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fix(web): preview address bar waits for the IME to finish before navigating - #34750

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The review item is correct. The address input sits inside

(PreviewChromeRow.tsx:92-93), so returning early from onKeyDown left the browser's implicit form submission in place: a trusted Enter with isComposing=true still reached the form's onSubmit, which navigated and blurred the bar. The composition guard now calls event.preventDefault() when the composing key is Enter, then returns. Other composing keys, including Escape (which cancels the IME), are still only ignored. The existing IME browser test now also asserts that the composing Enter's default was prevented. A dispatched synthetic event never triggers implicit submission, so this assertion is what catches the gap. It fails on 02a741f and passes now. No new regex or parser.

Fixes #34740

Reproduction on main

Commit 3a30b01 (origin/main). Started T3CODE_DEV_SEED=0 vp run dev, paired a headless Chromium (Playwright) to the web client, pressed Ctrl+Shift+J to open the Browser panel, typed http://127.0.0.1:18731/ (a local static server) and pressed Enter: the page loaded. Then clicked the address bar, pressed End, and started an IME composition with CDP Input.imeSetComposition ('p' -> 'pa' -> 'pageabc'). The bar showed http://127.0.0.1:18731/pageabc. Sent the Enter an IME sends to commit raw letters (keydown key=Enter, isComposing=true, keyCode=229), then committed the text with Input.insertText. Result: the local server logged GET /pageabc/ and the panel showed 'PAGE ABC', but the address bar and tab title still showed http://127.0.0.1:18731/, the same symptom as the reporter's video. An event log confirmed the keydown reached the input with isComposing=true / keyCode 229 before compositionend. A browser test reproducing this fails on main.

Evidence

Real web app, headless Chromium, 1280×800, light theme, fresh synthetic data on each commit. Load the local HOME page, focus the address bar, press End, compose p → pa → pageabc, then send the IME commit Enter and commit the text. On head, press a second Enter to navigate.

Proven: the scenario failed on base and passed on head; scenarios:prove exited 0. Captures and recordings were visually inspected.

Before — 3a30b011c3 After — d277ba8dd8
Initial page Before: HOME After: HOME
Composing URL Before: composing pageabc After: composing pageabc
After IME commit Enter Before: PAGE ABC loaded with stale root address After: edited address preserved and HOME still loaded
Assertion result Failed: expected /pageabc, observed / Passed: edited URL retained, input focused, no premature navigation
Failure capture Before: stale URL persists
Second Enter Not reached after the failing assertion After: PAGE ABC and matching address
Interaction recording Before video After video

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  • A physical macOS Chinese-pinyin input method was not exercised; the real Chromium client received the triage reproduction's native CDP composition sequence instead.

Tests

apps/web: vp test run src/components/preview/PreviewView.browser.test.tsx -t IME with the component change stashed (previous head behaviour) failed with 'expected false to be true' on defaultPrevented. With the fix, vp test run src/components/preview/PreviewView.browser.test.tsx passed 9/9. vp run check:changed passed format, lint, knip, typecheck (2 packages), test (1 file) and react compiler.

Not in this change

  • Other inputs that submit on Enter could get the same audit for a missing IME guard; this change touches only the preview address bar.
  • Other inputs inside forms that rely on implicit submission could have the same composing-Enter gap; only the preview address bar was changed.

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Failing test for #34740: the Enter that commits an IME composition submits
the address bar and blurs it, so the page navigates while the bar shows the
old URL.

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…gating

The Enter that commits an input-method composition submitted the address
bar, navigating with the draft and blurring the input so the bar fell back
to the old URL. Ignore keydowns while composing (isComposing / keyCode 229),
the same guard the command palette and other inputs use.

Fixes #34740

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Returning early from keydown still left the browser's implicit form
submission, so a trusted composing Enter reached the form's onSubmit and
navigated. Cancel the default action for that Enter.

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Verdict: Approved at d277ba8

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The preview address bar now avoids navigating or resetting input while IME composition is active. This is a localized keyboard-interaction fix with no product-default or operational changes.

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The preview address input now skips normal Enter and Escape handling during IME composition. Composing Enter prevents form submission. A browser test checks that the input retains focus and its value, and that navigation does not occur.

