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fix(desktop): annotation Select picks elements inside open shadow roots - #23180
In the desktop preview, the annotation Select tool picks the outermost shadow host instead of the element under the cursor inside an open shadow root. On the issue's page, hovering or clicking the "Second" button outlines and selects the whole <shadow-demo>. Pages built from web components (Home Assistant, for example) end up selecting the whole app.
Change
pickFromPoint() in PickPreload.ts only used document.elementsFromPoint(). Chromium retargets every hit to the document's tree scope, so anything inside a shadow root comes back as its outermost host.
New apps/desktop/src/preview/PickTarget.ts with pickElementAtPoint(). It runs the same loop as before, and when the picked candidate has an open shadowRoot it repeats the query on that root, recursing through nested open roots. If nothing inside the root is under the point (the host's own padding, for example), the host is kept.
ShadowRoot.elementsFromPoint() is not enough on its own: Chromium hit-tests the whole page there too, so the list also contains the host, html, body and the picker's overlay. Only elements the root itself contains count. Without that filter the host-padding case recurses forever.
Closed roots have shadowRoot === null, so they stay opaque. That includes the picker's own overlay, and the existing overlay/html/body exclusion is passed in and applied at every level.
PickPreload.ts now calls pickElementAtPoint(). Hover and click both go through pickFromPoint(), so the outline, label and selection all move to the inner element.
Importing PickPreload.ts needs electron, window and a live overlay. PickPreload.ts has no test file and the module can't be imported, so the logic moved into a small module and the tests fail against the old loop.
Not changed: the captured selector. react-grab builds it relative to the element's own shadow root, so for the inner button it is button:nth-of-type(2), which doesn't match anything from document. The element's HTML preview and screenshot crop are correct. A host-chain selector, and making the Region scan enter shadow roots, would be separate changes. I left them out to keep this to the pick.
The react-grab selector issue is out of scope for this PR.
Scope and approval
Triaged bug issue (#17276, bug, via-triage). The triage comment confirms the cause in pickFromPoint() and proposes descending into open shadow roots while closed roots stay opaque. This PR does only that step.
Verification
PickTarget.test.ts (5 tests): inner element of an open root is picked instead of the host, nested open roots, closed root stays the host, the overlay is never picked, and the host is kept when the point misses its shadow content. The DOM in the test models Chromium's retargeting, because desktop tests run in Node and jsdom has no elementsFromPoint.
With the previous pick loop as the implementation, 4 of the 5 fail (for example expected 'shadow-demo' to be 'button'). The fifth is a guard for the new recursion. With the fix, 5/5 pass.
Real Chromium check (headless Chromium 148 from the repo's Playwright), the issue's page plus extra cases, running the old loop and the committed pickElementAtPoint at the center of the target:
Case
Before
After
Open root, "Second" button
<shadow-demo>
<button> "Second"
Nested open roots
<outer-host>
<button> "Second"
Closed root
<closed-host>
<closed-host>
Point on the host's padding
<padded-host>
<padded-host>
Slotted light child on top
<span>
<span>
Overlay-like toolbar above the button
<shadow-demo>
<button> "Second"
vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests pass.
document.elementsFromPoint retargets shadow content to its outermost host, so
hovering or clicking inside an open shadow root outlined and selected the whole
host. The pick now descends into each open shadow root, keeping only the root's
own elements because ShadowRoot.elementsFromPoint also lists the host and
everything outside it, including the picker overlay. Closed roots stay opaque.
Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a narrowly scoped desktop annotation-selection bug fix that adds tested traversal into open shadow roots while preserving existing DOM, overlay, and closed-root behavior. The production change is isolated to the existing pick path, with no defaults, schemas, deployment settings, or static-analysis suppressions affected.
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Walkthrough
The preview picker now searches elements inside available shadow roots. The change adds a hit-testing helper, integrates it into pickFromPoint, and adds tests for shadow-root selection and picker overlays.
The new pickElementAtPoint helper filters candidates by scope and exclusion, searches available shadow roots, and returns the deepest matching element or null.
Picker integration and tests apps/desktop/src/preview/PickPreload.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/PickTarget.test.ts
pickFromPoint now uses the helper and retains exclusions for annotation UI, input-layer nodes, and document roots. Tests cover open and closed shadow roots, host fallback, and selecting page content beneath a picker overlay.
pingdotgg/t3code#30192: Extends annotation picking across reachable same-origin iframe documents, another DOM boundary in the picker.
pingdotgg/t3code#30185: Adds same-origin iframe picking and coordinate translation in the annotation tools.
pingdotgg/t3code#23965: Adds PDF input-layer exclusion to point-based annotation picking.
Suggested labels:bugfix
Suggested reviewers:shivamhwp
Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 72c24
Open-shadow-root picking is reported to work in the desktop preview, and no additional merge-blocking issue is established. The previously reported test gap remains a follow-up.
