@gajae-code/tui 0.15.2 → 0.15.3

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.15.3] - 2026-08-27
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Loader instances can opt into layout-only repaint requests so transient status animation does not force unchanged transcript subtree reconstruction.
+
 ## [0.15.2] - 2026-08-25
 
 ### Changed
@@ -18,6 +24,11 @@
 
 - Mouse selection now supports double-click word select and triple-click line select. Enabling GJC's own mouse capture previously removed the terminal's native word/line selection without replacing it: SGR mouse reports carry no click counter, so the TUI only ever saw single presses and drags. Repeat presses on the same cell within `DEFAULT_MULTI_CLICK_INTERVAL_MS` (400ms) now escalate char -> word -> line, a fourth press stays on line rather than cycling back, and any wheel notch, different cell, or expired window restarts at char. A word/line press is a complete selection, so it paints and copies on release without needing a drag; a plain single click still copies nothing. Dragging after a double or triple click extends by whole words or rows in either direction, pivoting on the anchor span instead of collapsing it. Word bounds use the xterm `wordSeparator` set, so a path stays intact and a click on whitespace selects the whitespace run, and all ranges are measured in grapheme-aligned columns so wide CJK and emoji cells are never split. `TUI`'s new `multiClickIntervalMs` option overrides the window; `0` disables escalation entirely.
 
+### Fixed
+
+- `ctrl+backspace` now deletes the previous word in the composer, including on Windows Terminal. `tui.editor.deleteWordBackward` has always declared `ctrl+w`, `alt+backspace` **and** `ctrl+backspace`, but the editor's literal chain only implemented the first two, so the third declared chord silently did nothing. Windows Terminal additionally sends raw `0x08` for that chord while the native matcher resolves `0x08` as unmodified backspace only, so `matchesKey` now disambiguates the byte on that host (a purpose-built heuristic for this existed but had no caller). Raw `0x08` still means plain backspace everywhere else, including a Windows Terminal session forwarded over SSH.
+- Composer kill-ring, word-delete and line-kill chords are now resolved through the keybinding registry instead of hard-coded literals, so remapping them actually moves them: `tui.editor.deleteToLineEnd`, `tui.editor.deleteToLineStart`, `tui.editor.deleteWordBackward`, `tui.editor.deleteWordForward`, `tui.editor.yank`, and `tui.editor.yankPop`. `docs/keybindings.md` already advertised these as registry-managed, so this makes the published contract true; the same file now also names the two remaining exceptions (`tui.editor.cursorLineStart` and `tui.editor.cursorLineEnd`, still matched by literal `ctrl+a` / `ctrl+e` ahead of their registry branches). Default behavior for all five migrated chords is unchanged, and `Editor` now dispatches these ids the same way `Input` and `SecretInput` already did.
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2026-08-22
 
 ### Fixed

package/dist/types/components/loader.d.ts

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { Text } from "./text";
  */
 export interface LoaderOptions {
     timeDependentColor?: boolean;
+    /** Request a layout-only repaint when the loader is outside the transcript anchor. */
+    renderScope?: "full" | "layout";
 }
 /** Test-only performance counters for advisory baseline tests. */
 export declare const __loaderPerfCounters: {

package/dist/types/keys.d.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,15 @@ declare function isWindowsTerminalSession(): boolean;
  * Prefer explicit Kitty / CSI-u / modifyOtherKeys sequences whenever they are
  * available. Fall back to a Windows Terminal heuristic only for raw BS bytes.
  */
-declare function matchesRawBackspace(data: string, expectedModifier: number): boolean;
+/**
+ * Resolve the ambiguous raw backspace bytes against a chord's expected modifier.
+ *
+ * `\x7f` is always plain backspace. `\x08` is the ambiguous one: Windows
+ * Terminal sends it for Ctrl+Backspace, while legacy terminals and some tmux
+ * setups send it for plain Backspace. Returns undefined when the byte is neither,
+ * meaning the caller should fall through to normal matching.
+ */
+declare function matchesRawBackspace(data: string, expectedModifier: number): boolean | undefined;
 export { isWindowsTerminalSession, matchesRawBackspace };
 /**
  * Set the global Kitty keyboard protocol state.

package/package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"type": "module",
 	"name": "@gajae-code/tui",
-	"version": "0.15.2",
+	"version": "0.15.3",
 	"description": "Terminal User Interface library with differential rendering for efficient text-based applications",
 	"homepage": "https://gajae-code.com",
 	"author": "Yeachan-Heo and Gajae Code Contributors",
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 		"fmt": "biome format --write ."
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@gajae-code/natives": "0.15.2",
-		"@gajae-code/utils": "0.15.2",
+		"@gajae-code/natives": "0.15.3",
+		"@gajae-code/utils": "0.15.3",
 		"lru-cache": "11.3.6",
 		"marked": "18.0.6"
 	},

package/src/components/editor.ts

@@ -1359,32 +1359,34 @@ export class Editor implements Component, Focusable {
 		}
 
