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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion apps/web/src/components/chat/EffortGlyph.test.ts
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import { describe, expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";

import { effortBarHeights, resolveEffortGlyph } from "./EffortGlyph";
import { effortBarHeights, effortGaugeAngle, resolveEffortGlyph } from "./EffortGlyph";

const descriptor = (ids: ReadonlyArray<string>, promptInjectedValues?: ReadonlyArray<string>) => ({
id: "effort",
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},
);
});

describe("effortGaugeAngle", () => {
it("sweeps the needle from left to right and rests off at the arc's start", () => {
expect([1, 2, 3, 4].map((filled) => effortGaugeAngle(4, filled))).toEqual([180, 120, 60, 0]);
expect(effortGaugeAngle(4, 0)).toBe(210);
expect(effortGaugeAngle(1, 1)).toBe(0);
});
});
46 changes: 46 additions & 0 deletions apps/web/src/components/chat/EffortGlyph.tsx
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import type { ProviderOptionDescriptor } from "@t3tools/contracts";

import { cn } from "~/lib/utils";

import type { ComposerControlSize } from "./ComposerControl";

const GLYPH_HEIGHT_SM = 14;
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</svg>
);
}

// Lucide's gauge: a 10-unit arc around (12, 14) from 210° to -30°, and a 5.66-unit needle.
const GAUGE_ARC_START = "M3.34 19";
const GAUGE_RADIUS = 10;
const GAUGE_NEEDLE_LENGTH = 5.66;
const GAUGE_OFF_ANGLE = 210;

/** The needle sweeps left to right across the levels; off rests it at the arc's start. */
export function effortGaugeAngle(count: number, filled: number): number {
if (filled === 0) return GAUGE_OFF_ANGLE;
return count === 1 ? 0 : 180 - (180 * (filled - 1)) / (count - 1);
}

function gaugePoint(angle: number, radius: number): string {
const radians = (angle * Math.PI) / 180;
const x = 12 + radius * Math.cos(radians);
const y = 14 - radius * Math.sin(radians);
return `${x.toFixed(2)} ${y.toFixed(2)}`;
}

/** Lucide's gauge with the needle at the current level and the arc filled up to it. */
export function EffortGauge(props: { count: number; filled: number; size?: ComposerControlSize }) {
const angle = effortGaugeAngle(props.count, props.filled);
const largeArc = GAUGE_OFF_ANGLE - angle > 180 ? 1 : 0;
return (
<svg
aria-hidden="true"
viewBox="0 0 24 24"
fill="none"
stroke="currentColor"
strokeWidth={2}
strokeLinecap="round"
className={cn("shrink-0 text-current", props.size === "xs" ? "size-3" : "size-4")}
data-composer-effort-glyph
data-composer-control-icon
>
<path d={`${GAUGE_ARC_START}a10 10 0 1 1 17.32 0`} opacity={0.4} />
{props.filled > 0 ? (
<path d={`${GAUGE_ARC_START}A10 10 0 ${largeArc} 1 ${gaugePoint(angle, GAUGE_RADIUS)}`} />
) : null}
<path d={`M12 14L${gaugePoint(angle, GAUGE_NEEDLE_LENGTH)}`} />
</svg>
);
}
10 changes: 7 additions & 3 deletions apps/web/src/components/chat/TraitsPicker.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import { Tooltip, TooltipPopup, TooltipTrigger } from "../ui/tooltip";
import { ComposerControl, ComposerControlIcon, type ComposerControlSize } from "./ComposerControl";
import { focusRequestedPermission, useComposerMenuProps } from "./composerEventScope";
import { useComposerMenuState } from "./useComposerMenuState";
import { EffortGlyph, resolveEffortGlyph } from "./EffortGlyph";
import { EffortGauge, EffortGlyph, resolveEffortGlyph } from "./EffortGlyph";

type ProviderOptions = ReadonlyArray<ProviderOptionSelection>;

