains no Package.swift, Package.resolved, .gitignore, Xcode project, workflow, or dependency changes. There…
Cmux Swift Logging	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust code. The origin/main..HEAD diff contains no Swift paths and no added or changed Swift logging statements. Th…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy	✅ Passed	PASS. The cumulative PR diff adds pointer-frame geometry and routing logic plus a regression test. It adds no user-facing errors, alerts, command output, API error bodies, or recovery copy. The only a…
Cmux Full Internationalization	✅ Passed	PASS — The diff against origin/main changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. It adds pointer-routing geometry and a regression test. The only added string literal is a test mux name, whic…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The diff adds RenderedPointerFrame projection-rail data, routing logic, frame collection, and a Rust test. It …
Cmux Architecture Rethink	✅ Passed	PASS: The PR changes only Rust code in cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs; it contains no Swift architecture change. The added geometry is a local field in the existing RenderedPointerFrame, sour…
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The diff contains no Swift, NSWindow, NSPanel, NSWindowController, SwiftUI Window, WindowGroup, or auxiliary-w…
Cmux Source Artifacts	✅ Passed	The pull request changes one tracked path: cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. The diff adds Rust source logic and a focused Rust regression test. It adds no logs, screenshots, recordings, temporar…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust and not a Swift file under a production Sources/ path. The custom check is therefore not applicable.
Cmux No Ambient Global State	✅ Passed	PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The exact diff against origin/main contains no Swift paths or production Swift changes, so the Swift ambient-g…

Full details: Description check

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The description explains the change and reason, identifies the regression test, and references the related issue. It omits the template's Demo Video, Review Trigger, and Checklist sections and provides limited manual verification detail, but the core description is complete and on-topic.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

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No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0 files. (1 skipped: 1 too large.)

Full details: Cmux Swift Actor Isolation

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PASS. The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The diff adds projection-rail pointer routing and geometry storage. It introduces no Swift declarations or Swift actor-isolation behavior.

Full details: Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime

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PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The diff contains no Swift files and no listed Swift blocking or timing primitives. The custom check does not apply.

Full details: Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main

Explanation

PASS: The complete PR diff from the feature base changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. The changes add Rust pointer-frame projection-rail routing and a regression test. The policy-scope Swift files are unchanged, and the diff contains no browser.* socket command, WebKit/AppKit callback, .mainActor, processV2Command, worker-router, or policy-test change. The custom check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load

Explanation

The pull-request diff contains only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. It adds projection-rail pointer geometry and routing plus a Rust test. No Swift file or agent-history load is changed, so the custom check's production Swift failure condition does not apply.

Full details: Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness

Explanation

PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. It introduces no production Swift, TypeScript, or JavaScript change, so the cache-substitution correctness condition does not apply.

Full details: Cmux No Hacky Sleeps

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PASS: The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The diff adds pointer-frame geometry and a Rust regression test. It introduces no covered TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, or build/runtime-script delay or timer code.

Full details: Cmux Algorithmic Complexity

Explanation

PASS. The PR adds linear scans only in cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs: one pass over sidebar_layout.ordered when committing the pointer frame, then one find over projection rails and one any/find over panes when routing a mouse event. These scans are sequential, not nested or per-target batch rescans. No sorting, backend join, or unbounded collection rebuild appears in the diff. The added regression test is test-only.

Full details: Cmux Swift `@Concurrent`

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PASS — the pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The PR-range diff contains zero Swift files and no Swift @concurrent or nonisolated async changes. The Swift-specific check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Swift Package Boundaries

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PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The PR range contains no Swift files or Swift package changes, so the Swift package boundary check is not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles

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PASS: The PR changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. The committed diff contains no Package.swift, Package.resolved, .gitignore, Xcode project, workflow, or dependency changes. Therefore the SwiftPM lockfile policy does not apply.

Full details: Cmux Swift Logging

Explanation

PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust code. The origin/main..HEAD diff contains no Swift paths and no added or changed Swift logging statements. The Swift logging check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy

Explanation

PASS. The cumulative PR diff adds pointer-frame geometry and routing logic plus a regression test. It adds no user-facing errors, alerts, command output, API error bodies, or recovery copy. The only added literal text is a test-only mux name, which is allowed.

Full details: Cmux Full Internationalization

Explanation

PASS — The diff against origin/main changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. It adds pointer-routing geometry and a regression test. The only added string literal is a test mux name, which is allowed. No user-facing Swift or web text, localization keys, catalogs, locale files, or message entries are changed.

Full details: Cmux Swiftui State Layout

Explanation

PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The diff adds RenderedPointerFrame projection-rail data, routing logic, frame collection, and a Rust test. It introduces no Swift or SwiftUI state/layout changes, so the stated SwiftUI failure conditions do not apply.

Full details: Cmux Architecture Rethink

Explanation

PASS: The PR changes only Rust code in cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs; it contains no Swift architecture change. The added geometry is a local field in the existing RenderedPointerFrame, sourced from SidebarLayout::ordered, and the routing test covers rail padding and pane content ownership. No prohibited timing, blocking, observer, side-channel, or split-lifecycle construct was added.

Full details: Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts

Explanation

PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, which is Rust. The diff contains no Swift, NSWindow, NSPanel, NSWindowController, SwiftUI Window, WindowGroup, or auxiliary-window identifier changes. The Swift auxiliary-window close-shortcut check is therefore not applicable.

Full details: Cmux Source Artifacts

Explanation

The pull request changes one tracked path: cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs. The diff adds Rust source logic and a focused Rust regression test. It adds no logs, screenshots, recordings, temporary or cache directories, build output, dependency checkout, or broad artifact directory. The changed path is intentional product source and test code, which the rule allows.

Full details: Cmux No Ambient Global State

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PASS: The pull request changes only cmux-tui/crates/cmux-tui/src/app.rs, a Rust file. The exact diff against origin/main contains no Swift paths or production Swift changes, so the Swift ambient-global-state check is not applicable.

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