A service-oriented sidebar framework, and a complete workbench out of the box
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A dual workbench (right sidebar + bottom panel) that opens its ctx.betterSidebar service to every plugin —
register new sidebar pages and file viewers via registerTab / registerFileViewer.
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+## 📑 Contents
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+- [✨ Features](#-features)
+- [🚀 Installation](#-installation)
+- [🖼️ Feature Tour](#-feature-tour)
+- [🌐 Plugin Ecosystem](#-plugin-ecosystem)
+- [🆕 Recent Updates](#-recent-updates)
+- [⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts](#-keyboard-shortcuts)
+- [🔌 Service API](#-service-api)
+- [🛠️ Development & Build](#-development--build)
+- [🔐 Security](#-security) · [⚠️ Known Limitations](#-known-limitations) · [🖥️ Platform Support](#-platform-support)
+- [🤝 Contributing](#-contributing) · [⭐ Star History](#-star-history) · [🔗 Friends](#-friends)
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## ✨ Features
- **🗂️ File Workbench**: file explorer (lazy-loading tree; symlinks show their target kind — directory links expand, dangling links flagged) + CodeMirror editor; inline preview for images / Markdown (incl. Mermaid diagrams, strict-mode safe rendering + click-to-zoom) / HTML / PDF / Office
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- **⚡ On-demand Loading**: only ~325KB core at startup; heavy deps (terminal / editor / mermaid diagrams) load on demand ([design](docs/plans/2026-08-12-lazy-chunks-design.md))
- **🌏 i18n**: UI text follows DSH's language (zh / en) with live switching
-> 🔌 **Core principle**: service-first — the 7 built-in tabs + 6 viewers register through the same `ctx.betterSidebar` API as third-party plugins, with fully equal capabilities; anything the ecosystem can provide better is delegated to ecosystem plugins. See the "🔌 Service" section below and the [external plugin guide](./docs/external-plugin-guide.md).
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-## 🆕 Recent Updates
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-### v0.15.0
-
-> ⚠️ **This release is verified against DSH 0.1.1-rc.2 (@next)**: devDependencies / lockfile / CI mount-smoke baseline raised to `0.1.1-rc.2` (zero rc.8 leftovers in the lockfile); **the peer floor stays at `^0.1.0-rc.8`** — 0.1.1-rc.x is a routine rc progression, mutually compatible with rc.8, so **rc.8 users don't need to upgrade DSH**. `cordis` stays at `^4.0.0-rc.8`. All changes since v0.14.0:
-
-**✨ New features**
-
-- 💬 **Side Chat (beta) tab** ([#286](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/286)): Codex-style side threads, **one independent tab per conversation** — the child inherits the parent's full context (completed turns + pending messages + the in-progress turn's assistant output and tool activity, honestly frozen with an "interrupted" marker); created with an identical composition (same preset / provider / model) so the first request reuses the parent's input prefix cache; threads stay invisible in the main session list with zero subagent-catalog noise; follow-ups survive DSH restarts (auto cold-resume); one-click "Save as new session" promotes the thread to a top-level session ([design](docs/plans/2026-08-20-sidechat-tab-design.md))
-- 📤 **Upload into the files window** ([#239](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/239)): header "upload file / upload folder" buttons plus drag-drop (drop on the tree body = workspace root, on a directory row = that directory, on a file row = its parent directory, VSCode semantics); full-window blurred progress overlay while uploading (per-file progress + cancel / Esc); buttons disabled while busy, tree refreshes after the upload settles
-- 🧩 **Desktop compatibility in four options** ([#284](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/284)): "Position compatibility mode" is now a main-row dropdown — **Auto-detect** (default, conservative: only the standard Window Controls Overlay geometry contributes; real 32/36px caption-overlay heights per shell, live on maximize/restore; zero modification on plain web) / **DSH official web** (explicitly no adaptation) / **Shell preset** (built-in, opt-in; only shells that appeared in this repo's issues/PRs with 100+ stars, "detected" badge when the environment matches) / **Custom** (free-form CSS + shift distance). Documents that already carried compatibility values migrate to the custom scheme; interactive chrome opts out of desktop drag regions (`no-drag`); the bottom-push anchor is a composite selector (`[data-pane]` and `:has(> [data-slot])`)
-- 🎛️ **Settings page UI/UX modernization** ([#300](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/300)): the side-card secondary-settings entry is now a full-width "Feature settings" strip at the card bottom (replacing the invisible corner gear — much easier to discover); coordinated two-tone enabled state (brand activation accent + success-green check badge); every color is still `--dsw-alias-*` token-derived so skins follow automatically
-- ➕ **New entries in the recommended-plugin catalog**: `dsh-docs-panel` (global docs, [#230](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/230)), `dsh-flowglass` ([#261](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/261)), `dsh-git-forge` and `dsh-ssh-tunnel` ([#204](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/204)), `dsh-turn-review` ([#102](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/102))
-
-**🐛 Fixes**
-
-- ⚡ **Batched live preview for the subagent page** ([#298](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/298)): the old implementation polled `subagents.history` per running subagent, each poll triggering a full host-side enumeration — an O(N²) amplification that stalled the page with many concurrent subagents; now a single batch route `subagents.live` (one enumeration of the whole tree) plus one client poller with a single in-flight request; display logic and copy unchanged
-- 🖱️ **Interrupted / fast-release drags no longer roll back** ([#249](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/249), closes [#247](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/247) [#248](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/248)): interrupted or fast-released drags commit the last known position; HMR re-activation re-locates the center column (fixes the blank bottom panel after a hot reload)
-- 📐 **Push variables stay effective while mounted** ([#259](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/259), fixes [#258](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/258)): the bottom panel no longer flashes full-width after a drag is released
-- 🔧 **Adapted to DSH 0.1.1-rc.1 / rc.2 (@next)** ([#297](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/297) [#305](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/305)): devDependencies / lockfile / CI verification baseline shifted; every consumed contract (DOM slot, CSS tokens, boot protocol, MarkdownText `codeLabels`, `webServer` route registration) compared package by package with zero breakage — **no code changes needed**; peer floor stays at `^0.1.0-rc.8`
-- 🔒 **Upload-chain hardening** ([#239](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/239)): empty and absolute `relativePath` segments are refused outright; uniquely named temp files (concurrent uploads stay independent, crashed processes never block later uploads); write-stream error listeners (a failing disk can no longer crash the host); client error codes unified with the wire (`too-large`), 413s localized