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planModeEnabled: boolean;
triggerClassName?: string;
isComposerOwned?: boolean;
/** Composer chips name the effort level unless the user picked bars. */
/** Composer chips name the effort level unless the user picked bars or the gauge. */
effortDisplay?: EffortDisplay;
/** Extra section shown below the traits in the picker popup (Permissions). */
extraMenuContent?: ReactNode;
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{effortGlyph ? (
<span className="flex items-center gap-1.5">
{effortWord === null ? (
<EffortGlyph count={effortGlyph.count} filled={effortGlyph.filled} size={size} />
effortDisplay === "gauge" ? (
<EffortGauge count={effortGlyph.count} filled={effortGlyph.filled} size={size} />
) : (
<EffortGlyph count={effortGlyph.count} filled={effortGlyph.filled} size={size} />
)
) : null}
{effortWord !== null ? (
<>
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions apps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ const CHAT_WIDTH_LABELS: Record<ChatWidth, string> = {
const EFFORT_DISPLAY_LABELS: Record<EffortDisplay, string> = {
label: "Word",
bars: "Bars",
gauge: "Gauge",
};

export function AppearanceSettingsPanel() {
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<ThreadDetailsItemsRow />
<SettingsRow
{...searchableSetting("effort-display")}
description="Show reasoning effort in the composer as its name, such as High, or as bars."
description="Show reasoning effort in the composer as its name, such as High, as bars, or as a gauge."
resetAction={
settings.effortDisplay !== DEFAULT_UNIFIED_SETTINGS.effortDisplay ? (
<SettingResetButton
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<Select
value={settings.effortDisplay}
onValueChange={(value) => {
if (value === "bars" || value === "label")
if (value === "bars" || value === "gauge" || value === "label")
updateSettings({ effortDisplay: value });
}}
>
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<SelectPopup align="end" alignItemWithTrigger={false}>
<SelectItem value="label">Word (default)</SelectItem>
<SelectItem value="bars">Bars</SelectItem>
<SelectItem value="gauge">Gauge</SelectItem>
</SelectPopup>
</Select>
</div>
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts
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id: "effort-display",
title: "Effort display",
to: "/settings/appearance",
searchTerms: ["reasoning effort thinking bars graph word label level composer"],
searchTerms: ["reasoning effort thinking bars graph gauge word label level composer"],
},
{
id: "math-rendering",
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions packages/contracts/src/settings.ts
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export const ChatWidth = Schema.Literals(["comfortable", "wide", "full"]);
export type ChatWidth = typeof ChatWidth.Type;

/** How the composer shows reasoning effort: the level's name, or rising bars. */
export const EffortDisplay = Schema.Literals(["label", "bars"]);
/** How the composer shows reasoning effort: the level's name, rising bars, or a gauge. */
export const EffortDisplay = Schema.Literals(["label", "bars", "gauge"]);

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Major · Data Integrity & Integration · Heavy lift

Preserve compatibility with older desktop builds.

If a user selects Gauge in a newer build and then opens an older build, the older ClientSettingsSchema rejects the entire settings document. Packaged builds share the same settings directory across release channels. The older client then cannot load or save client settings. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Store Gauge in a backward-compatible field, or keep the persisted effortDisplay value valid for older clients.

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Review comment at @packages/contracts/src/settings.ts at line 330:
Update EffortDisplay and the related settings persistence so selecting Gauge
does not serialize an effortDisplay value rejected by older ClientSettingsSchema
versions; store the Gauge preference in a backward-compatible field or preserve
a legacy-valid effortDisplay value.

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This is true, but I'm leaving it out of this PR. Adding any new choice to a client settings dropdown has the same downgrade problem, because the desktop app decodes ClientSettingsSchema strictly (apps/desktop/src/settings/DesktopClientSettings.ts). #26138 recently added nightly-artwork and dev-artwork to EnvironmentIdentificationMode the same way.

A separate field just for the gauge would fix this one setting and nothing else. The general fix is to make the settings read tolerate unknown values, for example by falling back to each field's default. That changes how every setting is read, so it should be its own PR rather than part of this one.

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@PedroNavHur Understood. A shared settings-read fix belongs in a separate PR. I won’t press for a Gauge-specific field here.

The downgrade risk remains valid but deferred, rather than fixed. The follow-up should verify that an unknown setting value falls back without preventing other settings from loading or saving.

Would you like me to open a GitHub issue for that follow-up?

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export type EffortDisplay = typeof EffortDisplay.Type;

export const ModelFavorite = Schema.Struct({
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