 		// Continue with rest of input handling
-		// Ctrl+K - Delete to end of line
-		if (matchesKey(data, "ctrl+k")) {
+		// Kill/yank/word-delete actions resolve through the keybinding registry so a
+		// user remap actually moves them, matching `Input` and `SecretInput`. The
+		// five parity ids below declare exactly the chords the previous literals
+		// implemented, so default behavior is unchanged.
+		if (kb.matches(data, "tui.editor.deleteToLineEnd")) {
 			this.#deleteToEndOfLine();
 		}
 		// Ctrl+U - Delete to start of line
-		else if (matchesKey(data, "ctrl+u")) {
+		else if (kb.matches(data, "tui.editor.deleteToLineStart")) {
 			this.#deleteToStartOfLine();
 		}
-		// Ctrl+W - Delete word backwards
-		else if (matchesKey(data, "ctrl+w")) {
-			this.#deleteWordBackwards();
-		}
-		// Option/Alt+Backspace - Delete word backwards
-		else if (matchesKey(data, "alt+backspace")) {
+		// Deliberate repair, not parity: `tui.editor.deleteWordBackward` declares
+		// ctrl+w, alt+backspace AND ctrl+backspace, but the previous literal chain
+		// implemented only the first two, so the declared ctrl+backspace never
+		// worked in the composer.
+		else if (kb.matches(data, "tui.editor.deleteWordBackward")) {
 			this.#deleteWordBackwards();
 		}
 		// Option/Alt+D - Delete word forwards
-		else if (matchesKey(data, "alt+d") || matchesKey(data, "alt+delete")) {
+		else if (kb.matches(data, "tui.editor.deleteWordForward")) {
 			this.#deleteWordForwards();
 		}
 		// Ctrl+Y - Yank from kill ring
-		else if (matchesKey(data, "ctrl+y")) {
+		else if (kb.matches(data, "tui.editor.yank")) {
 			this.#yankFromKillRing();
 		}
 		// Alt+Y - Yank-pop (cycle kill ring)
-		else if (matchesKey(data, "alt+y")) {
+		else if (kb.matches(data, "tui.editor.yankPop")) {
 			this.#yankPop();
 		}
 		// Ctrl+A - Move to start of line

package/src/components/loader.ts

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const SPINNER_ADVANCE_MS = 80;
  */
 export interface LoaderOptions {
 	timeDependentColor?: boolean;
+	/** Request a layout-only repaint when the loader is outside the transcript anchor. */
+	renderScope?: "full" | "layout";
 }
 
 const SMOOTH_ANIMATION_MS = 16;
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ export class Loader extends Text {
 		this.#lastDisplayed = next;
 		this.setText(next);
 		__loaderPerfCounters.renderRequests += 1;
-		this.#ui?.requestRender(false, "loader");
+		if (this.options.renderScope === "layout") this.#ui?.requestLayoutRender("loader");
+		else this.#ui?.requestRender(false, "loader");
 	}
 }

package/src/keys.ts

@@ -47,13 +47,24 @@ function isWindowsTerminalSession(): boolean {
  * Prefer explicit Kitty / CSI-u / modifyOtherKeys sequences whenever they are
  * available. Fall back to a Windows Terminal heuristic only for raw BS bytes.
  */
-function matchesRawBackspace(data: string, expectedModifier: number): boolean {
+/**
+ * Resolve the ambiguous raw backspace bytes against a chord's expected modifier.
+ *
+ * `\x7f` is always plain backspace. `\x08` is the ambiguous one: Windows
+ * Terminal sends it for Ctrl+Backspace, while legacy terminals and some tmux
+ * setups send it for plain Backspace. Returns undefined when the byte is neither,
+ * meaning the caller should fall through to normal matching.
+ */
+function matchesRawBackspace(data: string, expectedModifier: number): boolean | undefined {
 	if (data === "\x7f") return expectedModifier === 0;
-	if (data !== "\x08") return false;
+	if (data !== "\x08") return undefined;
 	// On Windows Terminal, 0x08 = Ctrl+Backspace. On others, it's plain Backspace.
-	return isWindowsTerminalSession() ? expectedModifier === 4 : expectedModifier === 0;
+	return isWindowsTerminalSession() ? expectedModifier === RAW_BACKSPACE_CTRL_MODIFIER : expectedModifier === 0;
 }
 
+/** Modifier code the raw-backspace heuristic treats as Ctrl. */
+const RAW_BACKSPACE_CTRL_MODIFIER = 4;
+
 export { isWindowsTerminalSession, matchesRawBackspace };
 
 // =============================================================================
@@ -744,6 +755,15 @@ export function decodePrintableKey(data: string): string | undefined {
  * @param keyId - Key identifier (e.g., "ctrl+c", "escape", Key.ctrl("c"))
  */
 export function matchesKey(data: string, keyId: KeyId): boolean {
+	if (data === "\x08") {
+		// Raw 0x08 is ambiguous and the native matcher resolves it as unmodified
+		// backspace only, so on Windows Terminal -- where the byte means
+		// ctrl+backspace -- every chord declaring ctrl+backspace silently never
+		// fired. One helper owns that decision for both chords so the two cannot
+		// drift apart.
+		if (keyId === "ctrl+backspace") return matchesRawBackspace(data, RAW_BACKSPACE_CTRL_MODIFIER) === true;
+		if (keyId === "backspace") return matchesRawBackspace(data, 0) === true;
+	}
 	return (
 		nativeKeys().matchesKey(data, keyId, kittyProtocolActive) ||
 		(kittyProtocolActive && matchesKoreanDubeolsikKittySequence(data, keyId))

package/src/tui.ts

@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ export class TUI extends Container {
 	}
 
 	#visibleWidthForDifferentialGuard(line: string): number {
+		if (line.length === 0) return 0;
 		const cached = this.#lineEmitWidthCache.get(line);
 		if (cached !== undefined) return cached;
 		TUI.#renderCounters.differentialGuardVisibleWidthCalls += 1;