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Summary

Building JS custom sidebars, the most common layout problem I hit was a button or count badge next to stretching text getting squeezed to a blank sliver: the text was lineLimit(1) with maxWidth: "infinity", the button was lineLimit(1) too, both got the default text layoutPriority of 1, and SwiftUI split the width. JS sidebars had no .fixedSize(), and .layoutPriority() works but isn't in the JS docs, so there was no documented way out.

This adds:

  • .fixedSize() on any JS node, or .fixedSize("horizontal") / .fixedSize("vertical") for one axis. It's applied right after the text limits (the order doc comment in SceneNodeView is updated), so the view keeps its natural size before padding and frames.
  • .frame(() => ({ ... })): a function spec now binds each key it returns. Before, handle.frame read Object.keys of the function object, found none, and dropped the frame without an error, so a live width like a usage bar never applied. Keys come from the first evaluation; the per-key form .frame({ width: () => ... }) already worked and is unchanged.
  • Docs: docs/custom-sidebars.md lists .layoutPriority(n) (with the "truncating text defaults to 1" note), .fixedSize(), and the function form of .frame.

Testing

swift test --package-path Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI: 48 tests in 7 suites pass. New tests in SidebarJSRuntimeTests:

  • fixedSizeReachesTheNode: .fixedSize() and .fixedSize("horizontal") land on the node as bool(true) / string("horizontal").
  • fixedSizeAxesMapping: the prop → axes mapping for true, "both", "horizontal", "vertical", false, and absent.
  • frameAcceptsAReactiveSpec: a data-driven .frame(() => ...) sets width/height and updates when the data changes.

SceneNodeViewRenderingTests measures the result through the real host view (NSHostingController.sizeThatFits under a 40pt-wide proposal):

  • fixedSizeKeepsNaturalWidthWhenSqueezed: a single-line label stays at or under 40pt without .fixedSize() and keeps its natural width (> 40pt) with it.
  • fixedSizeHonorsTheRequestedAxis: "horizontal" keeps width natural; "vertical" keeps width within 40pt and height natural.

Removing SceneFixedSize from the modifier chain fails both; swapping the axes in dslFixedSizeAxes fails the second.

With only the SidebarRuntime.js change reverted, fixedSizeReachesTheNode fails (TypeError: Text("both").fixedSize is not a function) and frameAcceptsAReactiveSpec fails (width and height stay nil), so both cover the new behavior.

The full app wasn't built (no Zig/Rust toolchain here), so I haven't seen it in a running sidebar; the sizing is covered at the SceneNodeView level above. The change is internal to CmuxSwiftRenderUI with no public API change.

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  • Behavior changes have added or updated tests
  • Localization: no user-facing app strings; the docs change is developer documentation
  • Docs updated (docs/custom-sidebars.md)

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Summary by cubic

JS custom sidebars can now keep views at their natural size with .fixedSize(), and reactive .frame(() => ({ ... })) specs now apply live instead of being silently dropped.

Bug Fixes

  • Function-form .frame() specs were dropped silently because the runtime read the keys of the function object; they now bind each returned key on every evaluation, with keys read untracked from the first evaluation so a .frame(fn) inside a ForEach row doesn't subscribe the list effect.

New Features

  • .fixedSize() (with "horizontal" or "vertical" for one axis) applies right after text limits so a button or badge beside stretching text isn't squeezed.
  • Host-view rendering tests verify the sizing under a narrow proposal: .fixedSize() keeps a squeezed single-line label at natural width, and each axis token keeps only its own axis natural.
  • docs/custom-sidebars.md documents .fixedSize(), the function form of .frame(), and .layoutPriority(n), which the runtime already supported.

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  • New Features

    • Custom sidebar content now supports fixed sizing on both axes or on a specific axis.
    • Frame properties can update reactively from a function, so layout values change as their data changes.
  • Documentation

    • Updated the custom sidebar guide with reactive frame syntax and sizing modifier options.

Changelog

Added: Custom sidebar views take .fixedSize() (optionally per axis), and .frame(() => ({...})) binds every key live

…bars

JS sidebars can now keep a view at its natural size with `.fixedSize()`
(or `.fixedSize("horizontal"|"vertical")`), applied right after the text
limits so a button or badge beside stretching text isn't squeezed.