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-### v0.14.0
-
-> ⚠️ **This release adapts to DSH 0.1.0-rc.8**: all `@deepseek-ai/*` peer/devDependencies raised to `^0.1.0-rc.8` (transitives included; zero rc.7 leftovers in the lockfile), `cordis` to `^4.0.0-rc.8`, and the CI mount lane pins `@deepseek-ai/dsh@0.1.0-rc.8`. **DSH rc.7 and earlier cannot resolve this release's dependencies — upgrade DSH first.** All changes since v0.13.1:
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-**✨ New features**
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-- 🖼️ **Unified panel-host injection refactor** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): panels/toggle clusters moved into a `[data-dsh-panel-host]` fixed containing block (`fixed inset-0 z-40`), immune to desktop-shell intermediate transforms hijacking `fixed`; mount self-check (page-level transform → `data-dsh-panel-host-degraded` degraded sync, judged on uncorrected geometry, exits only when the ancestor transform is gone); push anchor switched to `#root [data-dsh-frame] > [data-pane="conversation"]` + `#root` calc width against desktop-shell additive overflow; chunk revalidation on activation (HEAD+ETag keeps unchanged chunks, 5s timeout fails open); `visualViewport` keyboard inset + `env(safe-area-inset-*)` mobile adaptation
-- 📂 **Separate file windows by default** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): `editorExplorer` now defaults to **separate** — tree clicks / file opens create a new tab per path and the path-less window is a pure file manager; merged mode stays available as an opt-in
-- 🖥️ **Terminal shell / shellArgs configurable from the settings page** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): the terminal card's gear popup gains "Shell path" and "Shell arguments" rows (previously yaml-only via `cordis.patch.yml`) — saved values take effect immediately for terminals opened afterwards (UI terminals and model `terminal_create` alike); empty keeps the existing yaml → `$SHELL` / login shell / `powershell.exe` resolution order
-- 🏷️ **Version badge on the settings page** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): the side-card settings section now opens with a `DSH-better-sidebar v0.14.0` identity badge (version synced with the service instance, test-guarded)
-- 🔍 **Add-plugin catalog: search / grouping / independent scroll** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): built for a growing plugin ecosystem — a live search box (filters by name / id / description), optional `category` grouping for entries, and an independently scrolling list (the modal no longer grows unbounded with catalog size)
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-**🐛 Fixes**
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-- 🔧 **Adapted to DSH 0.1.0-rc.8** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): all 13 `@deepseek-ai/*` peer/devDependencies raised to `^0.1.0-rc.8` (transitives included; zero rc.7 leftovers in the lockfile), `cordis` to `^4.0.0-rc.8`; `dsh-client-web-react` / `dsh-client-schema-form` removed (no rc.8 publish, no longer in the shell module table, zero plugin references); CI mount lane pins `@deepseek-ai/dsh@0.1.0-rc.8`; pnpm 11.8 supply-chain verification adapted
-- 🧩 **rc.8 module-system migration** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): rc.8 no longer exposes the `window.__DSH_MODULES__` page global (it moved to the `ctx.modules` service), which broke every lazy chunk's externals resolution — the client now injects the `modules` service and shares it with chunk-bundle copies through a plugin-owned global (terminal / editor / Mermaid on-demand loading restored)
-- 🧩 **Chunk revalidation barrier hardening** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): HEAD revalidation gains a 5s timeout (fails open on a stuck route so the barrier can never wedge lazy loads); `resetChunks` clears a pending revalidation barrier
-- 🖱️ **Drag robustness** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): fast releases (browsers merge/lose pointermove bursts) commit the last known dragged position instead of rolling back; `pointercancel` / lost-capture interruptions keep the drag result too; the center column is re-measured right after commit (no mid-frame bottom-panel width jump); HMR re-activation re-locates the center column via an `` style observer plus a retry when the bottom panel opens (fixes the blank bottom panel / shifted input bar after a hot reload)
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-### v0.13.1
-
-**✨ New features**
-
-- 📊 **Safe Mermaid rendering in the Markdown preview** ([#164](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/164)): when a previewed md file contains mermaid fences, a `client-mermaid.js` chunk (~7MB) is served on demand (zero load without mermaid); defense-in-depth rendering — `securityLevel: 'strict'` + `htmlLabels: false` (node labels use real SVG ``) + a second sanitize pass before SVG injection (foreignObject/script/foreign HTML elements removed, `@*`/`on*`/`href` attributes stripped); click a diagram to zoom in a modal overlay (wheel zoom centered on the cursor, drag pan, toolbar & shortcuts), re-renders with light/dark theme, falls back to the raw code block on parse failure
-- 🖥️ **Configurable terminal shell & shellArgs** ([#125](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/125)): `cordis.patch.yml` `better-sidebar.config` can set `shell` / `shellArgs` (a non-empty `shellArgs` fully replaces the defaults; unset keeps the previous auto-resolution of `$SHELL` / login shell / `powershell.exe`), applied to both UI terminals and agent terminals (`terminal_create`); terminal tab titles now show the shell name (bash/zsh/powershell) and internal tab ids use UUIDs so the same shell can open multiple terminals
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-**🐛 Fixes**
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-- 🔗 **Aggregate double-mount auto-yield** ([#200](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/200)): when an aggregate package (e.g. dsh-web-ui-all) mounts the same package under its own entry id, the guard expression in `cordis.patch.yml` disables the plugin's own `better-sidebar` row so `/sidebar/api` is no longer registered twice (`duplicate prefix route` crashing the whole plugin tree / `dsh web`); standalone installs behave as before
-- 🔧 **Peer dependencies aligned to DSH 0.1.0-rc.7** ([#207](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/207), fixes [#206](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/206)): all `@deepseek-ai/*` peer/devDependencies raised from `^0.1.0-rc.6` to `^0.1.0-rc.7`, and the CI mount lane pins the same version — eliminating the mixed rc.6/rc.7 dependency tree (after the main framework moved to rc.7) that surfaced as `agent-presets: refusing to compose an unscoped context` when picking a model / sending a message
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-### v0.13.0
-
-**✨ New features**
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-- 📁 **Files window merged with the explorer** ([#151](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/151)): new `editorExplorer` setting (editor card gear) — file tabs gain a path-input header plus a toggleable right-docked file tree (per-tab open/width memory, drag-resize 160–480px from the left edge, global filename search via the host `fs.search` route with a hard budget, skipping `.git` and symlink dirs); in separate mode (default) tree clicks / Enter in the path input open each file **in its own new tab**, merged mode switches the current tab **in place**; fresh sessions seed an empty Files window instead of the explorer tab, and a path-less window is a bare file manager in separate mode / a chrome'd empty file window in merged mode; the tree context menu offers "Open in new tab" and "Open to the side" (split)