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The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: enabling annotation Select to pick elements inside open shadow roots.
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The description includes the Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. It explains the behavior, implementation, tests, Chromium checks, and known limitations. It does not embed …
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Issue #17276 requires Select to outline and select an element inside an open shadow root. pickElementAtPoint() scans the current scope, filters candidates, recurses through nested open roots, preser…
Out of Scope Changes check
The changes add the focused PickTarget.ts hit-test helper, integrate it in PickPreload.ts, and add targeted tests. Shadow-root filtering, exclusions, recursion, and host fallback support issue #17…
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Issue #17276 requires Select to outline and select an element inside an open shadow root. pickElementAtPoint() scans the current scope, filters candidates, recurses through nested open roots, preserves the host when shadow content is missed, and leaves closed roots opaque. PickPreload.ts uses this helper for point picking. PickTarget.test.ts covers open roots, nested roots, closed roots, overlay exclusion, and host fallback. The selector and iframe items are not coding requirements for this issue.
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The changes add the focused PickTarget.ts hit-test helper, integrate it in PickPreload.ts, and add targeted tests. Shadow-root filtering, exclusions, recursion, and host fallback support issue #17276. No unrelated production behavior or unrelated tests are shown.
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Ran the issue's two-button fixture in the Electron desktop app (dev build), on main and on this branch. The fixture was served from 127.0.0.1 and opened in the preview browser. In both runs I used annotation Select, hovered "Second" inside the open shadow root, then clicked it. The hover and click were sent as mouse events over the DevTools protocol rather than with a physical mouse.
main (b5a226e): the hover outline and the selection land on the <shadow-demo> host. The label reads shadow-demo, and the captured element is html > body > shadow-demo / <shadow-demo />.
This PR (29e9301): the hover outline and the selection land on the "Second" <button>. The label reads button, and the captured element is <button>Second</button> with its own size, margin and padding.
As noted in the description, the captured selector for the inner button is root-relative (button:nth-of-type(2)).
PickTarget.test.ts imports only pickElementAtPoint. All five tests call it through FakePage.pick() with fixed coordinates (0, 0) and a test-specific exclusion predicate. They do not exercise PickPreload.pickFromPoint, the select-tool hover path, or the pointer-down selection path. A caller regression in coordinate forwarding, exclusions, or returned-element handling can therefore pass all five tests while hover or click selection is wrong. Add a focused production-path test with nonzero pointer coordinates that asserts the hover and selection consumers use the picked element.
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Review comment at @apps/desktop/src/preview/PickTarget.test.ts around lines 70 -
76:
Add a focused production-path test that exercises PickPreload.pickFromPoint with
nonzero pointer coordinates instead of routing through FakePage.pick and
pickElementAtPoint directly. Assert that the select tool’s hover and
pointer-down selection paths both use the element picked at those coordinates.
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Review comments at @apps/desktop/src/preview/PickTarget.test.ts:
- Around line 70-76: Add a focused production-path test that exercises
PickPreload.pickFromPoint with nonzero pointer coordinates instead of routing
through FakePage.pick and pickElementAtPoint directly. Assert that the select
tool’s hover and pointer-down selection paths both use the element picked at
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verified as-is at 2415e87ed2ddeaeed019fb445afbce3e110c2e7c on this linux boat vm. no source changes or pushes.
read the description, discussion, diff and commit authors. the pr is open; both commits are by fixfon.
checked out github/main (6575ce3250) in a separate worktree, ran vp i, and started the real dev app in the background. created a git project and thread through the client. a real codex gpt-6.1-sol turn built and served a working web-components notes app, with tab switching and persisted notes. no mocks or seeded data.
reproduced the bug in the actual electron desktop preview: annotation select over the open-root "second" button outlined and selected the whole shadow-demo host.
stopped main before starting the exact pr head. ran vp i and background vp run dev with an explicit isolated home, then used its vite renderer with the real electron client and desktop-owned backend. only one t3 backend ran at a time. web chrome automation used repo playwright and /usr/bin/google-chrome; electron UI and webview interactions used playwright and real devtools mouse/key input. the production preview-pick-preload.cjs ran inside the actual preview webview.
on the pr, hover and click select only the inner "second" button. the outline fits the button, the label is button, and the annotation editor appears beside it. attach put the annotation into the composer. after sending it through a real codex gpt-6.1-sol turn, the response confirmed the captured html contains data-tab="Second", and the screenshot highlights that button.
vp test run apps/desktop/src/preview/PickTarget.test.ts
1 file passed, 5 tests passed
vp run --filter @t3tools/desktop typecheck
exit 0 (suggestions only)
runtime observations:
tab: Active tab: Second
save: Saved on this browser
persisted note: A real note saved through the preview.
nested action: Nested button clicked 1 time.