Changes: Preview address bar

Layer / File(s) Summary
Composition guard and validation
apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewChromeRow.tsx, apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewView.browser.test.tsx
The address input returns early when the event is composing or has key code 229. For Enter, it prevents the default form submission. The browser test checks focus, value, navigation, and the prevented default action.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Possibly related PRs

  • pingdotgg/t3code#30449: Adds a composition guard and browser test for the same preview address bar behavior.

Suggested labels: bugfix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, maria-rcks

Merge Risk: Low · up to d277b

The fix keeps a composing Enter from navigating the preview address bar. The test is somewhat weaker than ideal, but merge risk is small.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: the preview address bar now waits for IME composition to finish before navigating. It uses a conventional commit prefix and matches the summary, which adds a composing…
Description check Passed The description follows the template well. It gives the problem, the cause and fix, a reproduction on main, before/after evidence, test results, and scope limits. It names the linked issue (#34740). M…
Linked Issues check Passed [#34740] requires that a composing Enter must not navigate the browser, and that the typed text must reach the address bar before a later Enter navigates. The whole-PR diff (mergeBase 3a30b01 to he…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The whole-PR diff touches two files: PreviewChromeRow.tsx (+5 lines, the composition guard) and PreviewView.browser.test.tsx (+24 lines, the IME regression test). Both changes apply to the preview add…
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The title names the main change: the preview address bar now waits for IME composition to finish before navigating. It uses a conventional commit prefix and matches the summary, which adds a composing-Enter guard in PreviewChromeRow and a related browser test. The objectives also describe this same change.

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The description follows the template well. It gives the problem, the cause and fix, a reproduction on main, before/after evidence, test results, and scope limits. It names the linked issue (#34740). Minor gaps: the Scope and approval section does not link a maintainer-approved issue or discussion, only the issue reference in the Problem context, and the Problem section is not a separate heading. The description also has a few Verification details that are less clear, such as the stated commit hashes. Still, the content is mostly complete.

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[#34740] requires that a composing Enter must not navigate the browser, and that the typed text must reach the address bar before a later Enter navigates. The whole-PR diff (mergeBase 3a30b01 to head d277ba8) adds a guard at the top of the address input onKeyDown in apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewChromeRow.tsx. When event.nativeEvent.isComposing or event.keyCode === 229 is true, the handler calls event.preventDefault() for key Enter and returns. This stops the implicit form submission (the input is inside <form onSubmit={submit}>), so the composing Enter no longer navigates. Because the handler returns without changing state, the edited value stays in the input. A browser test in PreviewView.browser.test.tsx asserts defaultPrevented for a composing Enter. The PR reports that this assertion fails on the previous head and passes with the fix. The PR also reports a real-Chromium before/after run where the edited URL stayed and navigation waited for a second Enter. I did not re-run these tests or the browser scenario. The issue names apps/desktop, while the code change is in the web preview component. The PR objective states that this component is the in-app browser address bar, so this mapping is accepted. The physical macOS Chinese Pinyin input method was not exercised, as the PR states.

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The whole-PR diff touches two files: PreviewChromeRow.tsx (+5 lines, the composition guard) and PreviewView.browser.test.tsx (+24 lines, the IME regression test). Both changes apply to the preview address bar. The test is the supporting coverage for the guard. Escape during composition is now ignored instead of handled; the PR objective states this behavior is intended. No unrelated files or refactors appear in the reviewed changes. The PR states that other Enter-submitting inputs are not changed, and the diff agrees.

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Nitpick comments: 1

apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewView.browser.test.tsx: 1

269-273: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Exercise the composition indicators independently.

This event sets both isComposing and keyCode === 229. Removing either guard would still pass the test, although events that rely on that guard could navigate prematurely. Extend this case to exercise each indicator separately.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewView.browser.test.tsx around lines 269 - 273:
Extend the PreviewView composition test to cover isComposing and keyCode === 229 independently: verify navigation is suppressed when only isComposing is true and when only keyCode is 229. Keep the existing combined-indicator case if it covers additional behavior.

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@apps/web/src/components/preview/PreviewView.browser.test.tsx:
- Around line 269-273: Extend the PreviewView composition test to cover
isComposing and keyCode === 229 independently: verify navigation is suppressed
when only isComposing is true and when only keyCode is 229. Keep the existing
combined-indicator case if it covers additional behavior.

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