-- 🎛️ **Select rows for declarative settings** ([#151](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/151)): settings rows gain `type: 'select'` (`options` with value/title/desc/icon, `multi` stores the picked values as an array); options with icons render big-icon option cards and keep the icon in the closed anchor; `editorExplorer` became an iconed select (merged vs separate); the capability list gained `settingSelect`
-- 🔀 **Mutual exclusion with the dsh-web-ui family right panel** ([#181](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/181)): reads the `aionui-panel` settings namespace's provider choice — when "Use aionui-panel" is selected, the whole better-sidebar (right sidebar / bottom panel / floating entry / all takeovers) does not mount; with DSH-better-sidebar (or no aionui installed) it behaves as before. Takes effect live after a settings save (settings-document push), no reload needed
-
-**📝 Other**
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-- Install / update commands unified to `dsh-better-sidebar@latest` (bilingual README sync)
-
-### v0.12.3
-
-**✨ New features**
-
-- 🎨 **Skin compatibility (token-driven)**: fully consumes DSH design tokens and follows the dsh-web-ui skin center's 10 skins automatically; terminal/editor surfaces fall back to opaque backgrounds under transparent/translucent-glass token values so text never scrolls over the skin art ([#110](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/110), fixes #106 #105 #90 #60, also #52 #57 #92)
-- 🗂️ **Unified path handling**: UNC / symlink classification (directory symlinks expandable, broken links highlighted) + HTML-route platform guards ([#134](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/134), #65 #67 #43 #79 #115)
-- 🖥️ **Configurable terminal shell**: custom shell setting with Windows pwsh auto-probe ([#95](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/95))
-- 📝 **Editor languages**: C# / Kotlin / Swift syntax highlighting ([#120](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/120))
-- 🧭 **Settings nav icon**: settings-page navigation icon and layout polish ([#114](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/114))
-- ➕ **Recommended-plugin catalog**: added `dsh-git-remotes` — Git Remotes tab (branches/upstream/ahead-behind, fetch with prune, ff-only pull, confirm-before-push; does not replace the built-in stage/commit tab) ([#91](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/91)); and `dsh-video-preview` — inline video preview (.mp4/.webm/.mov/.mkv/.avi etc.) backed by a /video host route with HTTP Range (206) scrubbing, not capped by the 20MB mediaLimit ([#126](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/126))
-
-**🐛 Fixes**
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-- 🔧 **xterm migration**: deprecated xterm dependency migrated to `@xterm/xterm` (Closes [#122](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/122), [#128](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/128))
-- 📝 **Markdown editor**: selection-to-conversation popup restored ([#24](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/24))
-- 🐛 **node-pty load failure no longer crashes the server** ([#140](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/140)): the host half now lazy-loads node-pty — when it is missing the plugin still mounts, the terminal shows a repair banner (copyable command + Retry button), and agent terminal tools are skipped
-- 🧪 Test engineering: unit spec split (#141) + flaky smoke cleanup fix
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-**🚀 Engineering**
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-- npm publishing wired to GitHub Releases (Trusted Publishing, provenance-attached tarballs); tagging a release publishes automatically ([#148](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/148))
-
-### v0.12.2
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-- 📐 **Position compat mode**: new "Position compatibility mode" setting: reserves top space for the native Windows title bar (top-right) so the sidebar buttons and content sit below it (off by default); the shift distance is customizable in the gear popup (0–120px)
-- 🔌 **Service API base**: complete type exports + `version`/`features` capability detection, state subscription (`getSnapshot`/`subscribeState`), tab `badge`, `onOpen`/`onActivate`/`onClose` lifecycle callbacks, `updateTab`/`activateTab`/`openFile`, targeted open, `meta` persisted across reloads, plugin-owned settings (`pluginToggles`/`render`), external-link claim (`urlTarget`)
-- ➕ **Add Plugins**: recommended plugin catalog in settings + one-click copy install command; built-in Office preview moved to the recommended plugin
-- 🖱️ **Tab-bar scroll**: mouse-wheel horizontal scrolling on the tab bar
-- 🐛 **Fixes**: remote access 403 (trust fence now uses `trustedHosts`), sidebar crash [#31](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/31), Windows HTML-preview drive-path
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-### v0.12.1
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-- 🔌 **Service API base**: complete type exports + `version`/`features` capability detection, state subscription (`getSnapshot`/`subscribeState`), tab `badge`, `onOpen`/`onActivate`/`onClose` lifecycle callbacks, `updateTab`/`activateTab`/`openFile`, targeted open, `meta` persisted across reloads, plugin-owned settings (`pluginToggles`/`render`)
-- ➕ **Add Plugins**: recommended plugin catalog in settings + one-click copy install command; built-in Office preview moved to the recommended plugin
-- 🖱️ **Tab-bar scroll**: mouse-wheel horizontal scrolling on the tab bar
-- 🐛 **Fixes**: remote access 403 (trust fence now uses `trustedHosts`), sidebar crash [#31](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/31), Windows HTML-preview drive-path
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-> 📝 Note: the 0.12.0 final could not be reused (npm reported the version as already published), so the public release became 0.12.1 — both carry identical content.
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-### v0.12.0
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-- 🔌 **Service API base**: complete type exports + `version`/`features` capability detection, state subscription, tab badges, lifecycle callbacks, targeted open, `meta` persisted across reloads, plugin-owned settings
-- ➕ **Add Plugins**: recommended plugin catalog in settings + one-click copy install command; built-in Office preview moved to the recommended plugin
-- 🖱️ **Tab-bar scroll**: mouse-wheel horizontal scrolling on the tab bar
-- 🐛 **Fixes**: remote access 403 (trust fence now uses `trustedHosts`), sidebar crash [#31](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/31), Windows HTML-preview drive-path
+> 🔌 **Core principle**: service-first — the 7 built-in tabs + 6 viewers register through the same `ctx.betterSidebar` API as third-party plugins, with fully equal capabilities; anything the ecosystem can provide better is delegated to ecosystem plugins (**26+ ecosystem plugins** already — see "🌐 Plugin Ecosystem" below). See "🔌 Service API" and the [external plugin guide](./docs/external-plugin-guide.md).