`.frame(() => ({ ... }))` now binds each returned key live. Before, the
runtime read the keys of the function object, found none, and dropped
the frame without an error.

The JS docs now list `.layoutPriority(n)`, which the runtime already
supported, alongside the two additions.

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The sidebar runtime now supports function-valued frame specifications with reactive values and exposes fixedSize settings. The renderer maps supported fixed-size values to horizontal and vertical axes.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Reactive frame values
Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Sources/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Resources/SidebarRuntime.js, Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Tests/CmuxSwiftRenderUITests/SidebarJSRuntimeTests.swift
Function-valued frame specifications bind their initial keys to reactive lookups. Tests verify that a changed value updates width while height remains unchanged.
Fixed-size rendering
Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Sources/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Resources/SidebarRuntime.js, Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Sources/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Rendering/RenderStyle.swift, Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Sources/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Runtime/SceneNodeView.swift, Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Tests/CmuxSwiftRenderUITests/SidebarJSRuntimeTests.swift, Packages/macOS/CmuxSwiftRenderUI/Tests/CmuxSwiftRenderUITests/SceneNodeViewRenderingTests.swift, docs/custom-sidebars.md
The runtime exposes fixedSize; the renderer maps supported values to axes and applies them. Tests cover the accepted values and rendered text sizes. Documentation describes live-bound frame values, layout priority, and fixed-size settings.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

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

Change: Feature

Suggested reviewers: aliyansajid

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to afdbe

The sidebar sizing and reactive-frame changes appear mergeable after normal checks.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to afdbe

The new sizing features remain within sidebar rendering, with no demonstrated new privileged access. An error during a reactive update could leave some layout values refreshed and others unchanged; the origin and recovery behavior of sidebar scripts are not fully established.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated new reach is sidebar node presentation state within the existing runtime-to-renderer path, not a new service or privilege boundary.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The three flagged test ranges start a runtime from test strings and measure rendered size; they do not themselves add a production caller.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Removed keyed-row scopes dispose their effects and nodes. The inspected evidence does not establish equivalent root-scope cleanup after a script error.
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Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed The production Swift diff adds only a pure dslFixedSizeAxes mapper over the existing ScenePropValue Sendable enum and a SceneFixedSize SwiftUI ViewModifier. The modifier reads the existing `@M…
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ✅ Passed The PR does not introduce or expand blocking or timing-based synchronization. The production Swift diff adds only dslFixedSizeAxes and the SceneFixedSize view modifier, plus modifier-chain placeme…
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Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed The diff adds transient JS sidebar layout behavior only. fixedSize maps node props to SwiftUI sizing, and function-valued frame re-evaluates values through reactive effects before updating the in-…
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed PASS: The only changed non-Swift runtime file is SidebarRuntime.js. Its changes add fixedSize and function-valued frame handling. The diff adds no sleeps, timers, polling, retries, fixed delays,…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ✅ Passed The production changes do not introduce a failure covered by the algorithmic-complexity rule. SidebarRuntime.js:204-218 adds loops over the small, fixed set of chainable/frame property keys; it does…
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Mounts JS sidebars in NSHostingController and checks the sizes SwiftUI
negotiates under a narrow proposal: fixedSize keeps a single-line label's
natural width, "horizontal" keeps only width natural, and "vertical" keeps
only height natural. Removing SceneFixedSize from the modifier chain, or
swapping the axes in dslFixedSizeAxes, fails these tests.

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Merged, thanks @bquigley1 :) I added one small change on top: .frame(fn) now reads its keys untracked, so using it inside a ForEach row doesn't subscribe the whole list, and the docs note that the keys come from the first evaluation.

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rustybret pushed a commit to rustybret/bmux that referenced this pull request Sep 27, 2026
82c26b3 ci: take the gui token in the app-host shard's restore, not at job start (manaflow-ai#15012)
3761671 iOS: fix stale team nightly floor expectation in What's New copy test (manaflow-ai#14917)
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98767c8 ci: keep earlier reviewed CLA policies valid for branches behind main (manaflow-ai#15008)
7167b77 feat(custom-sidebars): fixedSize and reactive frame specs for JS sidebars (manaflow-ai#14845)
716bbb5 Fix notification hook descriptor inheritance (manaflow-ai#11649)
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