reset: { note: '', tab: 'Active tab: First', status: 'Note cleared' }
cafe reports 27 successful head checks, 0 failing, 0 pending. mergeability still needs github's native check; this verification makes no mergeability claim.
matching before/after captures show the same page, data and 844×700 preview viewport:
Not verified
macos, windows, native ios/android, remote/relay/tunnel connections and other providers were not exercised on this linux vm.
standalone web annotation uses a different browser path; the changed picker was verified in the desktop webview where it is used.
iframe picking, region scanning inside shadow roots and overflow clipping were not exercised. this pr explicitly leaves region scanning unchanged.
the captured selector remains relative to the inner shadow root, as documented in the pr. this pass proves correct selection, html/screenshot capture, attachment and provider delivery; it does not claim a document-global shadow-piercing selector.
uploaded screenshots were reopened and inspected; the short clip was played and seeked in t3's rendered player.
Real Linux Electron desktop, fresh synthetic state, light theme, identical 849×820 preview viewports. Open the fixture, start annotations → Select, hover and click Second, then attach an annotation.
Base captures <shadow-demo />, selector html > body > shadow-demo, and bounds 159.14×17 CSS pixels. Head captures <button>Second</button>, selector button:nth-of-type(2), and the button's 73.22×43 bounds. The selector remains relative to the shadow root.
AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
Not shown:
Nested open roots, closed roots, host-padding fallback and overlay exclusion were not exercised; this proof covers the reported two-button reproduction.
Chromium web client, 1280×800, light theme, fresh synthetic data on each commit. Pair a second environment, open its thread, stop its server for 90 seconds while foregrounded, then restart it. Both stills below show the restored server while chat remains reconnecting. Base has no retry action; head offers Retry now, and clicking it clears the reconnecting banner.
AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
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Desktop shell was not run; captures cover the real web client.
Initial connection and fully offline states were not separately exercised; verification covered reconnection after an established connection.
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Closes #17276
Problem
In the desktop preview, the annotation Select tool picks the outermost shadow host instead of the element under the cursor inside an open shadow root. On the issue's page, hovering or clicking the "Second" button outlines and selects the whole
<shadow-demo>. Pages built from web components (Home Assistant, for example) end up selecting the whole app.Change
pickFromPoint()inPickPreload.tsonly useddocument.elementsFromPoint(). Chromium retargets every hit to the document's tree scope, so anything inside a shadow root comes back as its outermost host.apps/desktop/src/preview/PickTarget.tswithpickElementAtPoint(). It runs the same loop as before, and when the picked candidate has an openshadowRootit repeats the query on that root, recursing through nested open roots. If nothing inside the root is under the point (the host's own padding, for example), the host is kept.ShadowRoot.elementsFromPoint()is not enough on its own: Chromium hit-tests the whole page there too, so the list also contains the host,html,bodyand the picker's overlay. Only elements the root itself contains count. Without that filter the host-padding case recurses forever.shadowRoot === null, so they stay opaque. That includes the picker's own overlay, and the existing overlay/html/bodyexclusion is passed in and applied at every level.PickPreload.tsnow callspickElementAtPoint(). Hover and click both go throughpickFromPoint(), so the outline, label and selection all move to the inner element.Importing
PickPreload.tsneedselectron,windowand a live overlay.PickPreload.tshas no test file and the module can't be imported, so the logic moved into a small module and the tests fail against the old loop.Not changed: the captured selector. react-grab builds it relative to the element's own shadow root, so for the inner button it is
button:nth-of-type(2), which doesn't match anything fromdocument. The element's HTML preview and screenshot crop are correct. A host-chain selector, and making the Region scan enter shadow roots, would be separate changes. I left them out to keep this to the pick.The react-grab selector issue is out of scope for this PR.
Scope and approval
Triaged bug issue (#17276,
bug,via-triage). The triage comment confirms the cause inpickFromPoint()and proposes descending into open shadow roots while closed roots stay opaque. This PR does only that step.Verification
PickTarget.test.ts(5 tests): inner element of an open root is picked instead of the host, nested open roots, closed root stays the host, the overlay is never picked, and the host is kept when the point misses its shadow content. The DOM in the test models Chromium's retargeting, because desktop tests run in Node and jsdom has noelementsFromPoint.expected 'shadow-demo' to be 'button'). The fifth is a guard for the new recursion. With the fix, 5/5 pass.pickElementAtPointat the center of the target:<shadow-demo><button>"Second"<outer-host><button>"Second"<closed-host><closed-host><padded-host><padded-host><span><span><shadow-demo><button>"Second"vp run check:changed: format, lint, knip, typecheck and tests pass.overflow: hiddenhost, and iframes ([Bug]: preview annotation element picker does not work inside iframes #3141).Claude Sonnet 5.5 (xhigh) via T3 Code.