## 🚀 Installation
**Prerequisites**: DSH installed (`dsh web` boots), Node.js ≥ 20, pnpm ≥ 10.
+> ✅ **Supported DSH versions**: `0.1.0-rc.8` · `0.1.1-rc.1` · `0.1.1-rc.2` (peer floor `^0.1.0-rc.8`; CI mount-smoke baseline `0.1.1-rc.2`)
+
```sh
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-better-sidebar@latest
```
@@ -168,7 +73,7 @@ Then **hard-refresh the browser** (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+R) to see the sidebar (DSH hot
dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-better-sidebar@latest
```
-or bump the version in `~/.dsh/profiles/web/package.json` (e.g. `"^0.13.0"`) and run `pnpm install`. Then hard-refresh the browser (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+R) — client changes do not need a DSH restart.
+or bump the version in `~/.dsh/profiles/web/package.json` (e.g. `"^0.15.0"`) and run `pnpm install`. Then hard-refresh the browser (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+R) — client changes do not need a DSH restart.
@@ -209,7 +114,7 @@ To debug local changes or track the dev branch, point the dependency at a local
5. Restart DSH and hard-refresh
```
-Update: `git pull && pnpm install && pnpm build` → just hard-refresh the browser (client changes hot-reload; only host-half changes need a DSH restart). To switch back to the npm channel, restore `"dsh-better-sidebar": "^0.13.0"` and re-run `pnpm install`.
+Update: `git pull && pnpm install && pnpm build` → just hard-refresh the browser (client changes hot-reload; only host-half changes need a DSH restart). To switch back to the npm channel, restore `"dsh-better-sidebar": "^0.15.0"` and re-run `pnpm install`.
@@ -230,6 +135,294 @@ Update: `git pull && pnpm install && pnpm build` → `node scripts/package-regis
+## 🖼️ Feature Tour
+
+> All screenshots below are taken from the real UI (dark theme). Placeholder slots will be filled in over time.
+
+### 🗂️ File Workbench: Explorer
+
+Lazy-loading directory tree, symlinks classified by target kind (directory links expand, dangling links flagged), global filename search, file/folder upload buttons plus drag-drop upload, context menu (open in new tab / open to the side / copy paths), and a hover `@file` button that references a file straight into the composer.
+
+
+
+### ✍️ CodeMirror Editor
+
+Open per path (new tab) or switch in place (opt-in merged mode), preview / edit / save in one window, syntax highlighting for 20+ languages, `Ctrl/Cmd+S` to save.
+
+
+
+### 📝 Inline Preview: Markdown · Images · PDF
+
+The Markdown preview renders **Mermaid diagrams** (strict-mode safe rendering + a second sanitize pass; click a diagram for a zoom modal with wheel-zoom and drag-pan); images / PDFs display inline via the media route; the Office suite is covered by an ecosystem plugin.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+### 💻 Real Terminal
+
+xterm.js + node-pty real shell (not an emulator): transcript replay on reconnect, configurable shell / shellArgs (settings page or `cordis.patch.yml`), and optional `terminal_*` model tools so the agent can open terminals and run commands itself.
+
+
+
+### 🌿 Git Panel
+
+Stage / unstage / commit (`Ctrl+Enter`) / revert, plus a history list; clicking a changed file opens a **VSCode-style diff tab** (line-level red/green). push / pull / fetch are covered by the ecosystem plugins [dsh-git-remotes](https://github.com/yq04/dsh-git-remotes) and [dsh-git-forge](https://github.com/thirsty5034/dsh-git-forge).
+
+
+
+
+
+### 🌐 Embedded Browser
+
+Multiple web tabs with back / forward / reload / address bar; content runs in an **opaque-origin sandboxed iframe** (live sandbox status in the UI, per-page temporary unlock available); external-link clicks in the chat can be taken over into the sidebar (protocol-based routing, configurable).
+
+
+
+### 🧩 Tasks: Agent Topology + Background Jobs
+
+Live subagent-tree topology (run states, batched live previews) plus the background-jobs list (exit codes / live output / force-kill); new subagents / jobs can auto-expand the sidebar (configurable).
+
+
+
+### 💬 Side Chat (beta)
+
+Codex-style side threads: **one independent tab per conversation**; the thread inherits the parent's full context (including the in-progress turn, honestly frozen as "interrupted") and runs independently without polluting the main session; follow-ups survive restarts; one click promotes the thread to a top-level session.
+
+
+
+### 🪟 Dual Workbench: Sidebar + Bottom Panel + Split Panes
+
+The right sidebar and the bottom panel can stay open together; drag a tab to a pane edge to **split**, to the middle to **merge** (works across panels); panel width/height drag from the left/top edge; on mobile everything merges into a full-width drawer.
+
+
+
+
+
+### ⚙️ Declarative Settings
+
+The "Side card" section in DSH settings: one small card per tab / viewer with an independent toggle (highlighted enabled state + brand switch); secondary settings open from the "Feature settings" strip at the card bottom (switch / text / number / select rows); plugin-owned settings persist under `pluginSettings`.
+
+
+
+### 📱 Mobile
+
+On narrow screens (<768px) the panels become a full-width drawer: bottom-panel tabs merge into the sidebar once, with touch-friendly dragging.
+
+
+
+
+
+## 🌐 Plugin Ecosystem
+
+The `ctx.betterSidebar` service opens two extension points to every plugin: **`registerTab` (sidebar pages)** and **`registerFileViewer` (file previewers)**. The 7 built-in tabs + 6 viewers register through the exact same API — fully equal capabilities.
+
+```ts
+import type {} from 'dsh-better-sidebar' // triggers the ctx.betterSidebar type merge
+export const inject = ['betterSidebar']
+export function apply(ctx: Context) {
+ ctx.effect(() => ctx.betterSidebar.registerTab({
+ id: 'my-plugin:db', title: 'Database', component: ({ scope }) => ,
+ }))
+ ctx.effect(() => ctx.betterSidebar.registerFileViewer({
+ id: 'my-plugin:csv', exts: ['csv'], fetchStrategy: 'custom',
+ load: async (path, scope) => parseCsv(await fetchText(scope, path)),
+ component: ({ customData }) => ,
+ }))
+}
+```
+
+The GitHub topic [`dsh-better-sidebar`](https://github.com/topics/dsh-better-sidebar) already hosts **26+ ecosystem plugins** (and growing):
+
+
+
+ The built-in "Add plugins" modal in settings: recommended catalog + one-click install command + a direct link to the GitHub topic
+
+
+### 📑 Tab Plugins (sidebar pages)
+
+| Plugin | ⭐ | Description |
+|---|---|---|
+| [ChenRuoT/dsh-sidebar-qa](https://github.com/ChenRuoT/dsh-sidebar-qa) | | Selection-based side Q&A — Codex-style side questions / Claude Code `/btw` |
+| [fuhefei/dsh-sentinel](https://github.com/fuhefei/dsh-sentinel) | | Condition-driven wakeup: file / command / HTTP / process / webhook watches that wake the agent; dock + sidebar branch + global dashboard |
+| [jiuge2467/dsh-studio](https://github.com/jiuge2467/dsh-studio) | | Full-stack enhancement workbench: multi-source MCP visual debugging hub, visual thinking engine |
+| [Iwctwbh/dsh-flowglass](https://github.com/Iwctwbh/dsh-flowglass) | | Flowglass: live session flowgraph (messages / tool groups / subagent branches) |
+| [FeatherHunter/dsh-mattpocock-skills-deck](https://github.com/FeatherHunter/dsh-mattpocock-skills-deck) | | Game-like mission system for mattpocock/skills: fog-of-war map + task bar |
+| [GULI-lab/DSH-element-source](https://github.com/GULI-lab/DSH-element-source) | | Click any UI element on your dev page to jump to its Vue / React / Svelte / Angular source, straight into the chat |
+| [Lzh3070/dsh-file-review-tab](https://github.com/Lzh3070/dsh-file-review-tab) | | File-change review tab: line-level red/green diffs + undo + chat-line deep links |
+| [yq04/dsh-git-remotes](https://github.com/yq04/dsh-git-remotes) | | Git remotes tab: branches / upstream / ahead-behind, fetch with prune, ff-only pull, confirm-before-push |
+| [ztyhehe/dsh-better-sidebar-svn](https://github.com/ztyhehe/dsh-better-sidebar-svn) | | SVN source-control tab: status / diff / log / commit / update / revert / conflict resolution — symmetric to the built-in Git panel |
+| [Melody-max114/dsh-excel-panel](https://github.com/Melody-max114/dsh-excel-panel) | | Excel editing: xlsx preview/edit, live formula evaluation, merged cells, save back to the original file |
+| [v587d/dsh-anysearch-refs](https://github.com/v587d/dsh-anysearch-refs) | | AnySearch results as sidebar cards: query, source snippets, highlighted keywords |
+| [mlosun/dsh-docs-panel](https://github.com/mlosun/dsh-docs-panel) | | Global docs panel: portable Markdown notes, readable from any workspace |
+| [lnyuqian/dsh-skill-sidebar](https://github.com/lnyuqian/dsh-skill-sidebar) | | Skills panel: scans local skill directories, one-click invocation copy, pinning |
+| [g-yixuan/dsh-sidechat](https://github.com/g-yixuan/dsh-sidechat) | | Codex-style side chat + selection annotations (a thin consumer plugin) |
+| [thirsty5034/dsh-ssh-tunnel](https://github.com/thirsty5034/dsh-ssh-tunnel) | | Multi-host SSH tunnels + SSH manager tab |
+| [thirsty5034/dsh-git-forge](https://github.com/thirsty5034/dsh-git-forge) | | GitHub / Gitea accounts, project grants and push policy |
+| [YesSanSan/dsh-conversation-outline](https://github.com/YesSanSan/dsh-conversation-outline) | | Conversation outline tab: per-turn structure, quick jump, one-line LLM titles |
+| [Wulabalabo/dsh-sidebar-Explorer-Plus](https://github.com/Wulabalabo/dsh-sidebar-Explorer-Plus) | | File-manager tab: upload / move / delete / rename / new folder (write operations) |
+| [yq04/dsh-turn-review](https://github.com/yq04/dsh-turn-review) | | Turn review: review agent changes turn by turn |
+| [Ghz114514/dsh-refpics](https://github.com/Ghz114514/dsh-refpics) | | Pinterest-style reference-image search: masonry wall, sidebar board, downloads, save-to-Eagle |
+| [yzlin499/dsh-yzlin499-easy-plugins](https://github.com/yzlin499/dsh-yzlin499-easy-plugins) | | A handy utility bundle for a bare-bones DSH |
+
+### 🖼️ Viewer Plugins (file previewers)
+
+| Plugin | ⭐ | Description |
+|---|---|---|
+| [HuanLinOTO/dsh-plugin-better-sidebar-plugin-office](https://github.com/HuanLinOTO/dsh-plugin-better-sidebar-plugin-office) | | Office-suite preview (.docx / .xlsx / .pptx) as a separate bundle to slim the core (in the official recommended catalog) |
+| [zemul/dsh-video-preview](https://github.com/zemul/dsh-video-preview) | | Inline video preview: .mp4 / .webm / .mov / .mkv / .avi with a /video host route supporting HTTP Range scrubbing |
+| [dong-victor/dsh-better-sidebar-jupyter](https://github.com/dong-victor/dsh-better-sidebar-jupyter) | | Runnable `.ipynb` notebook view: lazy-start Python kernel, streaming outputs, save-back |
+
+### 🧰 Enhancements & Tools
+
+| Plugin | ⭐ | Description |
+|---|---|---|
+| [dong-victor/dsh-better-sidebar-terminal-plus](https://github.com/dong-victor/dsh-better-sidebar-terminal-plus) | | Terminal enhancement: bundled Nerd Font icons, xterm glyph fixes, stable terminal cwd |
+| [Max-Null/dsh-sidebar-preview-select](https://github.com/Max-Null/dsh-sidebar-preview-select) | | Preview selection boost: select text in any sidebar preview → floating "send to session" |
+
+> 📣 **List your plugin**: tag your repo with the `dsh-better-sidebar` topic to appear on the [topic page](https://github.com/topics/dsh-better-sidebar); then PR one `PluginEntry` into [`src/client/plugins-tabs.ts`](./src/client/plugins-tabs.ts) / [`src/client/plugins-viewers.ts`](./src/client/plugins-viewers.ts) to join the built-in recommended catalog (data integrity is guarded by `tests/plugin-list.spec.ts`).
+
+## 🆕 Recent Updates
+
+
+
+
+
+
+> ✅ **v0.15.0 supports DSH**: `0.1.0-rc.8` · `0.1.1-rc.1` · `0.1.1-rc.2`. Full release history on the [Releases](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/releases) page.
+
+### v0.15.0
+
+> ⚠️ **This release is verified against DSH 0.1.1-rc.2 (@next)**: devDependencies / lockfile / CI mount-smoke baseline raised to `0.1.1-rc.2` (zero rc.8 leftovers in the lockfile); **the peer floor stays at `^0.1.0-rc.8`** — 0.1.1-rc.x is a routine rc progression, mutually compatible with rc.8, so **rc.8 users don't need to upgrade DSH**. `cordis` stays at `^4.0.0-rc.8`. All changes since v0.14.0:
+
+**✨ New features**
+
+- 💬 **Side Chat (beta) tab** ([#286](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/286)): Codex-style side threads, **one independent tab per conversation** — the child inherits the parent's full context (completed turns + pending messages + the in-progress turn's assistant output and tool activity, honestly frozen with an "interrupted" marker); created with an identical composition (same preset / provider / model) so the first request reuses the parent's input prefix cache; threads stay invisible in the main session list with zero subagent-catalog noise; follow-ups survive DSH restarts (auto cold-resume); one-click "Save as new session" promotes the thread to a top-level session ([design](docs/plans/2026-08-20-sidechat-tab-design.md))
+- 📤 **Upload into the files window** ([#239](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/239)): header "upload file / upload folder" buttons plus drag-drop (drop on the tree body = workspace root, on a directory row = that directory, on a file row = its parent directory, VSCode semantics); full-window blurred progress overlay while uploading (per-file progress + cancel / Esc); buttons disabled while busy, tree refreshes after the upload settles
+- 🧩 **Desktop compatibility in four options** ([#284](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/284)): "Position compatibility mode" is now a main-row dropdown — **Auto-detect** (default, conservative: only the standard Window Controls Overlay geometry contributes; real 32/36px caption-overlay heights per shell, live on maximize/restore; zero modification on plain web) / **DSH official web** (explicitly no adaptation) / **Shell preset** (built-in, opt-in; only shells that appeared in this repo's issues/PRs with 100+ stars, "detected" badge when the environment matches) / **Custom** (free-form CSS + shift distance). Documents that already carried compatibility values migrate to the custom scheme; interactive chrome opts out of desktop drag regions (`no-drag`); the bottom-push anchor is a composite selector (`[data-pane]` and `:has(> [data-slot])`)
+- 🎛️ **Settings page UI/UX modernization** ([#300](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/300)): the side-card secondary-settings entry is now a full-width "Feature settings" strip at the card bottom (replacing the invisible corner gear — much easier to discover); coordinated two-tone enabled state (brand activation accent + success-green check badge); every color is still `--dsw-alias-*` token-derived so skins follow automatically
+- ➕ **New entries in the recommended-plugin catalog**: `dsh-docs-panel` (global docs, [#230](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/230)), `dsh-flowglass` ([#261](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/261)), `dsh-git-forge` and `dsh-ssh-tunnel` ([#204](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/204)), `dsh-turn-review` ([#102](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/102))
+
+**🐛 Fixes**
+
+- ⚡ **Batched live preview for the subagent page** ([#298](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/298)): the old implementation polled `subagents.history` per running subagent, each poll triggering a full host-side enumeration — an O(N²) amplification that stalled the page with many concurrent subagents; now a single batch route `subagents.live` (one enumeration of the whole tree) plus one client poller with a single in-flight request; display logic and copy unchanged
+- 🖱️ **Interrupted / fast-release drags no longer roll back** ([#249](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/249), closes [#247](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/247) [#248](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/248)): interrupted or fast-released drags commit the last known position; HMR re-activation re-locates the center column (fixes the blank bottom panel after a hot reload)
+- 📐 **Push variables stay effective while mounted** ([#259](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/259), fixes [#258](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/258)): the bottom panel no longer flashes full-width after a drag is released
+- 🔧 **Adapted to DSH 0.1.1-rc.1 / rc.2 (@next)** ([#297](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/297) [#305](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/305)): devDependencies / lockfile / CI verification baseline shifted; every consumed contract (DOM slot, CSS tokens, boot protocol, MarkdownText `codeLabels`, `webServer` route registration) compared package by package with zero breakage — **no code changes needed**; peer floor stays at `^0.1.0-rc.8`
+- 🔒 **Upload-chain hardening** ([#239](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/239)): empty and absolute `relativePath` segments are refused outright; uniquely named temp files (concurrent uploads stay independent, crashed processes never block later uploads); write-stream error listeners (a failing disk can no longer crash the host); client error codes unified with the wire (`too-large`), 413s localized
+
+
+Older releases (v0.12.0 – v0.14.0)
+
+### v0.14.0
+
+> ⚠️ **This release adapts to DSH 0.1.0-rc.8**: all `@deepseek-ai/*` peer/devDependencies raised to `^0.1.0-rc.8` (transitives included; zero rc.7 leftovers in the lockfile), `cordis` to `^4.0.0-rc.8`, and the CI mount lane pins `@deepseek-ai/dsh@0.1.0-rc.8`. **DSH rc.7 and earlier cannot resolve this release's dependencies — upgrade DSH first.** All changes since v0.13.1:
+
+**✨ New features**
+
+- 🖼️ **Unified panel-host injection refactor** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): panels/toggle clusters moved into a `[data-dsh-panel-host]` fixed containing block (`fixed inset-0 z-40`), immune to desktop-shell intermediate transforms hijacking `fixed`; mount self-check (page-level transform → `data-dsh-panel-host-degraded` degraded sync, judged on uncorrected geometry, exits only when the ancestor transform is gone); push anchor switched to `#root [data-dsh-frame] > [data-pane="conversation"]` + `#root` calc width against desktop-shell additive overflow; chunk revalidation on activation (HEAD+ETag keeps unchanged chunks, 5s timeout fails open); `visualViewport` keyboard inset + `env(safe-area-inset-*)` mobile adaptation
+- 📂 **Separate file windows by default** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): `editorExplorer` now defaults to **separate** — tree clicks / file opens create a new tab per path and the path-less window is a pure file manager; merged mode stays available as an opt-in
+- 🖥️ **Terminal shell / shellArgs configurable from the settings page** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): the terminal card's gear popup gains "Shell path" and "Shell arguments" rows (previously yaml-only via `cordis.patch.yml`) — saved values take effect immediately for terminals opened afterwards (UI terminals and model `terminal_create` alike); empty keeps the existing yaml → `$SHELL` / login shell / `powershell.exe` resolution order
+- 🏷️ **Version badge on the settings page** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): the side-card settings section now opens with a `DSH-better-sidebar v0.14.0` identity badge (version synced with the service instance, test-guarded)
+- 🔍 **Add-plugin catalog: search / grouping / independent scroll** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): built for a growing plugin ecosystem — a live search box (filters by name / id / description), optional `category` grouping for entries, and an independently scrolling list (the modal no longer grows unbounded with catalog size)
+
+**🐛 Fixes**
+
+- 🔧 **Adapted to DSH 0.1.0-rc.8** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): all 13 `@deepseek-ai/*` peer/devDependencies raised to `^0.1.0-rc.8` (transitives included; zero rc.7 leftovers in the lockfile), `cordis` to `^4.0.0-rc.8`; `dsh-client-web-react` / `dsh-client-schema-form` removed (no rc.8 publish, no longer in the shell module table, zero plugin references); CI mount lane pins `@deepseek-ai/dsh@0.1.0-rc.8`; pnpm 11.8 supply-chain verification adapted
+- 🧩 **rc.8 module-system migration** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): rc.8 no longer exposes the `window.__DSH_MODULES__` page global (it moved to the `ctx.modules` service), which broke every lazy chunk's externals resolution — the client now injects the `modules` service and shares it with chunk-bundle copies through a plugin-owned global (terminal / editor / Mermaid on-demand loading restored)
+- 🧩 **Chunk revalidation barrier hardening** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): HEAD revalidation gains a 5s timeout (fails open on a stuck route so the barrier can never wedge lazy loads); `resetChunks` clears a pending revalidation barrier
+- 🖱️ **Drag robustness** ([#232](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/232)): fast releases (browsers merge/lose pointermove bursts) commit the last known dragged position instead of rolling back; `pointercancel` / lost-capture interruptions keep the drag result too; the center column is re-measured right after commit (no mid-frame bottom-panel width jump); HMR re-activation re-locates the center column via an `` style observer plus a retry when the bottom panel opens (fixes the blank bottom panel / shifted input bar after a hot reload)
+
+### v0.13.1
+
+**✨ New features**
+
+- 📊 **Safe Mermaid rendering in the Markdown preview** ([#164](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/164)): when a previewed md file contains mermaid fences, a `client-mermaid.js` chunk (~7MB) is served on demand (zero load without mermaid); defense-in-depth rendering — `securityLevel: 'strict'` + `htmlLabels: false` (node labels use real SVG ``) + a second sanitize pass before SVG injection (foreignObject/script/foreign HTML elements removed, `@*`/`on*`/`href` attributes stripped); click a diagram to zoom in a modal overlay (wheel zoom centered on the cursor, drag pan, toolbar & shortcuts), re-renders with light/dark theme, falls back to the raw code block on parse failure
+- 🖥️ **Configurable terminal shell & shellArgs** ([#125](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/125)): `cordis.patch.yml` `better-sidebar.config` can set `shell` / `shellArgs` (a non-empty `shellArgs` fully replaces the defaults; unset keeps the previous auto-resolution of `$SHELL` / login shell / `powershell.exe`), applied to both UI terminals and agent terminals (`terminal_create`); terminal tab titles now show the shell name (bash/zsh/powershell) and internal tab ids use UUIDs so the same shell can open multiple terminals
+
+**🐛 Fixes**
+
+- 🔗 **Aggregate double-mount auto-yield** ([#200](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/200)): when an aggregate package (e.g. dsh-web-ui-all) mounts the same package under its own entry id, the guard expression in `cordis.patch.yml` disables the plugin's own `better-sidebar` row so `/sidebar/api` is no longer registered twice (`duplicate prefix route` crashing the whole plugin tree / `dsh web`); standalone installs behave as before
+- 🔧 **Peer dependencies aligned to DSH 0.1.0-rc.7** ([#207](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/207), fixes [#206](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/206)): all `@deepseek-ai/*` peer/devDependencies raised from `^0.1.0-rc.6` to `^0.1.0-rc.7`, and the CI mount lane pins the same version — eliminating the mixed rc.6/rc.7 dependency tree (after the main framework moved to rc.7) that surfaced as `agent-presets: refusing to compose an unscoped context` when picking a model / sending a message
+
+### v0.13.0
+
+**✨ New features**
+
+- 📁 **Files window merged with the explorer** ([#151](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/151)): new `editorExplorer` setting (editor card gear) — file tabs gain a path-input header plus a toggleable right-docked file tree (per-tab open/width memory, drag-resize 160–480px from the left edge, global filename search via the host `fs.search` route with a hard budget, skipping `.git` and symlink dirs); in separate mode (default) tree clicks / Enter in the path input open each file **in its own new tab**, merged mode switches the current tab **in place**; fresh sessions seed an empty Files window instead of the explorer tab, and a path-less window is a bare file manager in separate mode / a chrome'd empty file window in merged mode; the tree context menu offers "Open in new tab" and "Open to the side" (split)
+- 🎛️ **Select rows for declarative settings** ([#151](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/151)): settings rows gain `type: 'select'` (`options` with value/title/desc/icon, `multi` stores the picked values as an array); options with icons render big-icon option cards and keep the icon in the closed anchor; `editorExplorer` became an iconed select (merged vs separate); the capability list gained `settingSelect`
+- 🔀 **Mutual exclusion with the dsh-web-ui family right panel** ([#181](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/181)): reads the `aionui-panel` settings namespace's provider choice — when "Use aionui-panel" is selected, the whole better-sidebar (right sidebar / bottom panel / floating entry / all takeovers) does not mount; with DSH-better-sidebar (or no aionui installed) it behaves as before. Takes effect live after a settings save (settings-document push), no reload needed
+
+### v0.12.3
+
+**✨ New features**
+
+- 🎨 **Skin compatibility (token-driven)**: fully consumes DSH design tokens and follows the dsh-web-ui skin center's 10 skins automatically; terminal/editor surfaces fall back to opaque backgrounds under transparent/translucent-glass token values so text never scrolls over the skin art ([#110](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/110), fixes #106 #105 #90 #60, also #52 #57 #92)
+- 🗂️ **Unified path handling**: UNC / symlink classification (directory symlinks expandable, broken links highlighted) + HTML-route platform guards ([#134](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/134), #65 #67 #43 #79 #115)
+- 🖥️ **Configurable terminal shell**: custom shell setting with Windows pwsh auto-probe ([#95](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/95))
+- 📝 **Editor languages**: C# / Kotlin / Swift syntax highlighting ([#120](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/120))
+- 🧭 **Settings nav icon**: settings-page navigation icon and layout polish ([#114](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/114))
+- ➕ **Recommended-plugin catalog**: added `dsh-git-remotes` — Git Remotes tab (branches/upstream/ahead-behind, fetch with prune, ff-only pull, confirm-before-push; does not replace the built-in stage/commit tab) ([#91](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/91)); and `dsh-video-preview` — inline video preview (.mp4/.webm/.mov/.mkv/.avi etc.) backed by a /video host route with HTTP Range (206) scrubbing, not capped by the 20MB mediaLimit ([#126](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/126))
+
+**🐛 Fixes**
+
+- 🔧 **xterm migration**: deprecated xterm dependency migrated to `@xterm/xterm` (Closes [#122](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/122), [#128](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/128))
+- 📝 **Markdown editor**: selection-to-conversation popup restored ([#24](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/pull/24))
+- 🐛 **node-pty load failure no longer crashes the server** ([#140](https://github.com/omdsh-dev/DSH-better-sidebar/issues/140)): the host half now lazy-loads node-pty — when it is missing the plugin still mounts, the terminal shows a repair banner (copyable command + Retry button), and agent terminal tools are skipped
+- 🧪 Test engineering: unit spec split (#141) + flaky smoke cleanup fix
+
+
+
## ⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | Keys |
@@ -241,21 +434,9 @@ Update: `git pull && pnpm install && pnpm build` → `node scripts/package-regis
| Reference file to input | Hover the `@file` button at end of line |
| Copy file path | Right-click row → copy relative/absolute path |
-## 🔌 Service: register tabs & file viewers
+## 🔌 Service API
-Since v0.4.0 the plugin exposes the `ctx.betterSidebar` service — other plugins can register sidebar pages and file viewers (the 7 built-in tabs + 6 viewers register through the same service):
-
-```ts
-import type {} from 'dsh-better-sidebar' // triggers the ctx.betterSidebar type merge
-export const inject = ['betterSidebar']
-export function apply(ctx: Context) {
- ctx.effect(() => ctx.betterSidebar.registerTab({
- id: 'my-plugin:db', title: 'Database', component: ({ scope }) => ,
- }))
-}
-```
-
-v0.12.1+ base capabilities (complete type exports, capability detection, state subscription, tab badge, lifecycle callbacks, targeted open, plugin-owned settings, etc.) — see the integration docs below.
+Since v0.4.0 the plugin exposes the `ctx.betterSidebar` service — other plugins can register sidebar pages and file viewers (the 7 built-in tabs + 6 viewers register through the same service). v0.12.1 completed the base capabilities (complete type exports, capability detection, state subscription, tab badges, lifecycle callbacks, targeted open, plugin-owned settings, etc.).
Full integration docs:
- **[`AGENTS.md`](./AGENTS.md)** — the in-repo integration doc (full fields, matching algorithm, HMR pitfalls, declarative settings, version detection);
@@ -298,9 +479,39 @@ pnpm watch # tsdown --watch
Windows / Linux / macOS (macOS validated daily; the rest covered by unit tests); `node-pty` prefers prebuilt binaries, otherwise a build toolchain is required (Windows VS Build Tools / Linux make+g+++python3 / macOS Xcode CLT).
+## 🤝 Contributing
+
+- **Code changes go through PRs**: develop on a `feat/*` / `fix/*` branch, then `gh pr create`; docs-only changes may be pushed to main directly
+- **Curate an ecosystem plugin**: tag your repo with `dsh-better-sidebar` + PR a `PluginEntry` into [`src/client/plugins-tabs.ts`](./src/client/plugins-tabs.ts) / [`plugins-viewers.ts`](./src/client/plugins-viewers.ts)
+- **Before submitting**: `pnpm typecheck && pnpm build && pnpm test` (CI additionally gates on npm-pack → real-mount → headless-render via `pnpm test:mount`)
+- See [`AGENTS.md`](./AGENTS.md) for the repository rules (hard constraints, CI lanes, release flow)
+
+## ⭐ Star History
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+## 👥 Contributors
+
+Thanks to everyone who contributed:
+
+
+
+
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## 🔗 Friends
- [dsh-tianshu-tui](https://github.com/huiliyi37/dsh-tianshu-tui): an interactive terminal UI plugin for DeepSeek Harness (its rendering core evolved from the self-developed harness agent Tianshu-Tui), adding TDD and evidence-gate workflows on top of the official harness
- [dsh-TUI](https://github.com/ccch1mneyyy/dsh-TUI): a Claude Code-style fullscreen interactive TUI plugin — pixel-whale top bar, live working-status row, streaming thought expansion, double-Esc rollback, context progress bar + TPS meter; one-command npm install
- [dshfind Plugin Market](https://dshfind.com/zh/plugins): a third-party plugin marketplace — a listing of public repos under the GitHub topic `dsh-plugin`, with stars, contributors and growth data synced daily
- [DeepSeek Harness Desktop](https://github.com/anywhere-labs/deepseek-harness-desktop): a modern desktop client for the DeepSeek Harness ecosystem — start and manage a local Harness service without configuring Node.js or running commands; [official site](https://www.dshdesktop.cn)
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